How has your decade been?
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Went into the decade having just turned 30, leaving it having just rolled passed 40.
Long term partner died unexpectedly in 2011 - life reset button hit.
Graduated with my masters degree after part time study for what felt like a million years.
Travelled to Nepal, Peru, China and lots of places around Europe.
Moved to live in an area I've always wanted to be.
Got an OK car.
Got burgled.
Got another car.
Left long standing job/company and went off consulting for a couple of years. Ate a lot of hotel breakfasts. Got quite fat.
Met a great woman and got married towards the end of the decade.
Had first baby last year.
Got a really great new job this year.
TLDR; started very badly, ended great.
Long term partner died unexpectedly in 2011 - life reset button hit.
Graduated with my masters degree after part time study for what felt like a million years.
Travelled to Nepal, Peru, China and lots of places around Europe.
Moved to live in an area I've always wanted to be.
Got an OK car.
Got burgled.
Got another car.
Left long standing job/company and went off consulting for a couple of years. Ate a lot of hotel breakfasts. Got quite fat.
Met a great woman and got married towards the end of the decade.
Had first baby last year.
Got a really great new job this year.
TLDR; started very badly, ended great.
Great thread.
2010: First "management" job - taking a very brave step into a business that I knew would be sink or swim. Lost my uncle who I lived with at my first job in the industry which predicated the move. No money, lots of "easy" debt (credit cards, overdrafts, etc). Very single, house sharing. Didn't have a car, lived in Central London.
2019: Still miss the first company but not the job. Now in a reasonably stable Mon-Fri 9-5 job. Achieved life ambition of 100k by 30, bought house, got married (still married). Got most debt sorted/under control/paid off. Rediscovered my love for flying, Been through 2 aeroplanes in 5 years. Had best season flying in 20 years in 2018. Currently 3 dogs, 2 aeroplanes, Vauxhall Insignia Estate (Sensible flying/dog car).
No specific plan or structure, just kept pushing on.
2010: First "management" job - taking a very brave step into a business that I knew would be sink or swim. Lost my uncle who I lived with at my first job in the industry which predicated the move. No money, lots of "easy" debt (credit cards, overdrafts, etc). Very single, house sharing. Didn't have a car, lived in Central London.
2019: Still miss the first company but not the job. Now in a reasonably stable Mon-Fri 9-5 job. Achieved life ambition of 100k by 30, bought house, got married (still married). Got most debt sorted/under control/paid off. Rediscovered my love for flying, Been through 2 aeroplanes in 5 years. Had best season flying in 20 years in 2018. Currently 3 dogs, 2 aeroplanes, Vauxhall Insignia Estate (Sensible flying/dog car).
No specific plan or structure, just kept pushing on.
Neptune188 said:
Great thread.
2010: First "management" job - taking a very brave step into a business that I knew would be sink or swim. Lost my uncle who I lived with at my first job in the industry which predicated the move. No money, lots of "easy" debt (credit cards, overdrafts, etc). Very single, house sharing. Didn't have a car, lived in Central London.
2019: Still miss the first company but not the job. Now in a reasonably stable Mon-Fri 9-5 job. Achieved life ambition of 100k by 30, bought house, got married (still married). Got most debt sorted/under control/paid off. Rediscovered my love for flying, Been through 2 aeroplanes in 5 years. Had best season flying in 20 years in 2018. Currently 3 dogs, 2 aeroplanes, Vauxhall Insignia Estate (Sensible flying/dog car).
No specific plan or structure, just kept pushing on.
Sounds like your life has really taken off 2010: First "management" job - taking a very brave step into a business that I knew would be sink or swim. Lost my uncle who I lived with at my first job in the industry which predicated the move. No money, lots of "easy" debt (credit cards, overdrafts, etc). Very single, house sharing. Didn't have a car, lived in Central London.
