Top 10 Years of Your Life

[Tugg]

Mine:
1. 2012
2. 2013
3. 2014
4. 2015
5. 2011
6. 2010
7. 2009
8. 2006
9. 2005
10. 2016

[rauldc14]

1. 2013
2. 2018
3. 1997
4. 2003
5. 2004
6. 2019
7. 2017
8. 1996
9. 2020
10. 2009

[Yoda]

Impossible to say, but the first two candidates that come to mind are:

2010: bought a house, got married, bought a car.

2022: sold the previous house, first real year in the new house (we moved in Dec. 17th last year), did a live casting event in Maryland, got flown to San Diego for another, played in almost 150 softball games (three championship teams, one co-championship tournament).

[Yoda]

One could argue, technically, we should all have the year of our birth as the first year.

[Citizen Rules]

Mine:
1. 2012
2. 2013
3. 2014
4. 2015
5. 2011
6. 2010
7. 2009
8. 2006
9. 2005
10. 2016

1. 2013
2. 2018
3. 1997
4. 2003
5. 2004
6. 2019
7. 2017
8. 1996
9. 2020
10. 2009

1. 1975
2. 1984
3. 1990
4. 1963
5. 1972
6. 1997
.:rolleyes: A list of a bunch of years. Why not go back and edit those post and tell us why those were great years for you, like Yoda did...Then that would be interesting.

[Captain Steel]

I would say the entire decade of the 1980's for me.

So much happened to me over that decade (which is probably the case for most people during the decade they transitioned from teenager to adulthood): got first job, driver's license, graduated high school, went to art school & college, had first serious relationship, met some of my most memorable friends, did some travelling, graduated college, moved out of parents' house, had a few memorable jobs.

Not to be a downer - but in hindsight that was my only real heyday - things have just gone steadily downhill since that era (and in every area: career, finances, relationships, friendships, family, health, home life, etc.)

Although 2008 was kind of a mixed bag as I got my own rental house (no more roommates or apartment neighbors - and I'd spent the previous 20 years desperately longing for privacy, solitude and quiet... didn't do too well on the quiet, but finally had some privacy & solitude!), but I also lost my job a month after I moved in - and spent the next ten years as a freelance gardener & doing odd jobs to try to make ends meet & pay the rent.

[John Dumbear]

:rolleyes: A list of a bunch of years. Why not go back and edit those post and tell us why those were great years for you, like Yoda did...Then that would be interesting.


1. 1975 (virginity lost to a goddess)
2. 1984 (daughter born)
3. 1990 (son born)
4. 1963 (first pet,kindergarten)
5. 1972 (1st girlfriend, great group of friends)
6. 1997 (Great family, home, career, friends)


*fixed*

[Citizen Rules]

1. 1975 (virginity lost to a goddess)
2. 1984 (daughter born)
3. 1990 (son born)
4. 1963 (first pet,kindergarten)
5. 1972 (1st girlfriend, great group of friends)
6. 1997 (Great family, home, career, friends)
*fixed*
👍 See I would've never guessed any of that. So tell me about #1 the goddess: Where did you meet her at? Was it a fling or a girlfriend or? What did she look like? Got a pic?

[John Dumbear]

👍 See I would've never guessed any of that. So tell me about #1 the goddess: Where did you meet her at? Was it a fling or a girlfriend or? What did she look like? Got a pic?


She crushed my soul in '76. Ironically, that's my worse year.

[SuperMetro]

I only lived here for 17 years but I guess the last 5 are my favorites. 2020-2022 felt like a great bolero(or grand build up) for me.

[Captain Steel]

I only lived here for 17 years but I guess the last 5 are my favorites. 2020-2022 felt like a great bolero(or grand build up) for me.

That's interesting. Because for older people, the last 2 years have been a couple of the worst (due mostly to factors we all shared... together but separately).

[Citizen Rules]

I would say the entire decade of the 1980's for me.

