How has the year gone for you so far?...

Think back to January 1st...has this year proceeded in the way you wanted or expected it to?? At the half-way mark, has anything that has developed in your life the past 6 months surprised you?

Are you still on the same path you set out on six months ago?...Have you kept your New Year's resolutions, or have they dropped by the wayside?...Are you on your way to meeting your goals from the beginning of the year?...Or are there goals you've given up on??

Has this year been better or worse than you had hoped/imagined??...Or, has it been pretty much as you expected it to be?

This obviously isn't meant to be a point-by-point questionnaire...just something to get your mind turning and churning....

So...has your year been everything you wanted so far?

fireworks

Hmm, let's see.....

I've entered college, lived in dorms, moved back home, worked two jobs, been thru 4 guys.....

It's been just GREAT!!!!!

I think the year for me so far has gone pretty well. 2003 was quite a bad year for me in a number of different ways. This year so far, I feel more at peace with myself as a person. More relaxed and not taking things so seriously in a good and sensible way.

I'm settled in a job which I quite enjoy. Although it's not what I see myself doing for the rest of my life, it certainly pays quite well temporarily and will help me towards actually gaining experience for a position that would attract me more and suited to my qualifications and towards other goals I've been chipping away at this year.


I'm also enjoying the single life at the moment. Having fun and not hopping from one relationship to the next. I guess it's a good thing to have some time out from relationships and to reflect upon the sort of person I would like to be with and what would make me attractive to them.

I will be going to Greece for my holidays with a good friend of mine in three weeks time. I've not had a real, proper holiday for about two or three years now and I'm really looking forward to it.

As for my hopes and fears for the rest of the year; well, one can only hope for good things naturally. Yet if things at anytime turn sour, I feel confident I will be able to tackle them in a more calm and objective manner than I have done in my past.

Finally, I hope West Ham United make a flying start to the season by beating Leicester City (ha ha Froggy!) in their quest to return to their rightful place in the English Premiership. That and hopefully a Prince tour in the UK.
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JDINTERACTIVE said:

althom said:

I wouldn't laugh if I was you. Leeds will struggle this year.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

BASTARD!!!!!

this year has been a real tough one for me as some of you know...

but ive received inspiration from many people that im not discouraged by any of it....


one of those people is you byron...


thanks!!

sosgemini said:

My year so far has been very positive. Last year was a bad one coz of my marrige break up, so this year was a bit of a crossroads for me. Normally I would tend to turn left or right, but this year I have tried to go forwards.
I've managed to get back in touch with most of the people I lost along the way, and have applied to go back to Uni as a mature student studying Music Technology. My interview is one Monday, which I hope goes well.
Other than that, I'm having fun and feel like a second wind is blowing. And speaking of blowing, I too hope West Ham make a flying start to the season, EZ JD , which I'm sure we will
Take care everyone,

AdamB said:

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JDINTERACTIVE said:

"WERE FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES, PRETTY BUBBLES IN THE AIR"

AdamB said:

STAMFORD BRIDGE TO UPTON PARK, STICK THE BLUE FLAG UP YER ARSE!

As most of you know, I returned back to the US after a year in London in June. I brought home the ultimate souvenir - my Welsh boyfriend. January seems like decades ago. I'm in extreme anxiety about where my life is going at the moment. I don't know how I'm going to get through the next year without having Gareth around. I don't know what I want to do next summer, not to mention YEARS, after I graduate. Do I want to go back to London? Do I want to stay here? Do I want to work? Have I learned enough in the past three years to be able to put my education to good use? How will I see Gareth? Do I want to go to grad school immediately after?

Family relations are weird. They are lots stranger than when I left them. I have changed so much, and my family is obviously uncomfortable with that, so it seems they're trying to pigeonhole me into what I used to be. Their tactic with dealing with it is treating me like an incompetent, irresponsible child. Although I love them, it's really hard for me to be around them.

However, I'm in the best relationship ever. I can't even convey how happy I am with Gareth. It's surreal and unlike anything I've ever, ever experienced before. After all the unhealthy, obsessive relationships I've been in in the past, I've finally found something that is so natural it's scary. It's been seven months - which is a lifetime to me. So ya'll can understand the extreme anxiety I'm going through at the moment. He leaves in September - at least we are going to be seeing each other every three months. I know this coming year will be hard, so I'm just praying we'll be able to get through it and come out together at the end.