2019: Still miss the first company but not the job. Now in a reasonably stable Mon-Fri 9-5 job. Achieved life ambition of 100k by 30, bought house, got married (still married). Got most debt sorted/under control/paid off. Rediscovered my love for flying, Been through 2 aeroplanes in 5 years. Had best season flying in 20 years in 2018. Currently 3 dogs, 2 aeroplanes, Vauxhall Insignia Estate (Sensible flying/dog car).
No specific plan or structure, just kept pushing on.
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2010 I was living on a remote farm in Devon with a lot of cool people and lots of wildlife and probably the healthiest I've ever been.
But I was f
king lonely and not really going anywhere and had no steady income or savings.
Moved back to Bristol and then met my girlfriend in 2012. Moved in to a flat with her then bought a house a few years ago, got a couple of cats and finally had a baby boy 3 weeks ago after a really difficult pregnancy.
Still have sod all money but I have stability in my work, a baby, a home with a comfy sofa and a great garden full of wildlife for me to watch. And more friends around than I did 10 years ago, more family too. All is good.
But I was f
king lonely and not really going anywhere and had no steady income or savings.Moved back to Bristol and then met my girlfriend in 2012. Moved in to a flat with her then bought a house a few years ago, got a couple of cats and finally had a baby boy 3 weeks ago after a really difficult pregnancy.
Still have sod all money but I have stability in my work, a baby, a home with a comfy sofa and a great garden full of wildlife for me to watch. And more friends around than I did 10 years ago, more family too. All is good.
Edited by Japveesix on Wednesday 27th November 18:33
I'm not one for airing my private life for a load of internet strangers but on reflection this decade hasn't been the best. I have not sat and dwelled as I am a firm believer on looking forward.
2010. My 93 year old maternal Grandmother dies.
2010. My mother is diagnosed with cancer. The next day my Father dies of a heart attack. My Mother dies after a few months of struggle.
2011. One of my Uncles dies
2011. My 89 year old paternal Grandmother dies.
2011. My maternal Grandfather dies.
2012 I get made redundant after 22 years
2012. 3 weeks into my month off before starting a new job I have a motorcycle accident that puts me in a wheelchair for 4 months.
The rest of the decade has been OK so far.. I am also going to be a Grandfather. the baby is due 26th December so I am happy to be ending this decade with a birth.
2010. My 93 year old maternal Grandmother dies.
2010. My mother is diagnosed with cancer. The next day my Father dies of a heart attack. My Mother dies after a few months of struggle.
2011. One of my Uncles dies
2011. My 89 year old paternal Grandmother dies.
2011. My maternal Grandfather dies.
2012 I get made redundant after 22 years
2012. 3 weeks into my month off before starting a new job I have a motorcycle accident that puts me in a wheelchair for 4 months.
The rest of the decade has been OK so far.. I am also going to be a Grandfather. the baby is due 26th December so I am happy to be ending this decade with a birth.
Mostly military work wise, moved jobs a couple of times, one was a massive pain in the arse but a blessing in disguise, the other was a shiny new adventure with amazing training abroad that turned out to be a turd.
Left and was unemployed for 9 months then landed a job in what I can best describe as an open prison. 6 day weeks, fair amount of stress but dealing with people and aircraft day in day out is rewarding. Can afford to support my daughter at Uni which is my short term goal. Been doing this for a little over a year now.
Shifted my 156 due to rust/mot failure 2 months ago, still pains me but it was sat doing nothing. No current plans on another daily but I can’t stop looking on Autotrader for Giuliettas...
Left and was unemployed for 9 months then landed a job in what I can best describe as an open prison. 6 day weeks, fair amount of stress but dealing with people and aircraft day in day out is rewarding. Can afford to support my daughter at Uni which is my short term goal. Been doing this for a little over a year now.
Shifted my 156 due to rust/mot failure 2 months ago, still pains me but it was sat doing nothing. No current plans on another daily but I can’t stop looking on Autotrader for Giuliettas...
20 on 2010.
Joined the Specials with a few of joining the police full time ASAP. Crap start meant I left after six months and came back a year later.
2013 got a new job (same company). Devliery driving as the police had stopped recruiting.
End of 2013 met an ex. Should have walked away!