So much happened to me over that decade (which is probably the case for most people during the decade they transitioned from teenager to adulthood): got first job, driver's license, graduated high school, went to art school & college, had first serious relationship, met some of my most memorable friends, did some travelling, graduated college, moved out of parents' house, had a few memorable jobs. I'm just a bit older than you, but yeah the 1980s for me had most of those events happening to me as well. Though I never traveled until I met my wife who had traveled a lot. The first time in my life I was on an airplane was in the late 90s when we flew to D.C. for a vacation. Oh and I never graduated from college, I'm lucky to have graduated from high school:D


Although 2008 was kind of a mixed bag as I got my own rental house (no more roommates or apartment neighbors - and I'd spent the previous 20 years desperately longing for privacy, solitude and quiet... didn't do too well on the quiet, but finally had some privacy & solitude!), but I also lost my job a month after I moved in - and spent the next ten years as a freelance gardener & doing odd jobs to try to make ends meet & pay the rent. I remember you posted about a noisy dog that barked all the time...I hear ya about wanting privacy, solitude and quiet...those are my motto!

[Tugg]

:rolleyes: A list of a bunch of years. Why not go back and edit those post and tell us why those were great years for you, like Yoda did...Then that would be interesting.
1. 2012- Lived in Siauliai, Lithuania until after Easter and stayed sober. I watched "The Avengers" and "The Cabin in the Woods" in Cinema. Then moved to Bermondsey, London, England for couple of months and drank up to two bottles of Merlot wine daily. Then moved to Beckton, near Royal Albert station on Docklands Light Railways, in London, England. Stayed unemployed. I was drinking daily up to and over 700ml Smirnoff vodka with orage juice. In December I moved back to East Ham and was reunited with my female drinking buddy. We celebrated the festivities season by of course drinking. This is the first year I became an alcoholic and was experiencing immense euphoria constantly

2. 2013- Lived in East Ham, London, England. Worked as a hod carrier in Western London. I was drinking up to six beers Monday to Thursday and up to eight beers Friday to Sunday. Returned back to Siauliai, Lithuania for Autumn for period of sobriety, only to leave for Osnabruck, Lower Saxony, Germany in December where I proceded to drink up to eight beers daily. I wasn't employed.

3. 2014- Lived in Lower Saxony, Germany. Worked in Turkey factory. Drank up to six beers Monday to Thursday and up to eight beers Friday to Sunday. Returned to Siauliai, Lithuania to stay sober for the summer only to route back to London, England for the rest of the year, this time near Wood Street train station or the next closest station in Snaresbrook station on Central line. Worked in Canary Wharf, Jubilee line, as a labourer. It was an easy job. From September to October I drank up to eight beers daily and from November to December I drank over 700ml of Smirnoff vodka with lemonade daily. These two months were the most I ever drank.

4. 2015- Hybernated in Siauliai, Lithuania for winter, then moved to Forest Gate, London England. Worked in Canary Wharf, Elizabeth line station as a labourer. It was an easy job. Drank up to eight beers daily. In summer I returned to Siauliai, Lithuania. Stayed sober.

5. 2011- Lived near Plaistow station- District line, London, England. Worked as a labourer near Marble Arch station- Central Line. By then I was drinking daily up to five beers Monday to Thursday and up to one 700ml Bacardy black rum with CocaCola Fridays to Sundays. But I didn't consider myself an alcoholic because there were days here and there when I stayed sober still.

6. 2010- Location remained the same as in 2009, but I was unemployed. Drinking patterns remained the same as in 2009.

7. 2009- Lived in East Ham, London, England. Worked as a labourer all over London. My London party days began. I generally was drinking up to six beers for three days stright and staying sober for three days stright. There I met my female drinking buddy.

8. 2006- Location and occupation remained the same as in 2005. By then I was generally drinking up to six beers for tree weeks stright and staying sober for two weeks stright.

9. 2005- Lived in Dorset, England; Worked as a Barman in Royal Marines Base, Sergeant Mess. Really easy job. That's where my affair with alcohol transformed.

