this time last year vs now

Robsweezie

Looking back over the past year, Has much changed for you? are you any better off, happier than you were this time last year or perhaps worse off?

Personally the past few months have seen quite a bit of momentum pick up for me. This time last year I was losing motivation to better myself after a few disappointments and that carried on for a few months until eventually I stopped playing the martyr and pushed myself in a new direction. It's worked for me personally and made me a better person, way outside the comfort zone of the person 12 months ago. Over the year I have come on quite a bit, it was a real "moving on" period. Doors closed and opened simultaneously. These times werent without difficulty and for a while I felt completely lost, but those around me and my own gut instinct pulled me through. Im glad of some of the decisions I've made. You?

Flood

I am still above ground, everything else balances on that.

efb

worse

rottie 11

Not sure really

is mise spartacus

Worse

MonkeyTennis

I cant unkill her! leave me alone

Junkyard Tom

Chicken Curry.

Arsemageddon

Robsweezie wrote: »

Personally the past few months have seen quite a bit of momentum pick up for me. This time last year I was losing motivation to better myself after a few disappointments and that carried on for a few months until eventually I stopped playing the martyr and pushed myself in a new direction. It's worked for me personally and made me a better person, way outside the comfort zone of the person 12 months ago. Over the year I have come on quite a bit, it was a real "moving on" period. Doors closed and opened simultaneously. These times werent without difficulty and for a while I felt completely lost, but those around me and my own gut instinct pulled me through. Im glad of some if the decisions I've made. You?

By any chance did you spend the last 12 months reading self help books that thought you lots of annoying clichés?

When the Sun Hits

No change, older now though. Worse overall, if anything.

efb

my cat's breath smells like cat food

Robsweezie

Robsweezie wrote: »

Looking back over the past year, Has much changed for you?

The little ball of general hatred that dropped out of one of my girlfriends has become a little person with 7ish teeth and a personality that he seems only to express through the words "tractor" and "doggie". His whole world appears to be divided into tractors and doggies in fact. Which gets difficult when you present him with something sensible - such as dinner.

As with most boring parents I think you asked the wrong question. We tend to remember the last year in meticulous boring detail Ask us about the year before

fleet_admiral

Moved back home to Dublin, got a job within a week of moving back that is 6 minutes from home. Lost a good bit of weight and feel better. If I manage to stop smoking ill be delighted

Flood

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The little ball of general hatred that dropped out of one of my girlfriends has become a little person with 7ish teeth and a personality that he seems only to express through the words "tractor" and "doggie". His whole world appears to be divided into tractors and doggies in fact. Which gets difficult when you present him with something sensible - such as dinner.

As with most boring parents I think you asked the wrong question. We tend to remember the last year in meticulous boring detail Ask us about the year before

How many are you entertaining?

The same two as last year.

Robsweezie

Arsemageddon wrote:

By any chance did you spend the last 12 months reading self help books that thought you lots of annoying clichés?

I had to rely on them to avoid going into personal details :-)

I need a "this time every year" thread because "it is coming up again"

And I am going to lose again. I know I am.

kneemos

This last year we cut throats of heathen dogs.
This year we eat food of their mothers.

Pedigree Chum?

catallus

Everything is absolutely ****ed !!!!

catallus

catallus wrote: »

Everything is absolutely ****ed !!!!

v now or that was v then?

silverfeather

I am just me. Just the same really.

A lot of bad stuff has passed over. Serious family illness. I had a seizure in Jan. It's over I guess. I am here. So I suppose I am glad that stuff is behind rather than in front of me.

I think it's all attitude really.


No matter where you are at in the end it's still just you. Same blessings same crap. Or different blessings different crap.

I am lucky to still have my Dad. I have my mom my brother my dog.

I have my me. I am pretty special. :-)

We have this tradition in my circle of friends on New Years....we sit in a circle and ask the question '2014 sorry to see it go or happy to see it leave?' He makes us answer it seriously one by one every year. Last NY he couldn't be there and another friend was 'chosen' to ask. My brother and I were kind of more looking forward to the NY as my Dad being sick was tough. A few days later I was in hospital...i told the Nurse I was adamant this year was going to be MY YEAR!. She said 'That's what they all say love'. Loads of people just get year after year of crap.

Just because bad stuff is behind you doesn't mean more bad stuff isn't in front.

I just do what I always do ME ...the best advice I ever have had ....DO YOU.