2014/2015 was a lot of on and off (more off) with the ex. Finally cut all ties in 2015 after I found out about her cheating on me with five people (including a women). Although did go back for a shag purely to let her new partner know!
2016/2017 a couple of short-ish relationships. Still not in the police but a few failed attempts!
Also in £12k debt due to the ex from 2014/2014!
Kinda given up relationship-wise. Was happy in my own company.
2018 messaged a girl on POF. Took a while to meet up due to work and me having man flu! But met up and not looked back!
2018 I passed my assessment centre for the police! Still at Tesco driving. Hating that! But we did get a new area to deliver to. Which was a lot nicer! 180 miles a day on average with a handful of drops compared to 40 a day and a lot more drops!
2019 I had my final interview for the police and passed! Still with my girlfriend.
July 2019 started with the police! Finish my training on Friday! Taken a while but finally there! Also moved in with my girlfriend having brought our first place! Honestly didn't think I'd ever be able to buy somewhere!
Overall it's been a bit ste (mainly 2014/2015). But 2018/2019 has been amazing.
Joined the Specials with a few of joining the police full time ASAP. Crap start meant I left after six months and came back a year later.
2013 got a new job (same company). Devliery driving as the police had stopped recruiting.
End of 2013 met an ex. Should have walked away!
2014/2015 was a lot of on and off (more off) with the ex. Finally cut all ties in 2015 after I found out about her cheating on me with five people (including a women). Although did go back for a shag purely to let her new partner know!
2016/2017 a couple of short-ish relationships. Still not in the police but a few failed attempts!
Also in £12k debt due to the ex from 2014/2014!
Kinda given up relationship-wise. Was happy in my own company.
2018 messaged a girl on POF. Took a while to meet up due to work and me having man flu! But met up and not looked back!
2018 I passed my assessment centre for the police! Still at Tesco driving. Hating that! But we did get a new area to deliver to. Which was a lot nicer! 180 miles a day on average with a handful of drops compared to 40 a day and a lot more drops!
2019 I had my final interview for the police and passed! Still with my girlfriend.
July 2019 started with the police! Finish my training on Friday! Taken a while but finally there! Also moved in with my girlfriend having brought our first place! Honestly didn't think I'd ever be able to buy somewhere!
Overall it's been a bit s
te (mainly 2014/2015). But 2018/2019 has been amazing. 2010 to now
Finished Uni, got 2nd place in my year in Electrical Engineering, bought my 1st house, took a gamble on a new job which has paid off way beyond my expectations and is a job I love, got married, did lots of work on the house, many good holidays, had some alright company cars : 2011 Polo GTI, 2014 Golf GTD, 2018 Golf GTD, had some fun private cars : 1999 Impreza WRX. 2003 E46 M3, bikes : 2005 Yamaha R1, 2015 BMW S1000R, had a beautiful daughter 17 months ago, have 7 years left on the mortgage.
It was more good than bad, but there most certainly was bad : 5 rounds of failed IVF (1 only on the NHS), gave up on having a kiddo, but somehow it just happened, lost my Grandad, lost my dog (best friend) at 13 years of age, 1st time I've had to be the man and do that trip to the vets, almost feels somehow like this was the worst of the lot.
Happy 20's to you all, may it be a very prosperous decade to you all.
Finished Uni, got 2nd place in my year in Electrical Engineering, bought my 1st house, took a gamble on a new job which has paid off way beyond my expectations and is a job I love, got married, did lots of work on the house, many good holidays, had some alright company cars : 2011 Polo GTI, 2014 Golf GTD, 2018 Golf GTD, had some fun private cars : 1999 Impreza WRX. 2003 E46 M3, bikes : 2005 Yamaha R1, 2015 BMW S1000R, had a beautiful daughter 17 months ago, have 7 years left on the mortgage.
It was more good than bad, but there most certainly was bad : 5 rounds of failed IVF (1 only on the NHS), gave up on having a kiddo, but somehow it just happened, lost my Grandad, lost my dog (best friend) at 13 years of age, 1st time I've had to be the man and do that trip to the vets, almost feels somehow like this was the worst of the lot.
