Has 2023 been truly crap for everyone?

It feels like everyone I talk to has had a rough year, folk seem to be pretty miserable.

My year has been horrible from start to finish, my cat was stolen, my mother in law and uncle died, my dad had a heart attack, and my mental health went haywire and I lost my job. I'm finishing the year skint, jobless and sad.

2024 has to be better?!