End of year

This has been the most challenging and stressful year of my life. I fervently hope 2024 brings back more joy and less anxiety into my life. I look back on carefree days and feel bereft.

Hardly any regrets, although I would like to declutter and should really downsize since being widowed.
I have managed to fill the weekly diary with lots of activities and have enjoyed many trips, a particular joy.

I’m feeling my age rather, getting tired if I do too much and that’s a bother, but not much can be done about that.

Sending kind thoughts to all those who have lost loved ones. These celebratory times of year can be challenging; but as "Iam" says there are blessings to be counted in the form of friends and family.

It has been a mixed year for me with deteriorating health and increasing difficulty in dealing with the loneliness. But there have been happy family events and a holiday, a lovely singing week and lots of activity with the choir I run. It is just a question of ploughing on and latching on to every shred of joy that comes my way; or more importantly that I create. It is no good me sitting back and hoping others will bring joy to me on a plate.

2023 has been a tricky year one way and another. I still feel the only way for me to deal with it is to concentrate on making my little bit of the world as good as I can.

The new year brings the hope of the safe delivery of a new grandchild, the expectation of a building project actually being completed(!), the celebration of my mum's 90th birthday and the ongoing prayer that people who think it's OK to go around with guns and knives. on both the personal and the global scale. will think again.

I wish all GNetters a peaceful 2024.

Many regrets - but I suspect quite a few others have them, too.

Cannot feel much enthusiasm for another year, there is too much misery for so many in the world, and our 'great-and-good' leaders appear lethargic in their enthusiasm to do much about it.

Like others, I will simply celebrate the small personal triumphs of family and friends that continue from one year the next.

I wish all GNers a peaceful New Year.

Like Greyduster and Iam64, my husband became ill early in 2023 and sadly died in April, so this year has been spent in dealing with everything, and this will continue as there is still so much stuff to clear and the estate to finalise.
I keep going with my choirs and church. I have a loving and supportive family. I have joined one new group and am making plans for holidays, but things will be very different. Life does not stand still. I am not given to looking back very often as it is easier and healthier to live in the present and to try to build a new future.

Iam64 and Greyduster

Last year was horrendous. This year, I’ve tried to pull things round to build something new after losing DH and in some measure that has gone quite well. Now I have to keep the momentum going, but in a lot of ways at the moment it feels like putting sticking plasters on a wound that isn’t going to heal. In time I hope I shall just need smaller sticking plasters. No resolutions for the coming year. What will be will be.

I’m not usually given to much reflection as the old year makes way for the new. The past 20 months have been tough. My husband’s diagnosis and death six months later in October dominated 2022.
2023 - a year of adjusting to living alone, to missing him so much, remembering the many happy years, being thankful for that and the blessings in my life. Family, friends and a life long ability to accept solitude help of course and for this I’m grateful.
Regrets are such a waste of energy and emotion. I will move into the new year trying to continue to build a good life without him

Every Hogmanay, I pray for a better year healthwise, it never happens. I am accepting of that and have lowered my extremely high expectations!! 😉

I have little regrets, I gave my all last year and will approach New Year with the same mindset.

I wish everyone a happy New Year when it comes.

No regeets as I don't think I could have done things any differently. It's been stressful and I think 2024 is going to be more of the same. So come 1 Jan I will gird my loins.

Gransnet has been both helpful and damn annoying. Maybe my regret is spending too much time reading posts!!! Resolution will be to just spend 15 minutes a day...and no more. See how that goes!!