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'm an accountant and have been for 30yrs so very bored with the job itself. But my company is nice, colleagues are good and my boss is great so i can't complain. Looking at finding a new job (been at the current one for nearly 10yrs) for a change of scene.

I can't say I love my house, it was big enough for dd and I. Put in a new kitchen years ago which i really like, althiugh I see a house as just a place to live. But I live in a fantastic community though and have done for 15yrs

Job - not really, it’s ok but I need to move on now. Work w some amazing people but the management are bastards.
Home - I would move tmw if I had the money. We’ve been here a few years and it’s grown on me a bit but it’s in an odd position. I like the general area but I think once DCs finish school in a few years we will think about moving again (so will prob end up having been here for 10 years by the time we get round to it etc).

I was until I had a baby. Now my house feels too small and I won't be going back to the same job (long story but they're keeping my mat cover and taking away some of the best aspects of my job to give to her).

We can't move for two years due to finances and I want to have another baby around that time so I'm just going to have to suck it up for now.

Job - I enjoy but would like to try new. I’m sure that I’m too old to start all over and that makes me nervous.
House - it’s glorious but was a very long time coming. It’s so beautiful but it took a lot of work. However we only have on child still at home and I worry it will seem far to big once she moves out. Which is a shame as it took so much time to get it how it is today.

Enjoy my job, especially having the holidays off and being surrounded by young people. Love my house itself and the immediate area but not keen on the city we live in. Plan to one day move to the outskirts of a rural town.

Erm I don’t have a straight forward answer to this question.

I’m a childminder, along with my husband. It’s a hard job, sometimes stressful, but more often than not it’s very lovely. We do get tired and our home does take a bit of a beating. But it has enabled us to be together with our children...
We love working with one another and it affords us a nice life. We are able to go on long haul holidays every other year, and go away to France once a year. We also enjoy eating out as a family and spoiling ourselves every now and then.

But I do often wish we had a separation from work and home. The space doesn’t feel like ours and it definitely isn’t a ‘sanctuary’. Our children’s bedrooms are used for naps during the day, and they don’t really have their own space. Although they are too young to complain about this now, once they get older I think we will have to stop childminding.

I'm a SAHM so I'm very fortunate in that respect. My youngest starts secondary in September and my eldest is off to uni as well.
I used to work in an extremely stressful job which, although well paid, just wasn't worth the anxiety it caused me. I resigned when I'd finished mat leave.

Our home was bought outright. Currently for sale as we're hoping to downsize.

Happy? Yes! I do have some ongoing health concerns though so it's not all a bed of roses.

I did the same for five years chocolatedaim....it's lovely but your right about the house!

I miss being able to go outside when I want now I'm an employee too!

wineandsunshine that’s the thing isn’t it- when the weather is lovely childminding makes for the best job. We are pretty much outside all day long from March-October!

I love love love my home. It’s a Victorian 4 bed with 3 reception rooms. It’s a bit of a doer upper and we only have one room done so far, but I love it. It has loads of space and lots of character. We even have room for a playroom. The area isn’t as naice as the area we used to live in, but I actually like it better as it’s got better transport links (I don’t drive)

I don’t really mind my job. It pays fairly well and everyone is nice enough. I just don’t “love” it

Right now I hate what I do, its stressing me out and I've taken on too much. Was going to get a quieter period at the beginning of next year but I've just taken on even more, but I need the money.
I love the way I have decorated my house, I like the area but it's far too small and I get quite embarrassed when I think of what my friends have and they all work part time, I work a 50 hour week and my dp works around 60 hours per week, yet they all seem to have bugger houses and fancier cars etc. I'm not overly materialistic, I just feel like I'm letting my kids down which is depressing.

I’m retired now, but I loved my job as an anaesthetist for most of the 36 years I was in it. Towards the end, when it was ruined by bureaucracy and interference from useless management, not so much - but the fun and camaraderie in operating theatres used to be great. Ditto the satisfaction of getting seriously ill patients through major procedures.
I’ve been in my home for 35 years, and am now gradually updating it after 27 years as a widowed single parent with no spare time to do anything to it. I love it to bits as it has all my memories of my much loved DH in it.

