Question of the day

I hope to have the debt I accumulated since the divorce paid off and savings built up.
Looking forward to taking multiple vacations a year starting in 2021.

I expect to end 2020 working for a living. Thank God, I have finally figured out a new career direction after years of dithering. I'm actively interviewing and look forward to announcing something fairly soon.

There's nothing worse than not earning a living, IMHO. Let's hear it for personal responsibility!

Thank you for filling in. I took a bit of a break as I couldn’t think of any more questions. This is a good one! Please feel free to keep asking! I am glad to share.

I hope to have more of my debts paid down. My income takes a dip in the summer so I normally pay bills ahead where I can to minimize the hit in July and August.  My goal is to have as many small debts as possible paid off by June to minimize the number of bills overall. Then I will have more of my income to whittle away at the larger debts this Fall. Improving my debt to income ratio is part of my long term goal towards getting out and not going bankrupt from it.

I know it’s been a while. Here’s a question for today: What is one positive thing that you’ve experienced as a result of the shelter-in-place/social distancing guidelines?

I know it’s probably hard to find a silver lining in this mess. It certainly has been for me. But this morning, as I was drinking my tea and contemplating the day ahead of me, I realized that this was the very first time in a very long time that I allowed myself to take the time to just do nothing. Since my split, I’d followed all of the advice. I filled my days with work, the gym, getting out there to meet people, reaching out to the people I loved, being as social as possible. I kept myself so busy trying to silence the noise of the anxieties that plagued me so much. I lost track of the fact that this introvert really needs time to get lost in a good sappy book and allow herself to be lazy for a full day. Would I have allowed myself this luxury had it not been forced on me? Likely not- so there’s my positive. The stresses, anxieties, and worries that plague me these days will still be there but I’m going to take a break today and lose myself in a world where life is good and endings are happy. Stay safe, stay home, and do what makes you happy.

Great to see QOTD back, and an excellent question sadkat . Despite the horrible rationale for the social distancing I can see several silver linings. Most obviously I do not miss my dreadful commute to work through crappy traffic which just in itself gives me 1 1/2 to 2 hours per day, more sleep and less stress. I cook more and have been able to get out and walk in some unusual early spring sunshine. Like worksforme2 I have spruced up my large garden during downtime when “working from home” 😉 My children are off school so we have been hanging together in the house and garden, watching movies and cooking. They have each had state exams cancelled so we have all been spared the anxieties of GCSE & A levels. 
Like sadkat I have also used the time to simply ask less of myself in terms of rushing around and being superwoman. But best of all, as most people are at home at the same time I have been able to spend long periods of time to remotely connect with a special person to me which has brought me much happiness.