Anyone happy with their life?

[flowersandfuckinghearts]

In a world of doom and gloom I think we need to spread a little happiness. I’ll start…

I'm truly happy with my life
I’m engaged to be married
I have a great job (doesn’t pay the best but I enjoy going to work)
I have my health which I’m so grateful for
I have a couple of days off work so will be doing a shared hobby with DP
Loving the sunshine

I'm aware this sounds quite twee but everyone seems so unhappy at the moment

I'm so sorry and hope that life gets better for you. I think things often come all together at stages in our life. I too have recently lost a parent and our dog, and both children are leaving home this summer. After a while of feeling lost, I'm now feeling much more positive, mainly helped by coming up with some travel plans and retirement goals. It gives me something to look forward to. I hope you can find something to look forward to.

Happily married almost 25 years.
Two smart healthy young adult DC just finishing uni and starting the world of work.
Financially v comfortable. DH retiring next month at 55 and me in December same age. Several holidays booked and more to come.
Good set of friends. Lovely house. No health problems.
It hasn’t always been this way and we have seen real tragedy but currently very excited for the future.

Your life now was mine in the 90s. I was comfortably off, owned a lovely house with my partner. Low mortgage, great job and life was amazing. Foreign holidays, new car, nights out and no financial worries.

Fast forward 30 years and life is different. Poor decisions led to financial ruin, divorce and life-threatening health conditions (which I'm still paying the price for). But I'm still here and somehow quite happy 😵😊

Enjoy Your youth, age 60 i have father with mid to severe raging alzheimers,stressed 24/7,hsebound aunt and an old lady i keep an eye n as she has nobody,plus working from home, full of anxiety all the time, so enjoy your youth ❤️

And maybe happiness is largely due to your outlook rather than what’s happened to you in life.

I think this is true. One of the happiest couples I know who are joyful and full of laughter lost their only child, a daughter, when she was a baby. They then weren't able to have any more children. It was and continues to be an utter tragedy but they have always said they try to choose happiness as much as possible and that continuing to be dragged down by their grief would not bring their little girl back.

I think a lot of this is understanding that nobody can be happy all of the time, and that awful things can happen to any of us but it is important to look for the small bits of happiness where there is some to be had.

Yes. I have a job that I enjoy, a partner I love, and children who are nice.

Pretty much, nice house, wonderful husband, lovely friends. My health could be better but overall I am very happy and grateful.

Yes me too for the first time in many years.

• A Husband who adores me and I adore him, second marriage and he really is the love of my life.
• Two adult DC who seem very happy - both left home and are thriving - both have lovely partners.
• I have my health thank god.
• I have a job that pays well for working 3 days a week (FT over 3 days) so I get a lot of down time.
• I have a very good pension that will allow me to retire in 11 years at 60.
• We moved to live in a market town 6 years ago and couldnt love it any more, our quality of life has improved beyond measure and I thank my lucky stars everyday we live where we do.

My only thing that makes me sad is my Dad dying a few years ago and watching my Mum navigate life without him. It is very tough to see her so sad but trying so hard to be positive.

Yes, but on paper I shouldn't be: divorced 15 years ago, never had another relationship; rent post divorce, which as 50 something is a worry etc. However, I count my blessings - I can afford to keep the roof over our head, my young adult DD is the best human I know, my dad, although unwell, is in his 80s so I'm grateful I've had so much time with him. I'm a SENCO and love my job, my health is ok, I do lots of fun things and I'm single, which is ace! So yes, very happy with my lot.

Me!

Wonderful DH
Beautiful house in a quirky town that we both love
Hobbies, including growing fruit and veg, cooking, keeping chickens and bees; making wine
Local pubs and restaurants
Enough money for our needs

How lovely to read so many people are happy ☺️ I left out a few details and for those thinking I’m young, thank you. I’m nearly 50 and have had some very hard times which makes me appreciate all the great things I have now.