The friend who was 'chosen ' visited me in hospital. He also has read the first half of the book i am writing. He LIKED IT! Another friend who has a phd in English did too. My Dad is doing much better. This time last year we heard the news (shudders).

I can't pretend I know what I am doing. I am winging it. I am just doing me. I'm the same. I can't pretend I made any great choices. I don't know what I am doing.

I am hoping this year is better. I can't control everything. I feel very lucky to be surrounded by wonderful people.

Sorry to be sentimental.

silverfeather

But lets say i am feeling very lucky and positive. Come on summer is coming! :-)

thelad95

I'm still alive. Everything else is just irrelevant guff that will be lost in the annals of time and remembered only by me and those closest to me.

silverfeather

silverfeather wrote: »

We have this tradition in my circle of friends on New Years....we sit in a circle and ask the question '2014 sorry to see it go or happy to see it leave?'

I do a silly thing a little the same with my daughter. Or at least I plan to do it in the future. The night before her 3rd birthday I showed her herself in the mirror and said "This is the end of 2 year old you.... what do you wanna say" and in the cutest way she just went "Bye bye youuuuu".

When I did it again on her 4th birthday she had a lot more to say. She said "Bye bye "tree-mee" - but dont forget - you like mermaids - and they like you!!"

"tree mee if you did not guess was "three year old me"

silverfeather

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I do a silly thing a little the same with my daughter. Or at least I plan to do it in the future. The night before her 3rd birthday I showed her herself in the mirror and said "This is the end of 2 year old you.... what do you wanna say" and in the cutest way she just went "Bye bye youuuuu".

When I did it again on her 4th birthday she had a lot more to say. She said "Bye bye "tree-mee" - but dont forget - you like mermaids - and they like you!!"

"tree mee if you did not guess was "three year old me"

OMG god .... I get it ....:-) She will be an angel for life!

I can never forget that I am really a faery!I think you have your core self. Your soul.

She is adorable. You are such a sweet mom!

I am the dad

I am kinda worried what she will do to say good bye to 4 year old her. She has turned into a weird pre school teen this year. Obsessed with matching colored clothes and the like. Obsessed with Princesses and even more so with mermaids.

The good bye ceremony will be interesting in august. I cant wait to see what she says good bye to. I hope it is as cute

silverfeather

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I am the dad

I am kinda worried what she will do to say good bye to 4 year old her. She has turned into a weird pre school teen this year. Obsessed with matching colored clothes and the like. Obsessed with Princesses and even more so with mermaids.

The good bye ceremony will be interesting in august. I cant wait to see what she says good bye to. I hope it is as cute

Oops sorry.great Dad!..I know it will be. I hope she has a lovely birthday!

Too soon to say

Arsemageddon

Robsweezie wrote: »

I had to rely on them to avoid going into personal details :-)

I'm like Joe Duffy on the Savage Eye, it's the personal misery details that I get off on.

Robsweezie

Nipple clamps and all Arsemageddon ?

silverfeather

Robsweezie wrote: »

Nipple clamps and all?

Nah they make people happy not miserable! :-P

Arsemageddon

Robsweezie wrote: »

Nipple clamps and all Arsemageddon ?

That and being flagellated by latex clad midgets.

silverfeather

Arsemageddon wrote: »

That and being flagellated by latex clad midgets.

Make a night of it sure.

syklops

Arsemageddon wrote: »

That and being flagellated by latex clad midgets.

How does that make you fee-al?

silverfeather

syklops wrote: »

How does that make you fee-al?

So long as I hold the whip tis grand.

GerB40

This time last year I was 8 days sober after spending years slowly killing myself with constant drinking and prescription drug abuse. After my doctor told me I'd be dead by around age 35 unless I changed my life completely I chose life. Last Saturday night I celebrated my 1st year sober by having a nice meal with a group of my friends and I have to say, I've never felt better in my life. The last year, for better or worse, has been the most important one I've had or likely ever will. So yeah, it's been a good one

silverfeather

GerB40 wrote: »

This time last year I was 8 days sober after spending years slowly killing myself with constant drinking and prescription drug abuse. After my doctor told me I'd be dead by around age 35 unless I changed my life completely I chose life. Last Saturday night I celebrated my 1st year sober by having a nice meal with a group of my friends and I have to say, I've never felt better in my life. The last year, for better or worse, has been the most important one I've had or likely ever will. So yeah, it's been a good one

Well done! That is a wonderful story. Delighted for you!

