Anyone else having trouble getting excited about anything?

[disneychrista]

Honestly, for me, it is not that I am having trouble getting excited it is just that there is nothing to get excited about.

 

[Planogirl]

“Is anyone else having trouble getting excited about stuff they would normally get excited about?”

I have been through a lot of tough times in my lifetime. You know things are bad when your male therapist cries hearing your stories. Fortunately I am strong, and resilient. This has been a tough year for me. I lost my mother after caring for her at home for over a year through her illness and death. I injured myself and was in a lot of pain, and PT, etc. Then I wound up in the Covid ICUs caring for the sickest of the sick. It was hard work, and terrifying at times, and I am beat. And bothered by all that’s going on. But I can’t let it get me down. I am fortunate in life to have an abundance of great people around me and have the gift of being a healer. This helps keep me focused on what’s really important. I do think we’re all at risk and many are struggling with emotions and such, but looking at our blessings and being thankful for what we do have can help us get through these tough times.

I was also fortunate to be in WDW when it closed down in March, so I don’t have any trips in the works right now and that makes that part a little easier for me. I would be bummed, too, if we had to cancel something. I do miss little things like going to the movies or restaurants, and I truly feel saddened seeing everyone walking around with masks everywhere. I have hope that it will end, though. I’m less discouraged about Covid than I am about the state of division in this country, to be honest. I’m not sure what the cure is for that. But still, I am not feeling hopeless about it. I’ve been through worse, personally. And I’m not going to let anything that’s going on suck the joy out of my life. Life is too short for that. I’m a simple person at heart and I still enjoy the simple things in life.

I'm with you. I've been to hell and back and now little things seem to mean more. I guess that it's a matter of perspective.

 

[tcufrog]

When this mess started my mom was in the hospital for the flu. The lockdown occurred while she was in recovery at a rehabilitation facility. Since she got out, my father has been in the hospital and is currently in the hospital for his third time. None of those times were for COVID. It's been very stressful trying to make sure he gets the care he needs in addition to looking after my own family.

 

[wannabee]

We just got word today that we will stay working from home for the rest of the year. I know I am blessed to have this job but I find it so depressing. I'm planing for Princess !/2 marathon in Feb but I cant get too excited because I'll be surprised if it happens. Just need something to look forward to.

 

[lisaviolet]

rats (in non-rat roles),

I can't.

Lovely to see that no one has extinguished your unique personality over the years cobright.

 

[TLSnell1981]

Outside the bubble of fear and hysteria there is life...sadly also death. The world is still turning and many are experiencing it..good or bad. We still have much to appreciate. Embrace life...none of us are promised a tomorrow.

I ordered the new Harry Potter Home to Hogwarts pattern triple zip hipster from Vera Bradley yesterday, now I'll have two Disney ones and a Harry Potter one...that's my level of excitement for the next several days until Tuesday when it's supposed to come.

It seems like most of my excitement is small things here and there.

It's hard not to get back in the up and down motions (like the thread discussing up and downs with COVID-19) so I can understand sometimes slipping into that dwelling place where you fixate on what you are missing or what future plans you may be still trying to hold on to (and I completely understand especially if it's next year no one knows where we'll be at then). I do agree days blend together, time elapses differently than before.

*purse I got is sold out now too so I guess I feel a tad bit more excited that I got it in time.

Yay for the handbag!

 

[mousefan73]

We just booked Disneyland Paris for the first week of September. The day I booked that I was elated. Now I’ve totally gone back down knowing that so much can change so fast within six weeks. Granted numbers are great in Europe but if you look everywhere else around the world things could be great for a while and then overnight change. So I’d say there’s a 50-50 chance that this trip is happening.

We also had our Hawaii Disney cruise canceled in April and so my mom and I rebooked the wonder bar cruise for mid March 2021. I was totally excited for that rescheduling and back then it seems so far away and now it seems so close and not much is changed Covid wise globally. So I’m not getting too excited about our possible Hawaiian trip of March 2021. I would say there’s probably a 20% of that trip happening.

