I used to watch Lydia for a bit of an escape from the daily grind. When I started watching her, my husband and I had recently spent every last penny on the deposit for our first house. This meant no holidays, no luxuries, and lots of time spent at home. I enjoyed watching Lydia travel and decorating the bungalow. If she purchased something I liked, I would make it my mission to find a budget version of it.
Over time, I now find her channel completely unwatchable, particularly her rampant consumerism but also her lack of awareness of anyone else. The pandemic has magnified my existing issues with Lydia. I'm a teacher and since returning to work after the summer holidays, school has been a difficult place. Cases are being confirmed amongst both adults and children. Whole year groups are being sent home. Colleagues are being admitted to hospital due to the severity of their cases. Children of NHS workers are fearful of their parents contracting the disease. There are countless new routines, rules, things to remember. It's an emotional, draining place. To come home and watch Lydia bang on about how it's too cloudy, or it's raining so she can't paint her vegetable beds, or how she can't think of anything to be thankful for while she's journaling, or how she wants a 'blank day' with nothing planned so her creativity isn't interrupted... I just find it tasteless, infuriating and insensitive.
I've tried to give her the benefit of the doubt but for my own mental health, I have now unsubscribed.