How is everyone coping?

Currently going through a very messy redundancy process, worked 14 years for a small but successful family business however one of the directors has gone on a mad power trip and roped his 83 year old father who has the majority share and not had active input for 15 years and I am collateral damage the other active director (brother of the the other director and my line manager) is at the funeral of the poor lad who got stabbed in Reading this morning and is likely next for being forced out.

A company that paid everybody a good wage and dividends being destroyed for no reason, love my job and customers so feeling very fucking low at the moment.
 
Northernstorirs said:
Negatives - Really pissed off with work and WFH (internal politics). I actually miss interaction with colleagues etc and I feel a bit isolated. I'm drinking more than I normally would to feel better and put me in a better mood.
Missing my pals and family, getting sick of the groundhog day routine.

Positives - I consider myself VERY lucky to be working and have been unharmed by the pandemic. I'm running most days and have lost weight. Managed to save a bit of money. There's a lot of sport on TV and I've got back in to reading.
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Good post. I like the "really pissed off" description instead of the hackneyed (and utter bollocks) "it's really affecting my mental health" nonsense.

Depression - a form of mental illness - is a medical condition that 99% of us do not have. "Being a bit down" is not the same thing, although snowflakes like to confuse the two.
 
worsleyweb said:
We all need to try and support each other on here at the moment as blues. This winter has been brutal probably the toughest time many of us have known. Not easy for any of us.

hang on in there blues - one day we will all be at David Silvas testimonial!
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I’m going to be honest, and people might think I’m weird, but I really like Lockdowns (and I live on my own)!

When the first lockdown ended, and then I was back in work in September, I had post-lockdown blues like you get after coming home from a Summer holiday but they lasted for a good six weeks.

I like the lack of work stress (and I am in work a few days a week, all week next week in fact, but it’s very different, far more relaxed and I can choose when I go in)... I like the pace of life, I like the laidback feeling... I like reduced traffic (more noticeable in the first lockdown)...

And I loved waking up naturally to no alarm every day (found I was waking at around 08:00 every day), and having time to shop well, cook well, eat healthily and exercise every day.

I had a one-man health revolution.

Yes, I miss going to the footy, the pub, to gigs, seeing and chatting to beautiful women; but all this has made me wake up to the fact that there’s far more to human life than getting up and going to work every day slogging our guts out.

All the time and effort I was putting into work, I was putting into my health. I felt and looked like a new man, my brain altered, I was thinking more clearly and more positively, I was all round sharper and more confident.

I’ve sorted out a new wardrobe (after losing weight), sorted out my music collection, kept the flat clean at all times (hard when I have my periods of time in normal times in work when I do 12 hour days!), got rid of my car, bought a bicycle, started cycling and running to work when I need to go in... none of which I would have done without lockdowns and more spare cash because I’m not going to the footy.

I realise this is all very selfish while people are getting very ill and dying. I’ve had a few extended family die from Covid, myself. Also got some mates and family who are struggling financially. But as an individual I’m going to miss this life when everything returns to normal.
 
worsleyweb said:
We all need to try and support each other on here at the moment as blues. This winter has been brutal probably the toughest time many of us have known. Not easy for any of us.

hang on in there blues - one day we will all be at David Silvas testimonial!
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I’ve been wondering which thread to break my duck on and enter into the waters and this is it. I’ve been reading this forum for many years and had to register to be able to read your texts from your mate at AZ a few weeks back @worsleyweb.
I have been working at home since mid March last year as I am a type 1 diabetic, so I am vulnerable to this. I started a new mechanical services contracting business last January alongside an established electrical contractor so it has been hard not being able to go out and visit customers and build the business, but in saying all of that, we have remained busy. My Mrs was made redundant and her parents are shielding as well, so we have had our difficulties. However, the threads, especially the daily updates from @Healdplace have been excellent and have kept me updated, many thanks.
Being able to watch city regularly has helped as there is not a lot else worth watching on tv, and I guess like all others, I am hoping that the summer will be the time where things start to get better. The one thing that I can do is look after myself and those close to me, control the controllables as they say. Being a bit of a control freak makes it hard work, but I think we will be in a much better place soon. This forum has given me good information and some serious laughs along the way, thanks to all.
 
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