My year in London, if anything, just brought up a lot of questions and issues that I'm trying to come to terms with. I thought I had myself sorta figured out, or was on the way at least, but I learned so much in Europe. In a way, it's like I have to figure out myself all over again.

I don't know if any of what I just typed applies or responds correctly to your question, Byron. But thanks for posing it all the same... it's good to think, sometimes...

Good and bad, more or less.

Natsume said:

Thank you for answering it...

Byron said:

This is a year I will never be able to forget. My entire life turned upside down in February. I have not often spoken about it here, as I see this site as a place to relax, but it has been a hard year.

On the other hand big changes in yuor life can serve as a reminder about what is important in life; I have found out that I love my family more than anything in the world.

As I never make new years resolutions (escuses foir weaklings), there is nothing I wanted to do that I did not do.

And being 33 means you re-evaluate your life and goals just the same, nothing to do with THIS year in particular. All to do with focusing. And refocusing.

well, let's see...

Most of this year has been just perfect for me. I finished my degree as planned and am finally a college graduate. I continue to be very happy and challenged at my job and learn from the people I work with constantly.

The late winter I was immeresed in a completely unexpected family drama. It really knocked me for a loop, but in the end-all it was good. I worked through some lingering feelings about a certain family member and came closer to closure with issues that have haunted me my whole adult life.

The pattern of life continues on. I have been saddened while watching friends hurt due to the death of loved ones. I have also watched a good friend's twins grow to one year old and have become much more enamored with these kids than I ever thought possible. Now, another friend is pregnant. For the first time, I'm honestly excited to have another baby in our group.

Turning 30 has wreaked havoc on my body and I have had odd medical problems sprinkled in throughout the year. Luckily, nothing has been serious though, just annoying.

So, soon I will be 30 and I may have a whole different perspective to this year. But currently, I am enjoying it.


Oh yeah, I can't forget, this year has also brought me closer to a number of people on here who have helped make the days brighter. y'all know who you are so...

Natsume said:

endorphin74 said:

I'm glad you're able to feel OK about things.

Nothing major has happened; I have my health, great friends, my family's doing well, and my kitty (who is very old for a kitty) is still in good health and high spirits. I know I live a privileged life compared to many in that I've never been hungry, always have a place to call my own, have traveled pretty far and wide and am surrounded by people who love me.

And yet, I'm restless.

2the9s said:

c'mon, you know Tarr is a piece of shit.

It's honestly been kind of a shitty year, but life's great anyway!

Natsume said:

Girl when I was your age I thought I had it all and myself figured out.....yet I am now 26 and I sitll do not have myself nor life figured out. Don't rush it, everything will fall into place as it is supposed to do
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I've loved reading all of these ....thank you everyone who has responded so far (and who will respond still)

This year, for me, has had its share of surprises, most of them very positive, though. My goal of making it to Australia was met, and beautifully so...I've had that desire/goal for well over 20 years. To be by the Sydney opera house overlooking the harbor, camera in hand...it was strange and exhilerating to be standing in the middle of a lifelong dream. However, meeting that longtime goal meant putting of a much newer goal of studying photography and trying to (eventually) become a director of photography in films...however, that goal should be starting up in September...the year's still young.

My father's health was a "surprise" that had an effect on me I wasn't expecting... When I imagined this year, I didn't imagine how the development in anyone else's life may effect my own...

This year has also given me tremendous spiritual growth, a path I had just started on in late December of last year...in the early stages, I did wonder if I'd stick to the path as strongly as I desired...at the halfway mark, I can easily say that I have, and that I am seeing the dividends being paid by doing so. Many rather personal things were explored and experienced along that spiritual path...too personal to talk of here...and I still experience them even today. But I've developed my spiritual muscle tone quite a bit, and find myself dealing with everything, both good and bad, in a peaceful, healthier way than I would have last year. So that goal, I'm happy to say, seems to be progressing towards being met.

So, overall, I'd say that the goals I set have either been reached or are on their way to being achieved, and that this year is going in the direction I imagined it would back in January... even when there seemed to be no evidence of it doing so.

Byron said:

Ok I only have a sec to type this....

but if I think of the last year being last June/July to now....

SO many thngs have happened that have ended up benifiting me in many ways even if they were at first not what they seemed.

My first year of teaching...

My friendships with SO many beautiful orgers... Byron, Pill, Nessone,( I love you guys! ) Sinisterpenatonic ( strange journey )




I am thankful for what the past year has bought me. Like my sig says... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all....
Ok more later...

Sweeny79 said:

Byron said:

Sweeny79 said:

You turned a bad year good again!