How is life going for you right now?

Caonima · 31-08-2013 06:16AM

LottieP25 wrote: »

Got dumped , had to mive back home. So pretty ****ty

What happened?

Columbia · 31-08-2013 06:34AM

It's going well. I've just finished an intensive but well-regarded certificate course. Now I have a 50/50 chance of landing a well-paid job by Christmas.

On the bad side, last night I spent 2 hours talking to a girl before she announced she had a boyfriend. I miss sex.

Chattastrophe! · 31-08-2013 07:34AM

Well, a year ago I was in a horrible stressy badly-paid job that I despised. But, it was with one of the top firms in the country, so everyone told me I'd be crazy to quit and would find it impossible to get another job, etc. But I did it - I handed in my notice, got offered a great new job just a couple of weeks later - I love my work, and just got made permanent along with a pay rise. :cool:

So my career is finally totally on track. I'm living with my lovely ride of a boyfriend, with a baby on the way soon. Family and friends are all relatively happy and healthy.

Have to admit, life is pretty awesome these days!

Hooked · 31-08-2013 07:35AM

It's going a little 'too' good...

Punching way above my weight with a stunning girlfriend, 7 years my junior. Am fitter at 35 than most of the 20 year olds I train with. Own house, last of the tracker mortgages. And have a job that I'm very good at and pays quite well. And as I'm 5 mins from work, I get to go home and feed the dog and myself on my lunch hour. The dog, as it happens, couldn't have worked out better. Best behaved and gorgeous Siberian Husky.

Sitting drinking a coffee in my own place with him at my side and herself keeping the bed warm, I'd like to thank the OP for making me realise just how lucky I am.

For now!

Cause I've been at the other end of the spectrum - and it's DAMN tough!

Esoteric_ · 31-08-2013 07:38AM

Really bad, but sure that can be fixed

Medical problems, so I'm gonna sort those out with the help of some doctors.

Starting college next month, studying criminal psychology.

May be getting a much desired transfer in work.

So despite things being rubbish now, they'll get better soon

Gummy Panda · 31-08-2013 08:17AM

Sometimes I wake up thinking I wasted the last ten years of my life but when I get up it goes.

I wonder why it's in the mornings only

drdeadlift · 31-08-2013 08:56AM

Moved in with the missus have a kid on the way and getting a business up and running.Life is productive right now which makes me a calmer person.

drdeadlift · 31-08-2013 08:57AM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Sometimes I wake up thinking I wasted the last ten years of my life but when I get up it goes.

I wonder why it's in the mornings only

I get that too.**** it

Caonima · 31-08-2013 08:58AM

Columbia wrote: »

On the bad side, last night I spent 2 hours talking to a girl before she announced she had a boyfriend. I miss sex.

Details?

carlmango11 · 31-08-2013 09:36AM

Sitting in a small bedroom on the west side of Central Park in Manhattan. No one in Ireland is awake on Facebook and none of my friends are going out tonight.

The restaurant I work in closed down 10 days ago so I've been ****ed for cash. I'm living off a wad of $20 bills I saved up but I'm heading back to Dublin in 8 days so it's not so bad. I have a real job there so I'm not too worried. Software.

I spend my newly-unemployed days waking up at 2 pm, hopping on the subway to a random part of New York and going for a walk, usually finishing with my falling asleep in the oppressive heat. Often I wake up to Adrien Kennedy or George Hook blabbering away into my ear. That's actually quite a strange feeling - surreal, looking around at skyscrapers and yellow cabs while hearing Dublin accents and wit. I sometimes listen to their podcasts on quiet subway trains and spend the whole journey laughing out loud to myself. I get strange stares.

I normally finish my day with beers/dinner in Brooklyn with friends or by myself. Tonight I decided to drop over to the 24 hour deli and pick up some Four Loco - a 12% alcoholic energy drink. I got so mad and rowdy that I even decided to download The Great Gatsby film even though I still have 10 pages of the book left to read.

MonstaMash · 31-08-2013 10:43AM

Fair to middlin'...thanks for asking OP

average hero · 31-08-2013 10:44AM

In one way I am at the top of the world - finished a degree (finally), healthy, healthy friends and family, I have a few options regarding work in the near future.

In another way I am completely lost! I am mid-20's, probably have to move out soon, I do not know what I want to do (their are jobs available in my career choice), and the freedom is paralyzing! I have TOO many options and I don't want to choose the wrong one.

And I have to choose soon as money is extremely tight! It will be an interesting year for the average hero.

Caonima · 31-08-2013 10:45AM

carlmango11 wrote: »

Sitting in a small bedroom on the west side of Central Park in Manhattan. No one in Ireland is awake on Facebook and none of my friends are going out tonight.

The restaurant I work in closed down 10 days ago so I've been ****ed for cash. I'm living off a wad of $20 bills I saved up but I'm heading back to Dublin in 8 days so it's not so bad. I have a real job there so I'm not too worried. Software.

I spend my newly-unemployed days waking up at 2 pm, hopping on the subway to a random part of New York and going for a walk, usually finishing with my falling asleep in the oppressive heat. Often I wake up to Adrien Kennedy or George Hook blabbering away into my ear. That's actually quite a strange feeling - surreal, looking around at skyscrapers and yellow cabs while hearing Dublin accents and wit. I sometimes listen to their podcasts on quiet subway trains and spend the whole journey laughing out loud to myself. I get strange stares.

I normally finish my day with beers/dinner in Brooklyn with friends or by myself. Tonight I decided to drop over to the 24 hour deli and pick up some Four Loco - a 12% alcoholic energy drink. I got so mad and rowdy that I even decided to download The Great Gatsby film even though I still have 10 pages of the book left to read.