Oh I'm also a childminder. I've been doing it for a few years and I love being here for my kids, but I always find it harder in the school holidays. Also really struggling with people coming into my home every morning and night. Especially one parent who thinks they have free reign of my house and can wander wherever they like without me.

I'm an accountant and have been for 30yrs so very bored with the job itself

I've also been an accountant for 30 years. I still love it I have moved organisations every few years though.

I like both. And know how blessed I am to be able to say that. I became very ill due to work related stress and anxiety in a high pressure sales role. Was signed off sick by my gp and re evaluated my life. DP and I had talked for years about relocating so we sold our house and rented in the area we wanted to move to before buying. I now do a much less stressful job and have a home I love. Yes we have less money but I am so much healthier and happier.

Love my job. Hate my flat. Would do anything to have a house with a garden but we live in a part that has stupidly high house prices compared to local wages. I feel I have failed my toddler as we always have to go out to the park which is a car drive away to get outside time. We have looked at moving but my elder daughter and disabled mum live close by and we would have to move at least 1.5 hours away to afford a house.

I would say that I am fairly happy with both, neither is perfect but both are a reflection of doing the best I could within the restrictions I'm under. Now I am older I have come to terms with both a lot more.

I go through phases with my job. It can be awful, so stressful and soul destroying. Other times it's OK. It pays well, it is a pleasant 30 minute walk from my house and my colleagues are all great. I'm prepared to put up with it.
I love my house. We redid the whole thing and converted the loft last year. The garden needs a bit of tlc but is fine for the kids to play in. It's in a lovely area close to excellent schools. I have really nice neighbours. I wouldn't change a thing.

Very much so!

My job is challenging and rewarding. It can also be very stressful, but in general it ticks all the right boxes.

I love my home! It's the first house my husband I bought together. It's not our forever home but it's where we will start our family, and we love it. It's bright and comfortable, we have decorated it exactly how we want it, and it's in a fantastic area. We'll be here happily for several years at least ☺️

Job yes it is not a great job by anyone's standards, but I do it well. I get on great colleagues, when I log off the job is done until I return.
I've worked for large corporations in the past, but have PMDD I found the hours and work very challenging.
My home it is near my parents, I have nice neighbours but it is not mine, I rent from family at market value but it comes with extra strings, I dont feel like it is a home, whenever I start to settle another drama pops up.

I'm a contractor so would like a more stable/permanent job in my organisation but it's all a bit precarious.

We're renting in our 40s/50s respectively which is utterly crap and doesn't look like changing soon. Can do nothing to the place and hating the revolving door of neighbours next door, each worse than the last.

Yeah, life could be worse but it could be a lot better too.

Very much so!

Five years ago I was earning £11k and renting a tiny room in a houseshare. Today I have a very rewarding professional career I absolutely love (in healthcare), a household income of £80k, and have bought my first house. Three bedrooms/storeys, absolutely gorgeous, lovely area, I’m delighted and can’t believe it’s ours. Things can change for the better if you put the time and effort in and don’t give up.

I love both.

I am self employed- working from home doing things that I love.
I love my house, 5 bedrooms, garden,surrounded by ancient woodland, , in a quiet place with low crime rates,. I am 20 minutes away from the heart of the capita, 15 minutes from a busy international airport,l and 15 minutes from miles of unspoilt coastline where I can watch puffins, seals and dolphins.

I love my job, I love my home, an OH that adores me and beautiful children.

Very happy with my lot.

Absolutely love both.

Three years ago we emigrated and two years ago we bought a lovely 3BR detached in a nice neighbourhood with decent schools. It is what most people would consider a first time buyers’ home because it is small, but when we bought it we wanted something we could pay for on one income if we had to. I don’t think objectively other people would be able to see all of the reasons I love this house but that’s ok with me.

Then about 18 months ago I was headhunted for a senior role in my field and I made a leap of faith to a new company, which wound up being the company I want to retire from someday - I love the work, the colleagues are great, and if it gets a little stressful at times I always feel both valued and heard by the executives.

In the three years since we moved, my career has grown legs and DH has literally doubled what he earns.