To ask has your life changed in a year?

[thedaywewillremeber]

Do you feel like a years a long time?

Covid has changed mine and my family’s lives beyond recognition, in many, many ways

Started a new job in Feb, so more money and much much happier. Do and I both working from home just now which is odd!

Furloughed since March
Living in a pandemic
Daughter moved 5000 miles away to start uni
Pregnant and expecting a second daughter in February.

2020 has been the most eventful year of my life.

1. Lost a much loved parent
2. DH lost his business he’s been building for 30 years (brexshit and Covid )
3. Lost 40% of Family annual income
4. Will hear this week if I will remain on furlough for 1 more month or made redundant.

Frankly I haven’t processed the loss of my parent yet, let alone any of the remaining list. I thought 2020 might have brought us hope and comfort but it’s brought us more misery and sadness and loss and fear

I’m so sorry @pennow

Yes, massively. Mostly because of COVID.
Had to shelve my future plans, move back to the UK, to an area I don't know so well. Find somewhere to live, paint it up, find a part-time job, sort out all my finances, get a car and so on.

Also lost a lot of friends and old work colleagues due to COVID, as well as having it myself. Still worried about my own health (not COVID-related) as can't access appointments or medical practitioners. Or even get a new dentist at the moment.

Nothing has worked out as I planned it, I would have never believed all this would have happened this time last year....

Not really - I still work full time but did change companies. I now wfh much more (but did 2-3 days a week at home anyway). We don't go out much to restaurants, I never go to pubs anyway. I missed exercise classes for a while, but they are back now. Not much difference for us tbh apart from no commute and I can be more productive - thankfully!

Got married.
Got made redundant.
Started my own business.
TTC first baby.

It's been quite the year!

My life is completely different to this time last year.

Not just because of coronavirus though. While that has had an impact, its not the biggest change to my life in that time.

Not really, but I feel like everything is very precariously balanced on a knife edge at the moment. It's a rather anxiety-inducing feeling.

I'm about to sit exams which I strongly suspect I may fail, meaning I will be a student for an additional year

My husband is still employed at the moment, but if things go on the way they are it's only a matter of time before the company starts making redundancies/laying people off

Still, I know we are more fortunate than many, so just focusing on counting my blessings while I can!

I feel like I've started to get used to this half way house of some normal and lots not. But actually things are quite different.

I started working totally freelance in Feb. I like doing my own thing but omg the timing is awful. No other big changes with the house or my dp job. I have a new niece since this time last year. Which is lovely although has been hard on my sister and they family in lockdown.

A few more hours employment for a few pounds more. That’s it.

Well I've lost my job but it's nothing compared with what some of the previous posters are experiencing. to everyone.

I’ve inadvertently started a food bank.

Diagnosed with leukaemia Oct 19.
Lucky to get a stem cell transplant from a german unrelated donor Feb 20 just before covid.
Been in hospital more months than I can remember and been back in for 4 weeks with steroid induced diabetes.

Still it's been a good time to recover as I'm not missing out on anything.
Just a bit lonely when you live on your own

Not really for us. Same house, jobs (which carried on during the pandemic), no more children. Obviously the world is different so we're doing different things at the weekend with the children and seeing our own friends less often but we're lucky not to have had anything significant happen.

@ceecee32

Hope you’re recovering well. I’m on the Anthony Nolan register and hoping I can help someone someday

Last year I was single for the first time in 25 years, terrified, ill and lonely.
This year I have a group of single mates and I am so very very grateful for them, and feel far less at sea.

@isupposeisuppose

I cant get over the selflessness of a complete stranger.
Hope you get matched soon. Xx

Had knee surgery...no longer in pain
Can walk again... have lost 2 stone
Much more energy and a new zest for life...
Loved lockdown 😀

Hugely. This time last year I was 9 months into TTC, and feeling pretty miserable about it. Midway through renovating our flat and feeling pretty miserable about that too.

I’m currently emailing solicitors about our upcoming move to a house while trapped under a slumbering 4 week old DD

This time last year I had just started a job, that I took a pay cut for in order to change career direction and was (secretely) hating and regretting it.

Got made redundant after 3 months (secretly relieved) although it was a very stressful time I wouldn't want to repeat.

Got a new job in my old field but in a better team with better pay. DP also got a promotion. So put the house on the market as we could afford to up=size, just sold and about to move.

So yes, lots changed, for the best thankfully.

I feel like it's not changed enough. I was supposed to get a bigger, better job this year. All on hold while my career shrinks even further but at least I'm still employed.

This past year - not much at all.

2003 / 2004 now that was a crazy 12 months!

Exdh told me he was seeing someone else, that ended a 16-year marriage (no kids he was infertile). Nine weeks later, out of the blue, I met DH, whirlwind romance, we married 8 months after meeting and I was pregnant a month after the wedding.

(still happily married)

@pennow so sorry for your loss, you are right, life will never be the same, I hope you are being supported in RL.