New York is a great place. I remember the first time I visited there, the day after 9/11... traveled by train from Chicago.

It is, I guess, a little lonely, a little cold. New Yorkers are a bit too cool for school sometimes. Tried a little of the gaelic charm?

Mysteriouschic · 31-08-2013 10:52AM

Kind of complicated.
I'm in college but I know I failed one of my repeats so I don't know if I'll be going back in September or next year yet .
Also I'm still unsure what I want to do after college ends have 3 years left so I'm thinking it may not be such a bad idea if I need to.
Ex broke up with me about a week ago miss him badly and want him back gonna try. All of these things happened in the one week.
The only good thing at the moment is I'm learning to drive and the lessons are going better nearly getting the hang of steering.

Elessar · 31-08-2013 11:33AM

Life is going well I have to admit.

I have a secure job doing something that I don't hate, with regular hours (after 3 years of shift work, it's a godsend). I'm back in the gym 3x a week which is having terrific effects on my mood, and my general fitness. I'm seeing TWO ladies I met on POF (I can't decide which one to stay with. I might even end both and go back to POF!) and I just accepted an offer on a part-time degree course in IT (I've always wanted to get a degree and I'd love to move into IT!).

I have terrific friends that I enjoy meeting each week for beers and laughs and movies. I bought a BMW 3 series M-sport this summer that I love and I also have good health, which is not appreciated enough!

I mean, life is not perfect, but all things considered I'm doing pretty well

spankysue · 31-08-2013 12:43PM

Things are ok at the minute, my OH and I have both been let go recently, we don't get rent allowance and we're getting married next year so money is really tight right now but I'm still happy, I'm confident that we'll both get some work soon and until then we're enjoying our free time together a lot....sexually

keithb93 · 31-08-2013 12:56PM

I'm waiting for the results of my repeats to see if I get into fourth year or not. If I fail I'm a grand in debt with a rented apartment in the city with no means to pay for it but if I pass then I get the grant and get to finish my degree. But until then life is pretty tense.

Wacker The Attacker · 31-08-2013 01:25PM

Horribly. I have no job, no money, no qualifications and no prospects

Zombienosh · 31-08-2013 02:22PM

Life's Awesome.

pragmatic1 · 31-08-2013 03:27PM

****e all my friends either live in other countries or are going out with people long term. I have a job, which I'm grateful for but hate it.

Hopefully going to emigrate for a year before next summer.

Caonima · 31-08-2013 05:03PM

keithb93 wrote: »

I'm waiting for the results of my repeats to see if I get into fourth year or not. If I fail I'm a grand in debt with a rented apartment in the city with no means to pay for it but if I pass then I get the grant and get to finish my degree. But until then life is pretty tense.

Mind me asking what happened to you for the exams? Why did you need to repeat?

Timistry · 31-08-2013 05:12PM

Positives: Got a good enough job here in Oz and Im due to get a nice pay rise in a few weeks also (as opposed to being on the dole back home). Im getting great experience as part of my job which I hope is transferable worldwide.The weather here is great and im living a hectic but more healthy lifestyle involving 50-60 hour weeks and alot less drinking!

Negatives: 4 years on my own in UK/Oz without any family or friends at all. Work mates are a useless bunch with no social skills so going out for a good time involves nights out and holidays on my own! Seeing most of my friends in long term relationships or their wedding photos on facebook... such a thing for me is a distant dream for me

Caonima · 31-08-2013 05:16PM

Timistry wrote: »

Seeing most of my friends in long term relationships or their wedding photos on facebook... such a thing for me is a distant dream for me

In the nicest possible way, I just want to say **** THAT. Behind the facade of Facebook photos is the usual dross we all deal with - I wouldn't gauge my relative success or failure in comparison to any of the **** I see on Facebook. It's the digital drugged-up happy face to the world that some people like to present.

Smudge_pot · 31-08-2013 05:20PM

Horrible right now. Hard to believe that such a short time ago I was a happy person. This week, I got dumped by my boyfriend after I told him I loved him and got told that I won't be kept on in my job because I don't have a 'passion' for retail (no kidding), all my friends are moving away...

Feel like things are falling apart around me...And even though I feel the fella treated me like an asshole pretty much from the beginning, I miss him so much and right now the future just seems like a black hole. Can't stop crying.

I did just get a first on my masters though.

And sure, it won't last forever!

candy-gal1 · 31-08-2013 05:21PM

Up in the air at the minute, just fulfilled with hope and trying, fingers crossed!

WilyCoyote · 31-08-2013 05:24PM

Witchie wrote: »

Just back from a few drinks with wonderful friends and really appreciating how lucky I am to have them. One of them got a sent put in her heart 10 days ago so am just so happy she is feeling well again.

Appreciate even the crap stuff in your life coz its what makes you you. X

Maybe the aroma helps. But I'd rather have a stent

Caonima · 31-08-2013 05:26PM

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Maybe the aroma helps. But I'd rather have a stent

Sent of scent?

CastingCouch · 31-08-2013 05:30PM

It's ok. Job wise good. Family wise good.

Social wise bad.

saintsaltynuts · 31-08-2013 05:32PM

Caonima wrote: »

In the nicest possible way, I just want to say **** THAT. Behind the facade of Facebook photos is the usual dross we all deal with - I wouldn't gauge my relative success or failure in comparison to any of the **** I see on Facebook. It's the digital drugged-up happy face to the world that some people like to present.

Wow! That was deep but very,very true. Thanks.

dobman88 · 31-08-2013 08:55PM

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Horribly. I have no job, no money, no qualifications and no prospects

This was me about 18 months ago Wacker, see my pot on page 2 of this thread to see how I am doing now.

Hang in there.

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