On a scale from 1-10 , how happy are you?

[Lockdowner35]

10 being happy , 1 feeling down

I would 7 , quite happy but not over the top happy.

I'm a solid 9

Monday morning on way to work I'd say 5

1. I thrive on seeing people and desperately miss normalcy, but DH and I both have safe and steady jobs, our two kids are healthy, and daycares have remained open where we are despite lockdown. All things considered we’re extremely fortunate and I’m quite content. I’ll be a 10 when I get my friends and siblings and parents back!!!

3

9

8

Every damn night 🤬

10

7-8 at this current point.
I have a job, I mostly love. Albeit poorly paid.
My DH is fabulous, as is Dd.
We are not in any debt.
My darling MIL is plodding on ok and I treasure every day with her.
BUT, I miss my own mum (she died a few years ago), my body is getting older (and fatter🙁), I miss seeing friends and Spring cannot come fast enough.

2

8/9 but bored.

5 feeling meh even though I'm surrounded by blessings.

Shit sick of following the rules and being careful.

1. Thanks for asking.

About 8. Very grateful for what I have. Few issues at the mo, mainly some health problems for me (PMDD which means I'm on anxiety meds and have an unexplained inflamation/arthritis which flare with my hormones so trying to sort that at the mo.), and worried about my mum's health too. Another point off for my kids being out of school and suffering that way.

Sorry for people struggling. Particularly @loubieloo4.

I'm an 8 or a 9, but I'm a naturally optimistic person and I am thankful for that. I did get pnd when mine was a baby and struggled for a good couple of years. I grieved my second baby, but recognised that as grief.

Feeling come and go. My normal is about an 8 or a 9.

7 but if I could out today I’d probably be a 10. I don’t like being trapped at home!

I don’t think people are a 9/10 because they think their life couldn’t be better. I put 9 because I’m basically happy inspite of rather than because of the circumstances. Were there no covid then the likelihood is right now I’d be about to go on a work trip to Turkey for two weeks, which would have pluses and minuses vs being at home. Main downside being that I’d miss the kids and OH & main upside being working with people is easier face to face and a chance to enjoy exploring Istanbul at the weekend with a colleague I like. I’d have spent yesterday having breakfast with a friend and her kids at a local pub with a lovely play area and then exploring a local museum or doing other activities with the kids and OH, which would have been fun. As it is we spent it lying in while the kids had cartoon time, doing some of school work in the morning, looking over plans for building an extension on the house while they played for a bit after lunch and playing board games together in the afternoon, which was also quite good fun. Today we have more home school, baking a cake for my dad’s birthday and Lego planned. That’s probabky more fun than batch cooking to help make life a bit easier while OH is solo parenting, packing and then going to bed early to be up for a 4am flight.

The situation is a bit crappy all round but for some people (like us) it’s really more a bit of an inconvenience than a barrier to being happy. We can still catch up with friends on FaceTime and Skype, we can still have virtual lunches and pub evenings with our colleagues & friends, we live at the coast and can go for some lovely walks. It’s far from perfect and if I had the choice I’d want my normal life back but I’m going to focus on the positive parts and enjoy them.

[quote Porcupineintherough]@Notcrackersyet if you'd asked me this time last year I'd have said the same. Sympathy, it sucks doesnt it.[/quote]
Thank you so much for the solidarity. Good to hear you have passed through. I’m hoping this doesn’t last forever.