10. 2016- In the middle of January I arrived to Eltham, London, England. Worked as a waiter near Old Street and Angel stations of Northern Line. It was an easy job. I had few lapses of drinking, but generally stayed sober. Watched "10 Cloverfield Lane", "Green Room" and "The Nice Guys" in O2 arena cinema. In the middle of June I returned to Siauliai. Lithuania.

These days I drink very rarely and if I do, I don't experience much of ephoria anyway.

*Beers in Europe are 500ml or a pint with 568ml.

[Citizen Rules]

1. 2012- Lived in Siauliai, Lithuania until after Easter and stayed sober. I watched "The Avengers" and "The Cabin in the Woods" in Cinema. Then moved to Bermondsey, London, England for couple of months and drank up to two bottles of Merlot wine daily. Then moved to Beckton, near Royal Albert station on Docklands Light Railways, in London, England. Stayed unemployed. I was drinking daily up to and over 700ml Smirnoff vodka with orage juice. In December I moved back to East Ham and was reunited with my female drinking buddy. We celebrated the festivities season by of course drinking. This is the first year I became an alcoholic and was experiencing immense euphoria constantly

2. 2013- Lived in East Ham, London, England. Worked as a hod carrier in Western London. I was drinking up to six beers Monday to Thursday and up to eight beers Friday to Sunday. Returned back to Siauliai, Lithuania for Autumn for period of sobriety, only to leave for Osnabruck, Lower Saxony, Germany in December where I proceded to drink up to eight beers daily. I wasn't employed.

3. 2014- Lived in Lower Saxony, Germany. Worked in Turkey factory. Drank up to six beers Monday to Thursday and up to eight beers Friday to Sunday. Returned to Siauliai, Lithuania to stay sober for the summer only to route back to London, England for the rest of the year, this time near Wood Street train station or the next closest station in Snaresbrook station on Central line. Worked in Canary Wharf, Jubilee line, as a labourer. It was an easy job. From September to October I drank up to eight beers daily and from November to December I drank over 700ml of Smirnoff vodka with lemonade daily. These two months were the most I ever drank.

4. 2015- Hybernated in Siauliai, Lithuania for winter, then moved to Forest Gate, London England. Worked in Canary Wharf, Elizabeth line station as a labourer. It was an easy job. Drank up to eight beers daily. In summer I returned to Siauliai, Lithuania. Stayed sober.

5. 2011- Lived near Plaistow station- District line, London, England. Worked as a labourer near Marble Arch station- Central Line. By then I was drinking daily up to five beers Monday to Thursday and up to one 700ml Bacardy black rum with CocaCola Fridays to Sundays. But I didn't consider myself an alcoholic because there were days here and there when I stayed sober still.

6. 2010- Location remained the same as in 2009, but I was unemployed. Drinking patterns remained the same as in 2009.

7. 2009- Lived in East Ham, London, England. Worked as a labourer all over London. My London party days began. I generally was drinking up to six beers for three days stright and staying sober for three days stright. There I met my female drinking buddy.

8. 2006- Location and occupation remained the same as in 2005. By then I was generally drinking up to six beers for tree weeks stright and staying sober for two weeks stright.

9. 2005- Lived in Dorset, England; Worked as a Barman in Royal Marines Base, Sergeant Mess. Really easy job. That's where my affair with alcohol transformed.

10. 2016- In the middle of January I arrived to Eltham, London, England. Worked as a waiter near Old Street and Angel stations of Northern Line. It was an easy job. I had few lapses of drinking, but generally stayed sober. Watched "10 Cloverfield Lane", "Green Room" and "The Nice Guys" in O2 arena cinema. In the middle of June I returned to Siauliai. Lithuania.

These days I drink very rarely and if I do, I don't experience much of ephoria anyway.