For those struggling I hope your life gets a lot better soon

What a lovely thread @flowersandfuckinghearts and I’m sorry to hear of your previous hard times.

And 50 IS young! ❤️

Me! And I acknowledge it every single day.

I have a great life and I know that makes me very, very lucky.

No worries about health, relationships, or finances. Get to do plenty of lovely things, have a job I (mostly!) love. In the very privileged position of knowing that most problems that crop up can be dealt with by money I have sitting in the bank. Living somewhere I love with someone I love, doing nice things.

I am. Ds' school fees are finished, he's on track for good grades, and has a place on a good stem degree.

I'm 62, healthy, fit and will pay off my mortgage next month. I have an adequate pension, a nice home and if my job ended tomorrow, I won't need to work again.

I also have a nice job, a 4 mile rural commute and good friends and neighbours.

The lack of stress is brilliant. I've worked since I was 13 and I've finally "done it". 😊

Me!

so happy, got an amazing DH, super wonderful DC and the bestest good boy DDog in the world.

Love my house, love where I live, mostly enjoy my job which is very flexible and pays more than I hoped to be able to earn.

I have properly amazing friends, a lovely life. I’m just very content.

I’m happy!

I’m healthy AFAIK, up to date with all screenings
great husband, happy marriage of over 25 years
adult children have left home and are thriving and happy
We love our house
we both have great jobs and are financially stable with savings
Some brilliant friends, some very longstanding

I’m quite old.
But no health issues at the moment thank goodness. Two children that I’m terribly proud of and adore. Divorced last year and I’m so happy I did. I love my new little house where I live by myself with my beloved dog. I lost my best friend earlier this year, which was awful. I miss her a lot. But she wouldn’t want me to mope, she was the no-nonsense sort! I do a lot of sport and walks with my dog, my parents are just round the corner and are old but in good health. No money worries.
I wake up every morning irritatingly cheerful.

Yes.

Two wonderful children who I adore.
Lovely husband who I met early on in life.
We have a small home, but am very lucky to be mortgage free at 34 which gives me the freedom to work part time. I’d love a bigger home but the jump up seems huge when having such little outgoings currently, however if this is my only niggle in life I suppose it’s a nice one!

I couldn’t be happier, I don’t think.
I have a great husband, a good job, enough money, two lovely daughters, my health, my mum and dad are still alive and now live close by.
It would be nice to have more friends close by (I have good friends but we did quite a big move to another part of the country so I see them much less and only with forward planning.)
I would have loved to have had the opportunity to work part time rather than full time while my daughters were young, and I dearly wish I’d taken the full year of maternity leave with our first baby rather than nine months, but unfortunately these are things I could not/cannot change. On the upside we are financially pretty secure these days.
I also wish my sister and family lived in this country rather than permanently abroad and many hours away, but again, I can’t change it.
It’s luck but also hard work, seizing opportunities and cautious judgement.

I’m very content - recovered from the loss of my parents, financially okay, getting on well with dh (had a few rocky years), kids are doing fine, and I also had a serious health issue last year which I’m grateful to be recovering from, and looking forward to being able to take a holiday this year since last year everything had to be cancelled.

I have so much to be grateful for, and I am grateful since I know that unhappiness is often so close on your heels you have to grab the moments of respite.

I went to a park yoga session at the weekend with friends, and just being in the sunshine, moving, breathing - I felt amazing.

Sometimes I wish you could just press pause and enjoy things being balanced and fine for longer.

I am in my late sixties. I'm divorced, my children live hundreds of miles away and I live on my own in a small flat with a very unfriendly cat who mostly ignores me. But I've never been happier. Now I'm retired I can spend a lot of time outdoors and with friends and every morning I wake up with an animal pleasure just from being alive in this beautiful world.

I generally don’t respond to these type of things as it seems kind of like boasting and rubbing others noses in it who are less fortunate. Suffice to say like everyone I’ve had my ups and downs but overall I’ve led a privileged, happy life and now I’m happily retired and living life to the full.