Happy 20's to you all, may it be a very prosperous decade to you all.
Awesome. Thankfully despite many years of graft I’ve managed to accumulate some wealth.
2010 - joined ACME plc as a junior photocopier salesman. Was even given a white Audi A3 as a company car.
2019 - ACME sales manager with a car allowance, fk the A4 and free style!
Long may it continue...
2010 - joined ACME plc as a junior photocopier salesman. Was even given a white Audi A3 as a company car.
2019 - ACME sales manager with a car allowance, f
k the A4 and free style!Long may it continue...
Overall, pretty decent. Some ups and some downs.
2011 - 26, travelling a lot both personally and for work. Living a home with my folks. Met and dumped a girl.
2012 - 27, still travelling a lot. Got back with the girl I met in 2011. Bought a Mazda 3 MPS.
2013 - Resigned from a job I loved. Moved to the outskirts of London to move in with the girl I met in 2011. Get a job working for a competitor.
2014 - Girl I met in 2011 is upgraded to fiancee. Get made redundant. Find a new job within 10 days or so and bank a pretty substantial redundancy payoff.
2015 - Landlady tells us she's flogging the flat. We bought it for a fire sale price. Get married. Aunt died of cancer.
2016 - Nothing really of note
2017 - Got a promotion in work. Flipped my flat to make a £70k profit. Bought a house. Bought a Skoda Octavia vRS and sold the Mazda.
2018 - Aunt dies of cancer. A few weeks later, my mum gets diagnosed with cancer.
2019 - My mum died of bowel cancer.
So it's been an interesting 10 years. Not all great, but overall an OK time. This year has been fking st though 
2011 - 26, travelling a lot both personally and for work. Living a home with my folks. Met and dumped a girl.
2012 - 27, still travelling a lot. Got back with the girl I met in 2011. Bought a Mazda 3 MPS.
2013 - Resigned from a job I loved. Moved to the outskirts of London to move in with the girl I met in 2011. Get a job working for a competitor.
2014 - Girl I met in 2011 is upgraded to fiancee. Get made redundant. Find a new job within 10 days or so and bank a pretty substantial redundancy payoff.
2015 - Landlady tells us she's flogging the flat. We bought it for a fire sale price. Get married. Aunt died of cancer.
2016 - Nothing really of note
2017 - Got a promotion in work. Flipped my flat to make a £70k profit. Bought a house. Bought a Skoda Octavia vRS and sold the Mazda.
2018 - Aunt dies of cancer. A few weeks later, my mum gets diagnosed with cancer.
2019 - My mum died of bowel cancer.
So it's been an interesting 10 years. Not all great, but overall an OK time. This year has been f
king st though Wow great thread and one that got me to reflect and apologies in advance if this is a little self indulgent:
2009 - our daughter was born and genuinely changed me ... who knew what these little bundles of joy could do to your perception on life!
Started a new job and all looking promising ... above all else I was enjoying it!
2010 - overall going well but in December (Boxing day) ... felt unwell ... cut a very long story short ... bacterial meningitis ... resulting in intensive care and a very long (but rewarding) recovery process.
2011 - more recovery combined with lots of interest from the medical world as I’d already had (and survived) the same thing when I was at university.
No conclusion from all of the interest but so what ... I was a two times survivor of this nasty bug so let’s live life to the full!
2012 - so feeling pretty good, medical profession pretty much put it down to bad luck ... then BANG ...
Jan 2012 - bacterial meningitis again ... caught slightly earlier so just high dependency not intensive care but recovery was harder as my own frustrations kicked in.
As a result of all the crap my wonderful wife said “what car have you not had that’s still on your bucket list” ... end result 911 ... happy days!
Next few years were all good ... various cars enjoyed and bits and bobs with the family.
2015 - big leap from the corporate world into a smaller company and moved from our newly finished home into a huge project!
Lots of challenges with the new project caused problems both emotionally but also financially ...
