The best days of your life & why?
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te.1989 to 2002.
Left college with one A-level and something to prove. Coincidentally my brother was thrown out of university at the same time. So with zero experience but a grant from Maggie, we set up in business.
2 months later I turned up at college to collect my results in my brand new Golf GTi, paid for. The next 3 years were a ball, nights out all over the place with limitless amounts of cash, fantastic motors (E30 325i's after the Golf's), opportunity to buy my first house, completely anarchic holidays, European road trip in the E30 convertible It was mad.
In hindsight, should have concentrated a bit more on work as the cash dried up and we closed the doors after 3 years. The naivety of youth.
Left college with one A-level and something to prove. Coincidentally my brother was thrown out of university at the same time. So with zero experience but a grant from Maggie, we set up in business.
2 months later I turned up at college to collect my results in my brand new Golf GTi, paid for. The next 3 years were a ball, nights out all over the place with limitless amounts of cash, fantastic motors (E30 325i's after the Golf's), opportunity to buy my first house, completely anarchic holidays, European road trip in the E30 convertible It was mad.
In hindsight, should have concentrated a bit more on work as the cash dried up and we closed the doors after 3 years. The naivety of youth.
TheJimi said:
This is going to sound a bit “woe is me” but that’s totally neither the case, nor the intention.
However, to answer the question - it hasn’t happened for me yet.
There’s always been something in my life that I haven’t been happy about, or some underlying stress that has permeated everything else. I honesty can’t come up with a decent period of time in my life where I have had zero worries and life was genuinely good.
Don’t get me wrong, life has never been bad for me as such, certainly in the scheme of things. Rather, I simply haven’t experienced the stars aligning, as the PH’er above me puts it.
edit:
Perhaps a more appropriate question would be - "Have you experienced true happiness?"
By which I mean, have you experienced a time where you literally had zero stresses, cares or worries?
I mean, even as a kid, in those halcyon days of building dams & dens, I can still remember fretting about stuff.
Have you considered getting professional help? However, to answer the question - it hasn’t happened for me yet.
There’s always been something in my life that I haven’t been happy about, or some underlying stress that has permeated everything else. I honesty can’t come up with a decent period of time in my life where I have had zero worries and life was genuinely good.
Don’t get me wrong, life has never been bad for me as such, certainly in the scheme of things. Rather, I simply haven’t experienced the stars aligning, as the PH’er above me puts it.
edit:
Perhaps a more appropriate question would be - "Have you experienced true happiness?"
By which I mean, have you experienced a time where you literally had zero stresses, cares or worries?
I mean, even as a kid, in those halcyon days of building dams & dens, I can still remember fretting about stuff.
Edited by TheJimi on Thursday 5th October 11:56
Pothole said:
TheJimi said:
This is going to sound a bit “woe is me” but that’s totally neither the case, nor the intention.
However, to answer the question - it hasn’t happened for me yet.
There’s always been something in my life that I haven’t been happy about, or some underlying stress that has permeated everything else. I honesty can’t come up with a decent period of time in my life where I have had zero worries and life was genuinely good.
Don’t get me wrong, life has never been bad for me as such, certainly in the scheme of things. Rather, I simply haven’t experienced the stars aligning, as the PH’er above me puts it.
edit:
Perhaps a more appropriate question would be - "Have you experienced true happiness?"
By which I mean, have you experienced a time where you literally had zero stresses, cares or worries?
I mean, even as a kid, in those halcyon days of building dams & dens, I can still remember fretting about stuff.
Have you considered getting professional help? However, to answer the question - it hasn’t happened for me yet.
There’s always been something in my life that I haven’t been happy about, or some underlying stress that has permeated everything else. I honesty can’t come up with a decent period of time in my life where I have had zero worries and life was genuinely good.
Don’t get me wrong, life has never been bad for me as such, certainly in the scheme of things. Rather, I simply haven’t experienced the stars aligning, as the PH’er above me puts it.
edit:
Perhaps a more appropriate question would be - "Have you experienced true happiness?"
By which I mean, have you experienced a time where you literally had zero stresses, cares or worries?
I mean, even as a kid, in those halcyon days of building dams & dens, I can still remember fretting about stuff.
Edited by TheJimi on Thursday 5th October 11:56
6th form years - 1996-1997.
Part time work (if you can call it that) mates, girls and a lot of beer.
My 18th birthday was one of my best.
I had precisely squat all money during this period, but we had a great laugh.
