To feel sad that I did nothing for the queen's jubilee or the King's coronation?

[MovieQueen12]

Two big events but I did nothing for them. In later life I can't help but feel I will regret this.
Often all I feel I do is work, go shopping and that's it. Money is tight which I know it is for everyone but it's just a bit depressing when I really think about it.

We went out on Sunday to a garden centre. Seeing all the houses decked out in bunting and union jacks made me feel we'd not bothered and not got into the atmosphere of it all.
So once we came home I made some scones and we sat out in the garden and had them with jam & cream.
Watched the concert on tv in the evening , and although I don't drink , had a large gin ( just the one ) and woke up with a hangover on Monday ! Making memories 😂

I'm sorry you feel sad about this OP. It makes me think though , we have a local community group and almost every bank holiday or celebration there is someone who posts "anything going on this weekend" fair enough but I always think that these events take volunteers to actually organise. I get involved in lots of community stuff. Sometimes you have to be part of the solution. You could have knocked on doors on your street and started to organise something, I recommend you try, you'll get loads out of it
Or just organise a simple party at yours , people will come , make things happen

We went to a couple of free large organised events, and had fun but in the end there wasn't much to do with the Coronation - I was with my dc, who wanted to play in the playground as usual and go to a funfair. Was supposed to watch the screening on a big screen but it didn't work, and it also rained, so we gave up watching it and had our picnic lunch indoors! I think it's better to go to one of the big events if you don't know people - at a street party it's a bit more insular. And the activities are better organised (especially for dc, like funfair or crafts).

I don't think I would want the responsibility of trying to organise an event! But around here there were lots of activities organised by the council or other large organisations.