2017 - leap into the smaller company world came to an end and I entered back into the corporate world again
2019 - finally getting to grips with the last bits that need doing on the project ... then
My wife suffers an anaphylactic shock and is hit hard emotionally and physically as a result ... still picking up the pieces from this but if I can take one thing from all the crap ...
Enjoy what you have ... live life like tomorrow might not be around the corner and focus on the things that matter ... if you ever say “should we/I” the answer is “yes”
I’ve missed loads but I’ve written this off the cuff as the thread title triggered a little something that made me feel like I wanted to download!
2009 - our daughter was born and genuinely changed me ... who knew what these little bundles of joy could do to your perception on life!
Started a new job and all looking promising ... above all else I was enjoying it!
2010 - overall going well but in December (Boxing day) ... felt unwell ... cut a very long story short ... bacterial meningitis ... resulting in intensive care and a very long (but rewarding) recovery process.
2011 - more recovery combined with lots of interest from the medical world as I’d already had (and survived) the same thing when I was at university.
No conclusion from all of the interest but so what ... I was a two times survivor of this nasty bug so let’s live life to the full!
2012 - so feeling pretty good, medical profession pretty much put it down to bad luck ... then BANG ...
Jan 2012 - bacterial meningitis again ... caught slightly earlier so just high dependency not intensive care but recovery was harder as my own frustrations kicked in.
As a result of all the crap my wonderful wife said “what car have you not had that’s still on your bucket list” ... end result 911 ... happy days!
Next few years were all good ... various cars enjoyed and bits and bobs with the family.
2015 - big leap from the corporate world into a smaller company and moved from our newly finished home into a huge project!
Lots of challenges with the new project caused problems both emotionally but also financially ...
2017 - leap into the smaller company world came to an end and I entered back into the corporate world again
2019 - finally getting to grips with the last bits that need doing on the project ... then
My wife suffers an anaphylactic shock and is hit hard emotionally and physically as a result ... still picking up the pieces from this but if I can take one thing from all the crap ...
Enjoy what you have ... live life like tomorrow might not be around the corner and focus on the things that matter ... if you ever say “should we/I” the answer is “yes”
I’ve missed loads but I’ve written this off the cuff as the thread title triggered a little something that made me feel like I wanted to download!
2010 not married but living with misses 6 kids all boys and a dog
2010 drover a V8
2011 swapped V8 for a Twin turbo jag
2011 had knee dislocated at rugby
2011 swapped jobs
2012 had a major operation on my leg
2013 bailed a friend out money wise still wai5ing for money back
2014 swapped Twin Turbo jag for Pick up truck
2015 promoted
2016 family holiday to Florida
2017 promoted
2018 finished doing the house up
2019 bad year
Knee rebuilt
Dog died
Got chest infection that
Became bronchitis that
Became pneumonia that lead to an operation on my lung that lead to me dying on operating table for almost 3 mins
There is no light at the end of the tunnel or stairway up or down
Recovered from the above and working again but much less in the bank account
2010 drover a V8
2011 swapped V8 for a Twin turbo jag
2011 had knee dislocated at rugby
2011 swapped jobs
2012 had a major operation on my leg
2013 bailed a friend out money wise still wai5ing for money back
2014 swapped Twin Turbo jag for Pick up truck
2015 promoted
2016 family holiday to Florida
2017 promoted
2018 finished doing the house up
2019 bad year
Knee rebuilt
Dog died
Got chest infection that
Became bronchitis that
Became pneumonia that lead to an operation on my lung that lead to me dying on operating table for almost 3 mins
There is no light at the end of the tunnel or stairway up or down
Recovered from the above and working again but much less in the bank account
Family business over the last 10 years has got busier and busier - financially the decade has been great and enabled us to buy a beautiful old georgian house and restore it.
2012 had first child (boy), and then 2014 whilst pregnant with our second my wife developed stage 3 breast cancer. Had chemotherapy during last three months of the pregnancy and had our daughter closely then followed by surgery and radiotherapy (She was born perfectly healthy and is currently sitting next to me chomping down on Frosties and watching Octonauts) She got the all clear end of the year and since then we’ve had no more dramas thank god. Apart from that blip its been a pretty good decade.
