not ready to say goodbye to 2022

even though the year's been ****, I am certainly not ready to say good bye to it and admit to myself that yes, I've spent another year going nowhere.

another 365 days of sitting on my backside feeling like crap

it really sucks. really really sucks

I am so sorry you are feeling like crap. I think I may know that feeling inside out. Although I hate to disagree with you, I think you are a great person, a person of dignity and moral stature for your kindness here on these Forums. People like you are the real heroes of life in my opinion. Everyone here on the Forums is so blessed to have you and it is so good that you exist!

I feel the same way. Another year gone and nothing to show for it. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry you're feeling so down, but you are not alone.....I feel the same way....
I also feel I haven't made much progress this year.

The important thing is never to give up hope.....I always really try to keep my hope.

I usually hate to see a year come to an end around mid-December to the end. This year has been alright and I feel like I made it through OK. This year hasn't been terrible (thank goodness) but not stellar either. This is the first year I've been retired for a full year. That's been OK but it's been a bit of a financial drain. In June, 2021 I retired from my job after 15 years. The job was great but then it went bad in the last few months, which made me quit and then retire. I feel like I don't have to go to work now; and I'd rather not because I've had all kinds of memories from the past jobs I had; and they were not good.

However, I am a pessimist. Even though I feel like this year has been alright, I feel like 2023 will more likely be a bad year than great. I've always felt that way around this time of year. I think to myself that next year could be the year of health decline (or death possibly for me), death of loved ones, financial disaster, becoming homeless, having to relocate, etc. I think more about the following year as more likely to be a disaster than a year of great things happening. I know I should think positively, but I can't

I've been feeling kind of guilty for wasting the time I had in 2022. Between my poor organization skills, my health and constant conflict with my spouse I've really been stuck. I'm telling myself 2023 will be better but there's this small, negative voice in my head that says "I'll believe it when I see it."

New year, new goals, new hopes, new start. The past is the past dear @raging vortex, just a mist a fog and a memory now.🙏