HamsterFace

Much better. Work is paying off.

addicted to caffeine

I think I'm better than I was last year, this time last year I was in an unhappy relationship with someone, wasn't studying or working and just generally wasn't leading a healthy lifestyle, I had a lot of crap to deal with last year including family members being sick and people passing away.

Now I'm single again, I ended the relationship which took a lot of guts to do but in hindsight I'm glad I did it as the stress of the strain of the relationship was impacting on my physical and mental health quite a bit. I'm also back studying full time in a course, which has given my motivation back for life I have good and bad days but think I'm doing better than last year

silverfeather

addicted to caffeine wrote: »

I think I'm better than I was last year, this time last year I was in an unhappy relationship with someone, wasn't studying or working and just generally wasn't leading a healthy lifestyle, I had a lot of crap to deal with last year including family members being sick and people passing away.

Now I'm single again, I ended the relationship which took a lot of guts to do but in hindsight I'm glad I did it as the stress of the strain of the relationship was impacting on my physical and mental health quite a bit. I'm also back studying full time in a course, which has given my motivation back for life I have good and bad days but think I'm doing better than last year

YAY YOU!

KatW4

Better I moved home from London, moved in with my boyfriend, started teaching here and just passed my Irish exams. I miss the friends I made in London and the money I was making but I am so much happier!

Novella

I quit a job that I hated this time last year and moved to a new country. Since then I've gotten married and am now expecting our first baby who is having a great time right now kicking me in the bladder. So things have changed a lot and I couldn't be happier.

(Other than the bladder thing, that's kind of uncomfortable!)

Wellyd

I've lost 3.5 stone and gained so much confidence. I'm actually able to say that I feel happy now. I never thought I'd ever feel so content.

Señor Fancy Pants

In some ways I'm worse off, in some ways I'm better off.

2014 was an amazing year for me. It was the only time in a few years that I actually let myself have some fun and just did what Truffle Pig wanted.

Money wise, same. Work wise, a bit happier. Heath wise, same thankfully. Ive been alive another 12 months, no family deaths so I'm grateful that hasn't changed. Some personal opinions have changed for the better.

Could I be happier? Yes. Could I be sadder? Yes. I'm sure we all could.

Life is life.

Stinjy

This time last year I had just handed in my thesis and was getting ready for 4th year exams.

Now I've graduated, moved country and found a job (although not what I want it's keeping the rent paid). I miss someone terribly and I sometimes feel like going home just to hug them. But at the same time I don't want to go back to life before and I have realised I really enjoy spending time with someone here and I'm not ready to leave them again.... It's very feckin' complicated and neither of these people are even romantic interests.... :rollseyes:

So yeah lots has changed and who knows what the next year will bring...

MRnotlob606

Stinjy wrote: »

This time last year I had just handed in my thesis and was getting ready for 4th year exams.

Now I've graduated, moved country and found a job (although not what I want it's keeping the rent paid). I miss someone terribly and I sometimes feel like going home just to hug them. But at the same time I don't want to go back to life before and I have realised I really enjoy spending time with someone here and I'm not ready to leave them again.... It's very feckin' complicated and neither of these people are even romantic interests.... :rollseyes:

So yeah lots has changed and who knows what the next year will bring...

Good luck with future life endeavours.:)

Crumpets

This time last year I was in an unhappy controlling relationship and had nobody I could really call a friend. Now I'm single as a pringle, surrounded by people I love and enjoying life more than ever. shur could be worse!

Shannon757

Junkyard Cat wrote: »

Chicken Curry.

Chips Curry

catallus

Shannon757 wrote: »

Chips Curry

CHIPS CURRY????!!!!:)

Robsweezie

GerB40 wrote: »

This time last year I was 8 days sober after spending years slowly killing myself with constant drinking and prescription drug abuse. After my doctor told me I'd be dead by around age 35 unless I changed my life completely I chose life. Last Saturday night I celebrated my 1st year sober by having a nice meal with a group of my friends and I have to say, I've never felt better in my life. The last year, for better or worse, has been the most important one I've had or likely ever will. So yeah, it's been a good one

stories like yours justify threads like these, fair play

Captain Chaos

The weather was much better this time last year. I had a tan, this year I'm still wearing a scarf going to work in the mornings and need a blast of heating in the evening, it's fecking freezing and it's May!