To ask has your life changed in a year?

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Do you feel like a years a long time?

DH cancer treatment stopped due to cv19 and he is now very unwell

Gone from working 7 days a week and being in top 5% of women for income to not having any income

They are the big 2. Lots of knock ons

6 days a week not 7

yes my life changed hugely from this time last year. was living in a different part of the country and in a different job with no plans to move. it all happened very fast and all for the positive. much happier and cant believe where I've ended up in such a space of time.

Completely. Expecting baby number two in 5 weeks. Moved house to a lovely rental with a garden.

Had first baby 5 months ago. My life has completely changed

This past year? Almost not at all.

2002? Beyond recognition!

Not really. Same job, same house, no more children. I'm financially much more secure though.

@penpotted

Not really. Same job, same house, no more children. I'm financially much more secure though.

Realised this may make me sound like a dick in current times. What I mean is I'm now debt free and have some savings, as compared to a year ago.

Massively.
Lost my mum.
Made redundant.
Changing my life now completely.

Iconical - that sounds pretty shitty. Sorry to hear.

My DH has been made redundant and has been looking since Feb for a job. This time last year he was just back in employment after an 18 month stint out of work as well - I had just allowed myself to breathe again.

Moved to a better house.

Losing my temp job any day now. Contract not being renewed. Failed recent interview for internal post. No joy in lining something else up. Realising I'm actually a crap employee.

Seeking private diagnosis(es?) for HFA/ADD. The latter is really resonating, particularly the lack of focus. Which is why I'm a crap employee.

Mental health has completely fallen off a cliff. Disclosing was instrumental in me losing my temp role.

Can't see any brightness on the horizon. Sorry for the woe is me and for those going through their own trials and tribulations.

Sorry for everyone suffering.

Yes, I moved out of the family home to live with my dp! Kids also both moved out

This time last year I was still having chemotherapy, feeling pretty crap physically, but looking forward to getting over it and really enjoying life this year, with lots of holidays to make up for everything we had had to cancel. My choir was due to celebrate our centenary this year with a concert in a special venue, for which I'd done lots of fundraising before my illness. Now of course we haven't even been able to rehearse since mid-March, DP and I have had three very short UK trips this year (lovely, and more than many people, I know), and I have a new tumour for which I'm awaiting surgery. Hard to be optimistic about anything.

Surely everyone's has to some degree in 2020?

Generally yes, a year is a long time and depends what you make of the time, you can change a lot.

There haven't been any huge changes in mine but mentally I'm in a very different place I was in a year ago.

Yes, but life is not really normal for us atm. There have been lots of changes in the past few years and most of them aren't good ones.

But I don't think of a year as a long time. Lots can happen in a year, but it's just a year. They can feel endless whilst you're in them but then you look back and think, where did all the time go?

Hope you're ok .

Yep, this time last year I was in a good place, figuring out my future. Now I don't think I have one (in any meaningful sense).

Absolutely completely changed
Moved to our forever home in Feb after buying it this time last year and spending six months gutting it and living in rental.
Job which involved significant travel - now home based.
Children at home for six months - only just back at school.
And the big one - we moved in with secure jobs and income was good. Both of us took paycuts because of Covid and then my husband was furloughed and income has dropped significantly despite me being a reasonable earner.He's unlikely to get his job back .. which is massively worrying for the dream house

This time last year we both had good jobs, and a very comfortable lifestyle. DP was made redundant just before Covid appeared, and hasn't been able to find anything else. Goodness knows when he will in the current climate. I reduced my work to four days a week early last year, so money is really tight now.

Like many people, I am WFH, which I really hate. Feel a huge pressure to keep everything spinning, and it seems harder DP being out of work with me at home all day.

I now have a son as well as a daughter. This time last year I was wondering why a second child was taking so much longer to conceive than the first.

My husband now WFH, and I love all the extra time with him.

I've lost a much loved relative, and miss spending lots of time with friends and family, but I know I'm nevertheless very lucky.

Not really, but my mental health has gone down the pan so I’m a lot less happy even with the same circumstances.

Massively, my son took his life in April. Feels like nothing will ever be normal again.

Yes but mainly due to personal circumstances, not covid-19. In some ways a year ago seems a long time and in other ways, it has gone like a flash.

Oh @pennow, so very sorry. 💐

Awful as this year’s been, for me it’s nothing compared with 2015 when both my parents died in short order.

@pennow : sorry for your loss