Oh and meeting the wife - which was around the same period.
The years since we got married (2010) have been pretty good too.
Part time work (if you can call it that) mates, girls and a lot of beer.
My 18th birthday was one of my best.
I had precisely squat all money during this period, but we had a great laugh.
Oh and meeting the wife - which was around the same period.
The years since we got married (2010) have been pretty good too.
The planets aligned about seven years ago and me and three of my mates, all early thirties earning decent wages, became single over Christmas time. One of them even moved in with me until he emigrated to Oz in the February.
What followed was two months of debauchery, lots of travel, nights out, basically doing everything we wanted to do when in our late teens but with the financial resources to be able to carry it out. Brilliant.
What followed was two months of debauchery, lots of travel, nights out, basically doing everything we wanted to do when in our late teens but with the financial resources to be able to carry it out. Brilliant.
24 years old, dotcom boom - my job took me to Prague, where one of my best mates (who happened to work with me) and I rented a luxury penthouse apartment for 30,000CZK / month. National average salary at the time was about 18,000 - 22,000CZK per month, but we remained on our London salaries.
Had 3 years of madness; beer 50p a pint in the expensive place (25p a pint elsewhere), 20 Davidoff Lights for a quid. Dated a Ukrainian stripper for a while.
Then, my flatmate left because he was pining for a girl he met there who had moved back to the US (They're married now, living in upstate NY) and I lost my job. Ended up sleeping in a friends spare room and taking stag parties around for a bit of pocket money.
After about 6 months of the paragraph above, I met my (now) wife. She was studying medicine at Charles University, despite being a Lancashire lass. I then landed a contracting position which paid handsomely - so the budding Doctor and I rented a 1m EUR property slap bang in the 'Little Quarter' of Prague - castle, bridge and river views.
Had 3 years of the paragraph above before she qualified and we had to start over in the UK with her a Junior Doctor and me.... well, looking for work. In Belfast! (as a JD who qualified abroad, she was waaay down the list when it came to foundation year allocation).
Forgot to add - I played guitar in cover bands for the entire time I was there; usually 3-4 gigs a month.
So yeah, that was pretty good. Can't complain about now though.
Had 3 years of madness; beer 50p a pint in the expensive place (25p a pint elsewhere), 20 Davidoff Lights for a quid. Dated a Ukrainian stripper for a while.
Then, my flatmate left because he was pining for a girl he met there who had moved back to the US (They're married now, living in upstate NY) and I lost my job. Ended up sleeping in a friends spare room and taking stag parties around for a bit of pocket money.
After about 6 months of the paragraph above, I met my (now) wife. She was studying medicine at Charles University, despite being a Lancashire lass. I then landed a contracting position which paid handsomely - so the budding Doctor and I rented a 1m EUR property slap bang in the 'Little Quarter' of Prague - castle, bridge and river views.
Had 3 years of the paragraph above before she qualified and we had to start over in the UK with her a Junior Doctor and me.... well, looking for work. In Belfast! (as a JD who qualified abroad, she was waaay down the list when it came to foundation year allocation).
Forgot to add - I played guitar in cover bands for the entire time I was there; usually 3-4 gigs a month.
So yeah, that was pretty good. Can't complain about now though.
TheJimi said:
Pothole said:
TheJimi said:
This is going to sound a bit “woe is me” but that’s totally neither the case, nor the intention.
However, to answer the question - it hasn’t happened for me yet.
There’s always been something in my life that I haven’t been happy about, or some underlying stress that has permeated everything else. I honesty can’t come up with a decent period of time in my life where I have had zero worries and life was genuinely good.
Don’t get me wrong, life has never been bad for me as such, certainly in the scheme of things. Rather, I simply haven’t experienced the stars aligning, as the PH’er above me puts it.
edit:
Perhaps a more appropriate question would be - "Have you experienced true happiness?"
By which I mean, have you experienced a time where you literally had zero stresses, cares or worries?
I mean, even as a kid, in those halcyon days of building dams & dens, I can still remember fretting about stuff.
Have you considered getting professional help? However, to answer the question - it hasn’t happened for me yet.
There’s always been something in my life that I haven’t been happy about, or some underlying stress that has permeated everything else. I honesty can’t come up with a decent period of time in my life where I have had zero worries and life was genuinely good.
Don’t get me wrong, life has never been bad for me as such, certainly in the scheme of things. Rather, I simply haven’t experienced the stars aligning, as the PH’er above me puts it.
edit:
Perhaps a more appropriate question would be - "Have you experienced true happiness?"