 

[mousefan73]

Edit!!!! Oh I am super excited about one thing though! We are getting a new bed either this week or next week. !!!!!!

We were in desperate need of new mattresses and so we decided just to do the whole thing new. I’ve ordered new duvets online, washed/ ironed them and so I’m so excited make my hotel comfy bed that night and not leave my bed for a while.

 

[Nox]

I've been having a rough several months.

COVID is only part of it. I was accepted to a dream degree program, and I just threw the acceptance letter in the trash. It doesn't matter, and no one cares, because all anyone cares about now is COVID. My husband's business was ripped to shreds. And how absolutely awful and vicious this pandemic has turned everyone - and I mean everyone. If I see one more vitriolic "wear a ^$&*ing mask you [horrible expletive]" on my news feed, I'm just going to deactivate. I've already cut my screen time down to about 30 minutes a day. I feel like I don't really like anyone anymore. I've just been shown all their true colors, and I don't like what I see at all.

The other part is my dad. He died in March, and I've hit the lonely part of grief. Where it was long enough ago that no one wants to hear me talk about it, but I'm feeling new effects every day and have nowhere to go. More than once, I've thought "oh man, I can't wait to tell dad--" "I wonder what dad thinks about--" "I need to ask dad about--" "I can't wait to hear dad's opinion on--" only to have the very sudden, crushing realization that I can't tell him. I can't ask him. And I never will again.

I find it very hard to get excited for anything, because every time I've been excited for something this year, it has been swiftly dashed. I truly feel like life isn't worth being excited for anymore. I hope I don't feel like this forever, but it's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[texaslover]

Yes it is hard to get excited. Here in TX I feel guilty even going to the grocery store too many times based on people's reactions. There is truly nowhere to go and nothing to do. There are so many posts on Facebook shaming people for walking outside without masks or sitting in the park without a mask that I don't even do outside activities anymore. I miss my friends and family and mourn for all the activities I had planned for this summer.

Despite the public shaming of people for being in groups or even in public, as a teacher I'll be going back to work on August 5. All we know is whether it is virtual or in person or a mix of both we will all be working from the building and our roles may end up totally different than normal. As a specialized teacher there is a chance I will just be filling in by doing lunch and recess duty or subbing in classrooms where teachers are sick or fail to return while still completing my compliance work and required teaching of my students. Not something to look forward to either.

The one thing I did have to look forward to and feel proud of was continuing to attend my boot camp. However, there were confirmed cases there after the reopening and my husband asked that we not go for awhile and cancel our membership. It's 100 degrees outside so working out there is unbearable. I'm trying to do online classes but it's hard to get motivatedj and I don't enjoy it, it's like another chore.

I am very blessed to have a job and that my son will get to finish his college degree in the fall and that my husband's business is still afloat. Still doesn't mean anything exciting or fun is happening .

 

[Tattylou]

I feel better since it is summer and we can do things outside and see people in socially distanced ways, like at the beach. Those cold and dreary March and April days when everything was closed and the weather sucked were worse for me. We are going to Cape Cod in August and I'm excited- I am excited to not be in my house, have some time off from work, and just chill at the beach for 5 days. Normally we go out of state for summer vacation, but decided to stay in Massachusetts this year. I'm still excited.
Now....as for the winter....I can't do the long cold, dark winter in a quarantine. I'm also already bumming that we probably won't go to WDW in Feb 2021 like we had planned unless there's a treatment or vaccine. I don't want to fly yet and my parents are supposed to come and they are in their 70s. Looking forward to a trip someplace warm is what gets me through the misery if winter, so I'm going to be really sad if we can't go anyplace warm in Feb. It also seems like the warm states are all in bad shape and my state finally isn't, so that isn't worth the risk.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

Florida has had 10,000 new cases a day, every day, for more than a week now. If you're going to Disney, you're going to be exposed to the virus.

I'm excited about little things. Getting a good long run in. Spending time with my husband.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Yay for the handbag!

Thank you I'm at the stalking the tracking number phase of excitement since getting the e-mail regarding it having been shipped

 

[LilyWDW]

Yep. Just had another even canceled for September (Horrorhound Indy). There is another event I have scheduled also for September but I doubt it will happen either. It is just another in a long list of stuff that has been canceled this year and it sucks.

