Are you feeling positive about 2026?

[Diamondsbutnoknickers]

Maybe it's a hang over from feeling so blah about Christmas but I'm not feeling particularly optimistic about 2026. I've no reason to feel apprehensive about it but here we are. I'm not superstitious but feel like the next 12 months is going to be tough for my family. Obviously I hope that I'll be digging up this post this time next year pointing out that I was talking crap.

Do you think it will be a good year for you?

I'm feeling pretty optimistic about my own and immediate families lives-but not about the state of the country or world affairs.

Yes, last couple of years have been dreadful but I’ve sought help which has been really beneficial and I have a few plans for next year which are really exciting.

Not at all. No.

No. My husband was made redundant in October and it’s badly affected his mental health.
No response to 300+ applications. I am worried that few over-50ies are getting job offers.
And I am worried about the national economy.

Very. I’m retiring at the end of Dec 26 after 37 years nursing. Will be counting the weeks!

Yes, very. Some very exciting things coming this year.

Oh I really hope you’re wrong and you have a great year. I’m feeling good about 2026, I enjoy making plans between Xmas and new year :) got a spa evening with a pal on Jan 2nd to kick things off! Doing a big walk with a big group of friends at some point, and going to Slovenia. So if nothing else, those will be nice!

No, the last few years have been dreadful, my mental health is at rock bottom, I work for a university so have the constant threat of redundancy hanging over me whilst feeling pressure to work harder and harder.
Family situation very difficult. I feel very sad and lonely most of the time and I can't see anything changing other than for the worse.

I feel like it could go either way - either totally amazing or totally shit. Hopefully it's just an average boring year though. 🤞

Just back from Slovenia last week, it’s beautiful.

Unfortunately not. I’ve got a 2 week wait cancer referral appointment next week. I went to the dr for something completely unrelated so it was a bit of a shock.

Surprisingly, I am 🥰

Now that i've said that, i'm expecting something to go wrong! 😄

Yes, Very.

I have no crystal ball. But I’ve experienced A LOT of growth/improvement in the last 2 years. Finally feel like I’m working with my ADHD not against it. HRT has me beautifully stable mood wise (which could not be said of the pre-HRT years).

And I’ve (belatedly) worked out that just because an entire globe of trouble and strife can be beamed into my eyeballs stressing me out or making me feel doom and gloomy…. I don’t actually have to look at it. I can’t change any of it (got no vote here or back home). Unless it’s local, which I’ll hear about quick enough even if I avoid the rolling news, I can’t go and help people at the sharp end.

I’ve retrained my algorithm so it’s more upbeat and favours longer form (my attention span needs exercise).

Pretty sure that is all more relevant to my sense of optimism for 2026, but I do think I can see the small, green shoots of a shift beyond myself, on a larger scale. Could be the new sparkly algorithm, might be the lovely level of HRT making things look rosy, perhaps this what “you are officially old !” feels like, or there might be real green shoots out there.

It will be what it will be, but it is nice to be properly looking forward for once, rather than feeling my more typical slight sense of dooooooom.

I think 26 will be much like 25. Some good, some bad.

what I know is that my family will get through the bad as well as possible and will celebrate the good as well as possible.

we will keep buggering on, much as we always do, relying, as always, on each other to pick us up when we fall, and to be ready to pick others up when we see them fall.

I'm looking forward to 2026. Ds is doing well, so I'm hoping he'll get good a'level results. Then he'll head off to uni. That means the end of school fees (hooray) and my mortgage will end in May.

Everything is changing, we are all moving on, changing gear. 😊

Yes I’m optimistic that my 2026 will be a good one.
The last few years have been horrendous for me.
centred around the fact that the Met police reopened my claim of rape from 26 years ago meaning I had to face him in a court room.
It was hell for me and my husband who was amazing throughout.
I am glad it’s over and the only way is up, I’m going to book us a really lovely holiday, probably Greece.

No not at all. We're going through something as a family at the moment and it will definitely take over the whole of next year. That being said, I am going to try and keep going and hope there is a light at the end of the year.

I’m not optimistic that 2026 will be ‘a good year’ as such, however 2025 has been so unbelievably shit that right now I’m kind of in the mindset that it can (touch wood) only be an improvement on this one!!!

I’m aiming for it to be better

Work has been a challenge last year and I have two major issues to sort they just keep moving on and on. I want them sorted in 2026

Family wise yes I hope it will be better having gone NC with most of the narcissists I have a blood relatives. Boundaries are a good thing that I just need to keep in place.
I refuse to let other suck the joy out of things

Yes I am atm. Have 3 holiday booked. Goals I want to work towards. Hoping teen Dd becomes less moody…

Congratulations!! I’m hoping to retire soon too. I remember how wonderful nursing used to be. Sad how it’s changed. I hope you have a wonderful retirement

I hope you’re treated kindly and that you recover quickly

Yes! I’ve had a lot of emotional upheaval but I’ve come to terms with it all. I’m looking forward to a house move. I’ve a lot to be grateful for… have a lovely husband and children I adore.

Me personally- I’m hugely looking forward to it. I really like my job and with any luck I can keep going at it. Dp turns 60 and we have great plans. Everyone except my mother is (touch wood) healthy at the moment and she isn’t suffering I think. I might have fewer bereavements (three last year).

Yeah, kind of. Like a PP I’ve kind of come to terms with the fact that the world is a bit of a bin fire and there’s not much i can do about most of it, so better to focus on what I can impact and try to positively impact my community and those around me.