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In 5 years , if your life was exactly the same as it is now , would you be happy , content or sad?

119 replies

LamAcA · 19/02/2023 00:10

Content for myself

OP posts:
LivesOnPigeonStreet · 19/02/2023 00:12

Happy

Sealover123 · 19/02/2023 00:13

Sad. I've had a pretty horrible year and look forward to things improving!

BlastedPimples · 19/02/2023 00:23

Even more depressed than I am now.

Procrastination4 · 19/02/2023 00:25

Happy

CrapBucket · 19/02/2023 00:29

God that's a really good question. I have made some massive life changes in the previous 5 years and I'm happy now although I have a lot to worry about. 5 years from now I hope the same things aren't worrying me, but on the whole I'd like things to be mostly the same.

ChannelyourinnerElsa · 19/02/2023 00:35

Sad. These are not good times for me, but I do believe there will be better days than this.

Crunched · 19/02/2023 00:38

So happy. Just had a great night out with the people I love, and hope I can live like this for many, many years.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 19/02/2023 00:42

Fine, I think! Rather than happy or sad.

I hope my work will have calmed down a bit, or I’ll have got to grips with new (ish) job a bit better.

Unicorn2022 · 19/02/2023 00:42

I'd be extremely sad

NooNooHead1981 · 19/02/2023 00:43

Very sad. I don't want to know that my chronic health issues won't go away or get worse, and that my neurological involuntary movement disorder will be the same. It is something I've come to terms with somewhat but it's taken about 8 years and the thought of another few years of this, letalond decades, is very depressing.

SophiaLaB · 19/02/2023 00:43

Happy

BitOutOfPractice · 19/02/2023 00:44

Really happy.

Obstackle · 19/02/2023 00:44

Devastated. I'm planning on retiring in 2025!

IrritableCowSyndrome · 19/02/2023 00:45

Sad.

Very very sad.

I've had an awful time with illness and family issues and I can't wait to see the back of it all.

Mumof3teenagers · 19/02/2023 00:45

Happy with my little family.

Sad, because the past 12 months have been very stressful.

DramaAlpaca · 19/02/2023 00:45

Reasonably happy

XanaduKira · 19/02/2023 00:45

Happy

ensayers · 19/02/2023 00:48

I've been in a rut for over 20 years. It's quite miserable. Ive lost all ambition.
So in another 5 years I guess yes I'll still be living on my own, watching TV and typing on my phone, getting excited over a free loyalty coffee, and swearing anytime I see Gregg Wallace on telly haha

IWishICouldDisappear · 19/02/2023 00:49

Oh god the thought of still being in this hell in 5 years

Sparklesocks · 19/02/2023 00:56

Well I’m 31 weeks pregnant so I’d be furious to have a 5 year pregnancy 😄

NoraLuka · 19/02/2023 01:00

Sad.
I hope my DDs are happier in 5 years than they are now, and I’m going through a weird restless time where I want to change everything even though on paper it’s all good.

LaviniasBigBloomers · 19/02/2023 01:01

Delighted, because my darling sibling who is so very ill would still be here, and my autistic DC who is both the light of my life and the worry of my heart would be relatively stable and happy at college.

Bonkers that I am so unhappy but wouldn't trade it for the alternative.

LadyJ2023 · 19/02/2023 01:05

Happy and content

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 19/02/2023 01:08

So happy, but I have a horrible feeling that life will not be the same for me in five years

RedAndBlueStripedGolfingUmbrella · 19/02/2023 01:08

Yes..
I'd have money and a job I'd be getting out and doing things.
Happy with that