What improved your quality of life, so much, you wish you did it sooner?

Becoming an active member on this board, before then when the kids needed trivial things like feeding and entertainment or the baby needed a nappy changed or bottle I had no viable excuse to give the Mrs, well now I just say sorry Babe I'm busy and have important things to do in my group. After the 1st time I said that I immediately learned the sofa is quite comfy, sharing a double bed is over rated and I won't be having any more kids 😂
 
NYboro said:
No accounting for taste (or lack thereof) 👍
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I see your beer festivals are at locations with railway stations accessible from Darlington !
I can't work out if you're a saddo or a genius....🤣
Next stop the world renowned Stevange Beer festival ?
Thanks 👍
 
Nobby_Barnes said:
I see your beer festivals are at locations with railway stations accessible from Darlington !
I can't work out if you're a saddo or a genius....🤣
Next stop the world renowned Stevange Beer festival ?
Thanks 👍
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Dont think Stevenage has one anymore, most people go to the Hitchin Beer & Cider festival which this year is the 9th June, so you'd need to change at Stevenage and get off at the next stop.
 
Alexander Supertramp said:
Can’t believe how many on here have stopped drinking. This thread is like an AA meeting!



Anyway… a blackout blind for the bedroom
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is this because for years now kids attitude to going out is to get utterly senseless with drink, not just go and have a few beers and a chat
 
Learning how to sleep. Had to wait for YouTube to be invented to find a genuine way to do it - knock on effect on overall self awareness of my body and mental health.

Other stuff including jacking in tobacco for vaping - was told not to do the calculation on how much £ I could have saved as it would lead to regrets but it is a bit of a gnawing feeling but then I nod off.
 
No caffeine/coffee after 2pm. Now get a really good night's sleep. Down to just one cup of strong coffee a day.

Employed a cleaner. No longer spending time on my days off and weekends cleaning up, especially after the kids.
 
Getting rid of debt, the stress associated with that was immense., plus the cash that was just making a contribution / minimum payment has been able to be diverted into pension savings.
Golf, when I play nothing else interferes, complete switch off to the worlds woes, the walking does me good.
taking pleasure from my kids progress in life and being able to help them if required, and all being well a grandchild later this year.
Regrets in life working for as **** boss and company for 8 years due to not having confidence in myself to get another job, yet whenever I lost a job I got a new one, so I could have possibly had a much better job much earlier. When I handed my notice in I was isolated for a week at the office with no-one else allowed to have contact with me.
 
Boro in Devon said:
This may initially sound negative, but in my mind it isn't.
I have stopped worrying about living a long life.
My parents died in their 70's and 80's suffering from cancer, loneliness and the dementia. I did my best to help, but I couldn't do enough to help and family lived a long way away.
I have moved to be closer to where my grown up children live and have semi retired early but have only a few years worth of pension to live on. I have a few health conditions which should mean that I have to be careful of what I eat and drink.
So I have challenged the accepted norm. I dont want to live long, I want to have a quality few years.
Therefore I enjoy a drink in the local, my diet has changed and I enjoy what I eat. I enjoy activities which are dangerous and when I pass away my kids will inherit the remainder of my pension.

If my future involves sobriety, eating veg and results in me in an old folks home playing bingo and talking about the war. I will know that I have failed to live my life as I want to.
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Contrary to the above, this is the post of the thread - spot on
 
Going sober. Hardest part was the peer pressure (have a drink you f***y, why aren't you drinking!?), not the actual process of missing alcohol..don't miss it in the slightest and didn't from day 1. I didn't have a drink problem, used to drink socially on weekends, at the match, etc.. just got to the point where I thought 'I don't even enjoy this anymore'.

Feel SO much better, more productive, clearer mind and thought process, weekends are full now (not 1 day on the lash and one laid on the sofa hungover).
 
BoroGold said:
Packing in smoking, I just wish I had packed it in when I was 13 :ROFLMAO:
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Good on you! A hell of a lot people have packed in smoking due to the lack of advertising and no fags on display in shops.

Hopefully football can rid itself of gambling companies sponsoring leagues and shirts and the constant streams of adverts on television!
 
Going back to uni and moving to a foreign country. Was stuck in a rut for a few years, living in manchester, with a depressing job, and thought going back to uni would be a decent idea. Turns out it was one of the best ideas i ever had.

Moving abroad is probably the very best decision i ever made, although i admit i miss some parts of living in boro.

Not ready yet with giving up the booze though! Credit due to those who have decided to do so, and managed to do it
 
picol said:
Going back to uni and moving to a foreign country. Was stuck in a rut for a few years, living in manchester, with a depressing job, and thought going back to uni would be a decent idea. Turns out it was one of the best ideas i ever had.

Moving abroad is probably the very best decision i ever made, although i admit i miss some parts of living in boro.

Not ready yet with giving up the booze though! Credit due to those who have decided to do so, and managed to do it
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Where did you move to and what did you study?
 
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