What is keeping you positive for 2021

[whatisforteamum]

I know January is a depressing month in normal circumstances let alone with all the restrictions.
I thought we could share tips for keeping positive and motivated in the next few months.
I decided in the first lockdown to keep a routine and regular sleep pattern.
On furlough again I decided to buy a sewing machine quite cheaply and take up an old hobby.
I've been cooking new things at home from cheap or free veg.
I am excited for spring and sunnier days.
Taking pictures for Instagram that might make someone inspired to cook.
What have you been doing to keep your spirits up?

It's hard. This could be a short thread.
I cheer myself up daydreaming about future holidays. I check flight prices with no intention of booking until this is over.

Not much at the moment.

2 totally unexpected disability diagnoses for DS1 in September and November mean that he's getting weekly help from professionals so I hope they will help him and life will get easier for us all. Although as he was crying tonight about going back to school on Monday (not Uk) it's a slim hope but I need something.

Fertility treatment and hopefully a baby by the end of this year.

Vaccine.

And for me Im going to take time to read books which I love doing but never have time.

I don't deny it is tricky living on a small budget waiting to see if I still have a job but for some reason I still feel hopeful.

My town have advertised their open air cinema for next summer. It's such a good atmosphere, I can't see why it can't go ahead.

Obviously I have other things to look forward to but seeing something actually advertised excites me.

Very little, but lurking for ideas! I’m trying to reconnect with as many people as possible virtually so that when we do get out of this it won’t feel so much like we haven’t seen each other for months..

2022

Looking forward to the summer and spending time in the garden.

Watching films and burning nice candles.

Getting the kids washed, fed, played with. I find looking after them immensely satisfying, know it sounds weird but after each meal I say well done, lunch done etc! I love putting them to bed each day knowing they have had a good, happy and safe day. Even though life is boring at that moment, getting them through it helps get me through it if that makes sense! Not to say I don’t find parenting hard as I totally do but I notice I enjoy it more when I see it as a challenge rather than a chore!

Hopefully meeting my best friend’s baby in the summer (she’s due March but we live 5 hours apart so I doubt I’ll meet her until then)

Have a UK holiday booked in August by the sea, so hoping I can go!

The days getting longer
My parents having the vaccine
Being able to travel to see my parents again
Schools reopening (now on the 18th! 😱)
Warmer days
Kickstarting my own business (I sound like an MLM bot, definitely not!!)
Enjoying having moved to the seaside
Pubs and cafes opening hopefully

My SIL is due to give birth to my nephew this month and I'm just hanging on to the hope that I get to give him a cuddle at some point this year 🤞

I am hoping to get another cat.I lost my old one in the first lockdown.The positives of owning a furchild cannot be underestimated. It is a big commitment though.😺

Being able to see my mum again sometime this year. She’s in her eighties and I haven’t seen her since the summer.
Snowdrops. Bulbs coming up. Apple blossom. Dd finishing GCSEs.
Warm sunshine. Bees being out and about. Going to the beach.

A trip to Disneyland Paris in October - I'm confident it'll be open and able to travel by then, even though it'll be very different to the norm.

The vaccine
Warm and sunny days
Trips to the local beach with DC
To continue running as my hobby
Reading more
To not always work from home

I've booked a (UK self catering) holiday for September.

Started the bodycoach app and already feeling SO much better. Way more energy and feeling less stressed, looking forward to passing the next few months of lockdown / tiers achieving some fitness and health goals.

But yes as with everyone else, spring is round the corner, nights are gradually getting lighter. I can't wait to enjoy the outdoors, the beach etc but for now I'm enjoying cosying up at home and taking it a bit easy.

Well obviously The hope of a vaccine and that things will hopefully be normal by the end of the year.
The thoughts of spring on its way - hopefully we’ll have some lovely weather like last year. The weather was really beautiful in 2020.
Today I also found Tom Daley has an Instagram account for his knitting and crochet projects. Now that really did make me smile today, can’t fully explain why, by it did. (Madewithlovebytomdaley for anyone else wanting to check it out)

I had my first baby during the first lockdown and I'm loving watching him grow and develop. We moved into our new house just before Christmas so I'm keeping myself occupied with planning how to decorate. I'm also looking forward to the lighter nights and warmer days so that I can get out in the garden (moved from a flat so it's the first time I've had my own garden which is hugely exciting to me). Yes, I'm easily pleased!

Getting the vaccine , my elderly DF getting vaccine and it enabling him to have more of a normal life . Looking forward to spring , deciding what to grow in my garden , sunnier days , trips to the beach , exercising , travelling to see friends and family . Maybe a holiday ! Spending time with my DC especially as DD1 will go to uni in 2021. Looking forward to small things seems doable...

@SandysMam what a lovely post, thank you for changing my perspective a bit - very much needed at the moment!

Great thread.

DD and her DP got engaged yesterday
Looking forward to getting back on my diet/general healthy eating and exercise plan
Aiming to get elderly DM who has just had hip replacement more mobile
Some home improvements
Teach myself dress making
Exercise more