I don’t usually bother with New Years Resolutions. But recently I realised just how little fun there is in our lives. I can’t even blame covid (although of course that has put a pause on many things) - we were on survival mode as a family long before the pandemic. Everything always felt like a drain, we always had what needed doing hanging over us, week after week was the same. Both of us have various physical and mental health issues and we got stuck in the rut of “life is just too difficult, so why bother trying to have nice experiences” - I don’t want that anymore!
I’ve worked hard on improving the future this year - building a career path, studying etc - and the right meds have really helped, but I want the NOW to be good too. I want to stop waiting for some mythical time when we are “allowed” to enjoy the one life we have. There are many other things I could make into a resolution (housework, weight, money…) but it all seems a bit pointless if life is grey and dull.
Can anyone relate? Does anyone want to join me in my resolution? I wasn’t sure where to put the thread but it’s definitely a mental health related issue for me. And it’s not about denying the very real difficulties we have - I just want to have fun in spite of those things, and I know it will help my MH too.