Is this normal?

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I guess I'm just feeling a bit low and run down and wondering if my feelings are normal. I feel bored and restless if I don't have something on the go. Be it looking for a new house, ttc, finding a new pet etc etc. I have a brilliant life, loving partner, 2 dc that keep me very busy (SAHM) but unless I have a sort of project I feel, not unhappy, but unfulfilled? Unstimulated? This can lead to impulsiveness i.e. I buy things don't necessarily need etc. Is this normal, this craving for doing something and always looking to the future, having to be planning etc. Why can't I just be content with my life. I'm definitely not depressed or anxious. Any ideas? Normal or not?!

Would it help you if you worked part time maybe ? Something to focus on ?

You sound bored. I get like this. Do you have a hobby? I do lots of crafts

Or volunteer for a charity? (NCT?)

I'm very similar. I have to have a project. Evening classes, part time, job, studying, small internet business.

Still love doing stuff with the kids and usually have them embroiled in some project too

read a good book?

Childcare is hard work but not all always mentally stimulating....

You sound deeply bored. Maybe having a brilliant partner etc etc makes you think it would look ungrateful to be bored?

But yes, most humans are hard-wired to seek interest in their lives, some through the acquisition of handbags, some through online debate, some through mountaineering. So I don't think your feeling area unusual.

Are you planning to return to work in the future? If it's financially viable, what about studying through the OU?

Typos galore, barely comprehensible

Thanks so much everyone, I expected to be firmly told to get a grip and be grateful for what I've got (which I am). Glad it's not unusual and I'm not alone feeling like this. I just wish I could feel more content and not need to seek new projects etc but I guess that's unrealistic maybe for my personality type. I plan to go back to work next year. Going to look into crafts and new books!

I am exactly the same OP. No idea what the solution is, but you're not alone.

You have a brain and you need to use it. Nothing abnormal about that.

Sadly, you are a child of your time.
Always expecting entertainment.

I am exactly like this. And it's really not that I don't have enough on - I work full time, have 2 children and a fairly big/time consuming voluntary position. But I still feel 'itchy' to do something major pretty much every year. I moved house 18 months ago and I feel like I need to do the next big thing now

My husband is like this. Always looking for the next thing and always wants a project, over the years I've learned to not at all be offended as i used to think maybe i was boring! Turns out its just him and his way, restless bored easily soul! So maybe you are the same and just keep wanting a new challenge.