Anyone else just feel like they're marking time until something good happens?

Definitely.

Single, unemployed, living with family for the pandemic. We're in lockdown here as well.

I was juuuuuuuuust about to live my best life when the pandemic hit last year. I'd finally landed a job I really wanted, was going to move out, start dating again, take up certain hobbies, etc etc. I was walking on sunshine.

I know I'm privileged in that my family take care of me, I'm not destitute, etc etc. I'm comfortable, I'm loved, all that stuff is good. My parents will never see me out on the streets.

But right now it feels like I have to just sit tight and wait out the storm... except we don't know when it'll be over. I have a super high boredom threshold (like seriously, I had practise at being housebound due to injury for 6 months a few years back, at least this time I can shower by myself!), and even I find myself getting a bit antsy sometimes lol.

I'm reading books, watching films on my to-be-watched list, consuming a whole load of media. (The Queen's Gambit on Netflix is brilliant, by the way.) But this stuff is the only variety I really get.

I was just so ready to finally live the life I wanted, so having to wait another year+ when I already felt so behind is just... gaaaah.

On the plus side, I do feel like I'm through the worst of it. I'm through the super down period I went through after losing my job, so I'm hoping I'm on the upswing now.

Part of how I get through this is rationalising things. I can't start dating again after this if I die of COVID first, so I stay inside unless I have to go out. I have a lot of time to read books and consume media, so I might as well get into it and tick some stuff off my list. There's a lot of good stuff on TV; I've binge-watched a ton of stuff already. And I was miserable at the previous job I left before getting the job I lost, so at least I don't have to go into that job every day.

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