 

[China Expat]

I too find little to get excited about. Everything planned for 2020 is cancelled, and our summer trip to Croatia and Italy was supposed to be happening right now. It was supposed to be a celebration of finishing my cancer treatments. One bright spot...I am doing remote consulting work for a new school in the northeast and will have something creative to occupy my mind. We are leaving today for a trip from San Fran to the Oregon coast where we will hole up in a full service cabin in order to have a change of scenery. Holding my breath that we aren;t turned away or quarantined with our CA license plates.

 

[lucas]

I agree. It's hard not having anything to look forward to.

 

[tvguy]

Well I was not expecting this to be an exciting time period. Yesterday was supposed to be the day my wife and I retired, living off savings until we reached full Social Security Retirement age.. We expected the next 28 month to be very quiet because money would be tight. No big trips, no major expenses for that time frame. We would not be 65 yet and would have to budget to pay for private health insurance until we qualified for Medicare in 28 months. Our retirement plan for health care dates back 20 years, and was revised annually. THEN the Affordable Health Care Act came about. It does wonderful things for those who could not get health insurance before and those who qualify for subsidies. But it makes coverage for people on the private market VERY un-affordable. 20 years ago, private coverage was cheaper than using COBRA coverage. After AHCA private coverage premiums soared passed COBRA premiums. COBRA is only good for 18 months. It will cost $1,300 a month for the two of us for Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug coverage. Private insurance for just Medical and Prescription Coverage is now $3,300 a month. So we will wait to retire until we only have to buy 18 months of cheaper and more comprehensive COBRA coverage. And the $33,000 we are saving has been spent on a new car, so when we retired in 10 months our cars will be 1 year old and 3 years old.

But I am thankful for everyday that none of my family or co-workers come down with Covid-19. Everyday that I learn that nobody I know has gotten sick is exciting.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Well I was not expecting this to be an exciting time period. Yesterday was supposed to be the day my wife and I retired, living off savings until we reached full Social Security Retirement age.. We expected the next 28 month to be very quiet because money would be tight. No big trips, no major expenses for that time frame. We would not be 65 yet and would have to budget to pay for private health insurance until we qualified for Medicare in 28 months. Our retirement plan for health care dates back 20 years, and was revised annually. THEN the Affordable Health Care Act came about. It does wonderful things for those who could not get health insurance before and those who qualify for subsidies. But it makes coverage for people on the private market VERY un-affordable. 20 years ago, private coverage was cheaper than using COBRA coverage. After AHCA private coverage premiums soared passed COBRA premiums. COBRA is only good for 18 months. It will cost $1,300 a month for the two of us for Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug coverage. Private insurance for just Medical and Prescription Coverage is now $3,300 a month. So we will wait to retire until we only have to buy 18 months of cheaper and more comprehensive COBRA coverage. And the $33,000 we are saving has been spent on a new car, so when we retired in 10 months our cars will be 1 year old and 3 years old.

But I am thankful for everyday that none of my family or co-workers come down with Covid-19. Everyday that I learn that nobody I know has gotten sick is exciting.

Aww, I’m sorry. I know how much you’ve been looking forward to that.

 

[AustinTink]

There are so many posts on Facebook shaming people for walking outside without masks or sitting in the park without a mask that I don't even do outside activities anymore.

I'm in Texas and have experienced the exact opposite. No one wears masks to walk in our neighborhood or at our neighborhood park. We have 4000 homes in our subdivision so that's a whole lot of unmasked people going about their day outside.

 

[Tallis]

I’ve been through worse, personally.

So have I. MUCH worse. TRAGICALLY worse. Life right now is a breeze for me, if it was about me. But it's not. My depression comes from the uncertainty of the world my grandchildren are growing up in. In addition to events that are many people's worst nightmare, I've lived 56 full and rewarding years. I've experienced so many things and had such a full life. But will my grandchildren ever have that? I don't know, and that leaves me feeling helpless.