By which I mean, have you experienced a time where you literally had zero stresses, cares or worries?
I mean, even as a kid, in those halcyon days of building dams & dens, I can still remember fretting about stuff.
Edited by TheJimi on Thursday 5th October 11:56
Nanook said:
TheJimi said:
If that’s what you gleaned from my post, then it’s clear that I’d be wasting my time trying to further spell out to you what I meant.
To be honest, it's what it sounds like to me too. And I've been previously diagnosed with anxiety issues around the time in my life I described on this thread.Based on that, I’m saying that I can’t recall a time where I didn’t have something or other on my mind and when the stars were nicely aligned.
See what I mean? I do realise that I’m not really answering the OP’s question though, so mea culpa on that score.
14th October 2011 = getting married, it was just a sensational day
13th February 2013 = Daughter born
10th August 2014 = Son Born
These are 3 stand out days for obvious reasons, a whole patch of time not necessarily, there is always stuff to be dealt with, but that is just life.
Take joy in what you have, not misery in what you don't.
13th February 2013 = Daughter born
10th August 2014 = Son Born
These are 3 stand out days for obvious reasons, a whole patch of time not necessarily, there is always stuff to be dealt with, but that is just life.
Take joy in what you have, not misery in what you don't.
Tricky, isn't it? I have real nostalgia for the late 90,s when I was at university. I was having such a great time.
But I am loving right now, despite having actual responsibilities, but I have a great life and am very lucky to have Lady F.
However, if I have to pick one, December 2013-April 2015. I resigned from my job on October 4th, and was immediately sent home on gardening leave. I decided to go skiing for the whole season at the age of 36.
I basically was being paid to ski. Lady F visited pretty much every weekend, I lived an utterly carefree life with absolutely no worries whatsoever (but unlike when I was a student, with the financial resources to really spoil myself). At the time I had no mortgage as I had had my flat in London for 10 years and had paid it off (we have since bought a house - so that financial freedom is long forgotten!!)
My big decisions at the time were whether there was fresh powder on any given morning and which off-piste lines to take that day, and what massive party was happening that evening. I took my Defender to resorts all over France, Italy and Swtzerland joining groups of mates who happened to be on holiday in those countries that season. I went out an advanced skier, and came back an expert with Level 2 instructor qualifications. I made some friends for life, and found a resort that I learned backwards, skiied every inch of, and still call my "home mountain" and visit every year.
Have a pic of my morning commute with my daily driver (road - mostly) at the time, and a pic of my daily drivers (mountain). Below those is a shot I took at midnight from halfway up the mountain. Best days of my life. Hope to repeat them one day.
DSC_0075.jpg by baconrashers, on Flickr
DSC_1533.jpg by baconrashers, on Flickr
DSC_0076.jpg by baconrashers, on Flickr
I sort of want to cry a bit now, re-reading that.
But I am loving right now, despite having actual responsibilities, but I have a great life and am very lucky to have Lady F.
However, if I have to pick one, December 2013-April 2015. I resigned from my job on October 4th, and was immediately sent home on gardening leave. I decided to go skiing for the whole season at the age of 36.
I basically was being paid to ski. Lady F visited pretty much every weekend, I lived an utterly carefree life with absolutely no worries whatsoever (but unlike when I was a student, with the financial resources to really spoil myself). At the time I had no mortgage as I had had my flat in London for 10 years and had paid it off (we have since bought a house - so that financial freedom is long forgotten!!)
My big decisions at the time were whether there was fresh powder on any given morning and which off-piste lines to take that day, and what massive party was happening that evening. I took my Defender to resorts all over France, Italy and Swtzerland joining groups of mates who happened to be on holiday in those countries that season. I went out an advanced skier, and came back an expert with Level 2 instructor qualifications. I made some friends for life, and found a resort that I learned backwards, skiied every inch of, and still call my "home mountain" and visit every year.
Have a pic of my morning commute with my daily driver (road - mostly) at the time, and a pic of my daily drivers (mountain). Below those is a shot I took at midnight from halfway up the mountain. Best days of my life. Hope to repeat them one day.
DSC_0075.jpg by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_1533.jpg by baconrashers, on FlickrDSC_0076.jpg by baconrashers, on FlickrI sort of want to cry a bit now, re-reading that.
Edited by Harry Flashman on Friday 6th October 15:28
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