To ask you, are you happy with your job and home?

[SummerSix]

Little tipsy, very emotional and tired.

Was just thinking about my own job/field and the area I live in and wondering about others too.

I work in care, elderly care to be specific. I utterly love my job, I adore the people i care for and treat them like family. Several times over the years Ive lost people and had to take time off work due to grief but i wouldnt change my job/field for anything.

In regards to my home, i put up with it, ive no pride in my home as i cant stand it, dont have people round and i could move to somewhere bigger with a garden for less money but living here is only great as both parents have been ill over the last few years and its extremely handy being so close, also my childs school is even closer.

What about you? Are you happy with your job and your home?

I love my job but because it’s for a charity the pay is not great for my level of responsibility
I could love my house if I could afford to spend 50,000 on bringing it up to standard most people would accept but due to point 1 can’t afford to!

I hope you all get the jobs an homes you wish for ❤️

Job? Pays well enough, and I WfH half the week, which is great for being generally around for teens. The job itself is fine, if uninspiring.

House? It's OK. It's big enough and in a great area. We are hugely lucky to own outright. Internally it's well decorated. Externally it's pretty bland. Garden is small and awkward.

Overall, I've made my compromises, and I think they were the right ones to make.

Really enjoy my job. I can’t imagine ever wanting to retire from it.
Our home is the culmination of all we’ve worked for. We like it.

Yup and yup.

Adore my job, and the lovely school I teach at.

Love the village that we (DP, DD and I) live in but to go from apartment to family house requires us to borrow an extra £200k and mortgage lenders won’t consider it on my salary alone (it’s a good salary, but DP is self employed in a ‘risky’ profession).

Still, I’d rather live in our quirky old apartment in our beautiful village than a house somewhere less desirable. It’s our choice to stay in the South East!

I love my house, because it doesn't have a mortgage on it, allowing me to work part time in a job I enjoy. It could be a bit bigger, but then we'd have to get a mortgage to pay for an extension. My facebook at the moment is full of my friends on fabulous holidays. I'd love to do the same, but then Id have to go back to my old job, which was very stressful. Its the job a lot of my friends still do, so I remember that when I get envious.

My career is moving better than I expected, and having finally got some stability we are looking to buy but in no huge rush as the place we rent is great.

Life is good here.

My job is mind numbingly dull but I get to work from home (watch TV) one day a week so that’s fine. I like our house as we’ve just bought it and are doing it up to our taste. Hope to get somewhere bigger in about three years.

I’m currently training to be an occupational therapist, so although I’m not in a proper “job” I do love what I do!

Our flat is fine. We’re in rented but it still feels pretty cosy and homely. Having laminate all through the living area is a godsend with a toddler!!

Yes,love my job,well paid,good perks etc,also happy with where i live,,detached with plenty of separation from neighbours. I like a bit of tranquility,,semi rural so best of both worlds.

No and no.

Work is a shitty, zero hours, temp job and although I'm trying to gain permanent employment, it's hard going.

My house is supposed to be brilliantly finished after I blew a huge portion of my inheritance on it, but I was conned by cowboys who have plumbed things in incompetently (and left the place saturated with leaking water), the electrician has left the place untidy, with loose cables under kitchen cabinets and disturbed insulation in the loft and the floor, carpet and lino have been poorly laid.

I should have sold this shithole and bought somewhere nicer.

No and No

Love my job but there is no job security and I do not feel valued right where I am at the moment. So the work itself kind of saves my morale.

Love my flat although it's small, perfect location, but I dont like the building its in.

So neither is a perfect yes or no!

Job - I enjoy it but would ideally like a few more hours.
Home - we downsized & paid off our mortgage which was a huge relief. Our previous home was way bigger & stunning but we should never have bought it. And I actually feel more comfortable in our current house. It’s a tip though!

Like my job but it pays so little I'm looking to move on fairly soon. I'd like to stay as I'm super settled there but objectively I'll never get the life I want earning pennies.

All I want to do is own a house. Hence looking to earn more. I've done a massive declutter so I'm enjoying this house more but we've got stuck here and any house with my name on the deeds would make me so happy.

So in a nutshell no and no.

Job - I feel like I should be happy with it, as it pays well and is very flexible... I can work from home whenever I want! However, I’m not. I don’t want to work there. It’s isolating and I don’t think it’s doing my mental health any good.

Home - I love my home... but it is too small. It’s very slowly starting to accumulate toys and I need adult space. I’m very house proud! I’d love an extension on the back and some extra space but I’m not allowed

Yes. I love both

I absolutely loved my job, even though I have received a lot of negativity over the years (adult industry).

I earned very well and was able to provide myself and my 2 DC's our current beautiful house.

Now unfortunately I am in a wheelchair and unable to work/need full time care but yes, I previously loved (and still love) both.

Yes and yes!

Job, yes I’m very happy with it. I was earning more previously but it was so stressful and I had no work/life balance. Now `I work from home and the pay is less but still decent, but zero stress and I have loads of free time.

My home is actually HA. I know many would see that as not ideal because I don’t own it, but it is a gorgeous house. It’s a 4 bed Victorian with a lot of original features. Which I love. I’ve done it up really nice. It would cost around 1.2mill to buy (i’ve looked on right move at properties in my street!) so I could never have bought something like this, especially as I’m single so only one wage coming in. Being HA the rent is reasonable. I also have a lifetime tenancy so I think I’m really lucky. Yes I have no “equity” but I get to live in a lovely house which I could never otherwise afford. So I don’t feel at all hard done by that I couldn’t buy somewhere myself.

Im very happy with my job and home. We moved from London to the North East coast 2 yes ago into our dream house. I do two jobs- part time cleaner, and mosaic artist/tutor. I love both my jobs. My OH also works part time as a carer. We still have enough down time, no mortgage and enough money coming in. Daily walks on the beach. A good simple balanced healthy life for which I am profoundly grateful.

I have a love-hate relationship with both of them. I absolutely adore my work in itself but it's very isolating as I work from home. Same job in an office would be ideal for me.

I also love my home in lots of ways - it's the perfect size for us and overlooks woods and fields of wildlife but is still a really quick commute into central London. But it's in a very genteel village with Tory heartland values and I'd love more diversity. Also, we have no money to do it up and it's in dire need of doing up.

Now retired so no paid employment to talk about. I do have a fairly time consuming volunteer role for a large charity, so that’s a job of sorts. Strangely, I love the work and the people I work with, but am not a huge fan of the organisation. Whilst their key aims are highly laudable, their management practices make me cringe. Might have to have a rethink and find somewhere else to work for free.

My home looks ok but could do with a bit of updating. If I’m honest, I’d move out tomorrow if I could: I’m sick to death with it, but I think I’m reflecting my negative feelings about other things in my life, onto my house. Maybe I just need a whole new life .....

I hate my job! I've just accepted a new job at the local hospital but the hoops I have to jump through 😔 for an 18hr a week admin job is rediculous. I have a clear dbs check, no issues with references but the hr department are arguing over a end date frlm a job i left 4 years ago! 6 weeks so far and still haven't been given a start date so not even handed my notice in at my old job. I can see why so many people get fed up with the waiting and go elsewhere .