What was ok about 2020 for you?

[EwwwwDavid]

I got to go on holiday. Massively lucky. We just got to go to Spain when lockdown eased and things were ok. It was the best 2 weeks ever!

I work for the NHS so have not been furloughed at all and my DH has had to cope with the home schooling which has been a nightmare.

I guess my AIBU is was there any part of 2020 that wasn't awful?

More time with the family which means the world to me as the kids are growing up fast.

Realised I still really like dh. We were previously like ships passing in the night and have never spent this much time together throughout our entire marriage. I’d forgotten how great he is.

No holidays this year but that money has gone into our new house and we have done several big projects that might have taken us years under normal circumstances.

I’ve been able to see friends between lockdowns and even managed a planned girls weekend which was lovely.

I have deeply missed my wider family though, but feel very fortunate that they are all well. I plan to ensure I spend more time with them when I can and not take them for granted.

DH worked from home which saved 3 hours commuting a day and 700 quid a month.

We upped our dog walking game and have discovered so many lovely places. Also upped our picnic game and are continuing now with lovely food thermoses full of stews and soups.

I started cycling again in first lockdown when roads were so quiet, and since then have bought a peloton and exercised hard since June no matter the weather. Have also ordered a new gravel bike for 2021.

My father's care home has been brilliant and so far all residents remain healthy. Much better for him to be around other people than isolated at home.

We managed a couple of holidays in our camper van but they didn't correspond with the best weather - hope to rectify that in 2021. Did do some fab campfire cooking and found a lovely Greener camping site in Wales with an empty field nearly to ourselves.

Found that we managed with far fewer clothes purchases - now it all seems to be merino for the outdoors! Also managed with far fewer meals out - luckily we love cooking. Got into bread making and have even made some cheese (Camembert type).

Not having to see people was marvellous. Still is!

Both DH and I kept our jobs. DH working from home has meant we (me, him and 2 kids) eat dinner together every night which we never did before as he was always home too late.

I took up running

My DH no longer commutes 3hrs a day (he will part time in the future which is huge improvement on full time previously)

Less traffic on the road

I changed my entire business I now make more money and spend the majority of time working from home rather than doing 1000 miles around the country for approximately half the minimum wage. We had a very normal summer and did loads of U.K. theme park breaks even though our holiday abroad was cancelled. I know it doesn’t suit everyone but I love working from home.

Went from a job in retail I had done for 2 years and hated so much and got a job back in care which I have qualifications for. And plus side no traveling distance and nice hours.

Loved home schooling, did loads in the garden, weather was beautiful and had lots of BBQs. Got to go to Spain in the summer and appreciated it so much. Lovely having Dh working from home and it made him realise he could do it long term. Happy not seeing other people and it being so quiet.
It's really nice to remember the good things in a year that was horrible in so many ways.

I went on holiday in February.

I’ve enjoyed having more time and being by myself.

I had a baby
I lost 3 stone
The summer here was fine, we went on a UK holiday, we went to legoland, chessington and paultons park. We went to the beach and all the country parks within an hours drive. We went out for meals in August.
We saw my parents and didn't enforce social distancing. My 3 year old was so happy to spend time with them and they got to play with the baby.
Come December we could form a support bubble, so Christmas was actually good.

I have quite a few things I could add but the main thing is I entered 2021 with everyone I entered 2020 with.

I lost weight and got into fitness. Wouldn't have been able to had I been commuting.

I enjoyed my first full year of not being with my ex and not being a stepmum to his kid anymore I wish I could have done more to celebrate my new life, but even just the lockdown without them was like a holiday!

Bought "forever" home

Had a lovely few days away at a UK seaside resort.

Still had some nice meals/days out.

Enjoyed the calmer pace of life not having to commute.

I think the hardest thing about 2020 for me was the uncertainty of it all, but in hindsight we were extremely lucky and still have some great memories from the year.

I got my arse into gear and did something to boost my financial situation that I’ve been umming and aahing about doing for years.

I have discovered how amazingly supportive some of my friends are. (Not that I thought they weren’t before, but I’ve discovered a new depth to it in more than one friendship.)

I speak to my dad a lot more. Like a lot of people my age, I used to mainly phone my mom and speak to him ‘through’ her. Now I have regular video calls with them both together, which I hope we’ll continue to do.

I used the money and time I saved by not commuting and going out to get important jobs done at home - although sadly I’ve had to accept that it’s not true that I’d be tidier if only I had more time.

I was ready to leave my job at the start of the year, but COVID put pay to that. Whilst that’s a negative in many ways, WFH full-time has led to a more honest relationship with my manager and means I spend more time on work and less on office politics. Because of this, I’m not desperate to leave anymore.

We had a fab holiday to Disney world in January.
I managed to pass 3 exams this year despite working from home (longer hours than ever).

That's about it, everything else has sucked.

I reconnected with old friends, I spent a lot of quality time with dh (maybe too much sometimes)
Most importantly dd learnt to walk at 15 months, after 3 surgeries and 3 hip casts (hip dysplasia) and I have to thank the first lockdown for that one as we had a lot more time just at home together to focus on her legs getting strong enough.

I've wanted to go travelling for years but have been far too uptight about money/career. Eventually I resigned in Nov 2019...finished end of Feb 2020 with the intention of staying in Australia til May and then scuttling back to London to immediately find another identical job because...you know... CaReEr

Due to Covid we ended up staying til NOVEMBER and the industry I worked in (which deep down I had come to hate) has completely fallen off a cliff and I can't go back to it...or living in London.

So I am completely broke, can't find a job and now living in a seaside town but I've had my mind thoroughly blow by traveling and unclenched significantly when it comes to life/work balance.

I also got sober 😊

I went to see my mum back in September and we had a lovely week together- just the two of us.
She lives abroad and I can honestly say that travelling 800miles across Europe by car is possible even with social distancing!
I didn't have contact with any other human being except for the guy that checked my passport at the British border.

I fell pregnant 😊

I'd been waiting ages for a promotion I got back in 2019....
Covid hit and I got called up to start it, on a secondment basis for now, but future looks good that it'll become permanent in the next few months!

The first lockdown was great for me- we were with my parents in the countryside, I had company while looking after DS, we could go for long walks and I finally began to feel better after having DS. It was exactly the respite I needed; the weather was amazing and the only noise for miles around was birdsong.

It was the happiest I’ve been in years; I doubt I’ll ever experience peace and quiet like that again, or such a sense of solidarity across the country. I loved it.

Maybe my life is otherwise shit but 2020 was all kind of ok for me. Not the best year but can imagine worse

Spent many months in tight lockdown due to elderly parent, it's not how it's choose to spend it but it's (hopefully) one year I really couldn't give a toss, there'll be loads more whatever happens

I set up a business which was completely unexpected and unplanned.

It’s absolutely flourishing and I am thrilled but knackered.

I enjoyed 2020 apart from my dog passing away.

Work was quieter for a while.
I stayed in more.
I saved money.
I grew my hair.
I got two new dogs.
I stayed well as did all 4 members of my extended family.
I loved the quiet Christmas even though dd had covid.