2012 had first child (boy), and then 2014 whilst pregnant with our second my wife developed stage 3 breast cancer. Had chemotherapy during last three months of the pregnancy and had our daughter closely then followed by surgery and radiotherapy (She was born perfectly healthy and is currently sitting next to me chomping down on Frosties and watching Octonauts) She got the all clear end of the year and since then we’ve had no more dramas thank god. Apart from that blip its been a pretty good decade.
2010 living with family in Doha. Living the expat dream then a car accident (not me) and my mum dying unexpectedly back in the uk. This shook me to the core and I still feel like a piece of me is missing.
2013 back to the UK. Bought a pub, hated it and drank too much.
Lost my paternal grandfather. Loved him very much.
2015 sold pub and started building again.
Built us a nice family home in a Dale’s village but do not feel any love for.
2019 change of career working in Europe but I miss the family so much. How long I’ll stay I don’t know.
Did build a lovely holiday cottage for us but have only spent 6 nights in it since March.
Cars had 911, corvette, X5, Discovery, E class convertible as highlights. Currently running a 2008 207 SW but loving driving a shed.
Wealth. Who knows? It’s all tied up in property.
Still in love with my wife and immensely proud of my children. They make the struggles all worthwhile.
2013 back to the UK. Bought a pub, hated it and drank too much.
Lost my paternal grandfather. Loved him very much.
2015 sold pub and started building again.
Built us a nice family home in a Dale’s village but do not feel any love for.
2019 change of career working in Europe but I miss the family so much. How long I’ll stay I don’t know.
Did build a lovely holiday cottage for us but have only spent 6 nights in it since March.
Cars had 911, corvette, X5, Discovery, E class convertible as highlights. Currently running a 2008 207 SW but loving driving a shed.
Wealth. Who knows? It’s all tied up in property.
Still in love with my wife and immensely proud of my children. They make the struggles all worthwhile.
10 years ago I was just a dwt working my way through school, happy as can be.
Now I'm 20 years old,
Learned how to drive.
Bought my first car, a VW Fox.
Sold it to buy a Fiat punto evo (Worth it).
Studying to become a quantity surveyor.
Working with a construction firm in Bristol, enjoy the work, love the people but wish it was closer to home.
Recently became single after a year of ups and downs.
Went abroad for the first time in my life (Cuba is lovely btw).
Climbed the biggest peaks in the UK over the course of a weekend.
Started saving for my first home.
And I'm getting a bit porky, need to fix that to get out the single zone.
So alright I guess, excited for what the future holds.
Now I'm 20 years old,
Learned how to drive.
Bought my first car, a VW Fox.
Sold it to buy a Fiat punto evo (Worth it).
Studying to become a quantity surveyor.
Working with a construction firm in Bristol, enjoy the work, love the people but wish it was closer to home.
Recently became single after a year of ups and downs.
Went abroad for the first time in my life (Cuba is lovely btw).
Climbed the biggest peaks in the UK over the course of a weekend.
Started saving for my first home.
And I'm getting a bit porky, need to fix that to get out the single zone.
So alright I guess, excited for what the future holds.
Edited by Baaaz on Thursday 28th November 09:40
2010 - Moved to London to start a new grad job.
Since then some highlights
- moved out of london to Berkshire&Oxfordshire
- met and married my wife
- bought first house
- Won a number of medals at a national level
- lost a lot of weight
- got my first dog
- couple of job changes / promotions
- lots of holidays
- learned to snowboard
- got very fit
2020 is looking to be a great start as our first child is due in May
Since then some highlights
- moved out of london to Berkshire&Oxfordshire
- met and married my wife
- bought first house
- Won a number of medals at a national level
- lost a lot of weight
- got my first dog
- couple of job changes / promotions
- lots of holidays
- learned to snowboard
- got very fit
2020 is looking to be a great start as our first child is due in May
Edited by ukbabz on Thursday 28th November 10:15
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