In my final year of high school I probably pulled the pork at least 6 times a day on average. I can NEVER beat that.
new job in the same industry. new apartment in the same city. at some point, i got over my crippling depression by withdrawing into a hermit-version of myself and alienating most of my friends. strange, but it seems to have worked pretty well, as i've really never been more content since college when i was doing more drugs than my aging body is still capable of.
This year has been crazy good for me. I got engaged, started grad school, my fiance and I started building us a house (though that won't be ready until some time this coming spring). I dunno.. this year has just been full of happiness for me.
I totally agree.. life can change so drastically in such little time.. when I think about where I was and how I was (not that I'm completely different but so many aspects of my personality have changed - due to growing/healing) just a couple years ago.. and.. all that can happen in 5 years! Wow. Wow wow wow. I would have never thought I'd be here 2 years ago. Not even 1 year ago. I would have never thought I'd be where I was 2 years ago 6 years ago. In the past year, what has changed drastically is my family money's situation - they went from wealthy and stable to very very much in debt and difficulty.. to being on the verge of criminals now.. and it's affected a lot of things. I've had to work hard. I've had to worry about being able to finish school. I've matured and hardened my feelings a lot. In the past year.. I've grown a lot. That's the biggest part of it. I have moved a lot! But that's every year, since birth. I have been very sick.. a lot of health problems. I have learned to love again after a year of heartache and bitterness.. I have calmed down - settled a bit, quit drinking so much, doing so much drugs, partying so hard, destroying myself.. I have become because less bitter about some things.. but some still remains and I am working on it but.. it's still a problem. I mostly moved-on from certain people, certain things.. I opened-up to new people, positive people.. I gained a lot of work experience. Done a lot of self-refflecting. Learned to love myself.
I think so much has changed this year for me, I mean I have a daughter now, I've moved four times, got a job I actually plan on keeping for a while. I'm also closer to deciding what I want to do with my life, and plan to pursue it. I've also had a huge change of view... things seem a lot better now than they ever had, I'm actually taking care of myself now and feel like a better person. I'm a lot more giving and open than before...I've gotten in touch with some old friends, which actually had an impact on things. Not all has been good things though, I've lost a few people close to me, that have really made a difference in my life... and I've probably faced more actual challenges than before as well. I hope everyone has some good changed this year too!