*Beers in Europe are 500ml or a pint with 568ml.Thanks Tugg for posting all that🙂 I didn't know any of that about you...I didn't even know you lived in Europe and UK. All these years on MoFo whenever I seen your avatar I just assumed you were a teen girl living in America, guess I was totally wrong! Glad to hear you're not drinking much these days and I hope 2023 is your best year yet...same wish for all the MoFos🙂

[Tugg]

Thanks Tugg for posting all that🙂 I didn't know any of that about you...I didn't even know you lived in Europe and UK. All these years on MoFo whenever I seen your avatar I just assumed you were a teen girl living in America, guess I was totally wrong! Glad to hear you're not drinking much these days and I hope 2023 is your best year yet...same wish for all the MoFos🙂
Obviously I still glorify my drinking days. I guess I never hit the rock bottom.

[WrinkledMind]

Never had ten good years, but few good ones here and there.


Early nighties as a kid, growing up was fun. No responsibities. Watching loads of telly. Playing cricket.
I lived in a chawl then, which is basically like this small block apartment, and there's around 70 apartments of those in one building.
But living in a chawl is a cultural and social blessing. Your festivals, events, etc are celebrated in great numbers and fun.


My parents bought a bigger house in the suburbs in the mid 90s and we moved to where I am now. It's quieter here, which I kinda prefer now.


First half of 2003. My first year of engineering. I hooked up with a girl who was in her last year. She was absolutely magic. And I had such a good time, that I failed in three subjects and almost avoided a drop (you need to fail in 5 to get a drop). But it was worth it.
She moved to the US for her Masters, and we knew this beforehand, which made the relationship fun and painful, but mostly fun. I haven't heard from her for ages, but she is married now and living in Austin with kids.


That's about it. Been an ordinary life otherwise.

[matt72582]

2000 - Graduated high school. Got into stand-up comedy (thanks to a friend and a case of beer), started college at the University of Michigan, went to my first concert (Foreigner). Was able to drive to Blockbuster and rent movies at any time!


2002 - Started the year moving out and getting my own place, which was huge. Drank 6-8 beers a night :)

2004 - Went to Europe for the first time.

2005 - Bought a house. Started a cell-phone store with a high school friend.

2006 - Went to Europe twice, once to see this girl who was a foreign exchange student back here in MI

2009 - Went to Europe for almost 5 months.. From London to Athens and back to Amsterdam (again) and other cities in between - Budapest, Cologne

2011 - Went to Australia for 6 months. Asia for a month. Amsterdam for a few weeks, DC for a week.

2012 - Went to Hawaii for 3 weeks, then Australia for 3 months.

2013 - Published my first CD on Amazon.

2014 - Published my first book. Met Mort Sahl for the first time.

[Act III]

Difficult to choose 10.

I would say:
2007
2001
2000
2020
hopefully 2023

Worst years:
2008-2017

More downs than ups, maybe I can change that permanently.

[John McClane]

1997 - FF7 and so much snow and ice I spent 2 weeks indoors :D
2000 - Y2K didn't happen, and FF9 came out on my birthday
2001 - I got a PS2 and FFX (do you see a theme developing here?)
2004 - Built my first computer
2005 - Vault was released and they were giving out free samples in front of a Walmart (thank you Mr. Sure, Go Ahead and Take 3)
2007 - Compulsory school ended and I didn't shit myself at graduation. Wins all around
2008 - I fell in love, she broke my heart, but I didn't die
2010 - Saved my gramps’ life, I went hippie AF, and I swore off smartphones
2014 - Worked for Apple and realized Oranges were better, and I got serious about trying to quit drinking
2017 - Finalized a bankruptcy and then bought a brand new sports car; God bless America, amirite?

[Captain Steel]

This thread (and reading some other people's accomplishments) makes me think of a scene from Papillon (1973 dream sequence) that always hit a little too close to home for me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dslBLC6hafo

[Stamina888]

For some reason, I get depressed thinking about this thread. As my life has sort of been in cycles, a few good years followed by a few bad years.I'd say the past 3 years have been some of my best years.

And I mean in terms of personal growth and progress toward goals. Because the years in my teens where I played video games all day, neglected my health, and didn't do anything productive, may have been the most fun, but they didn't help my years in the future get any better.

Likewise, right now, I don't have a lot of money or irl friends. I'm in the process of moving, changing jobs, and life is chaotic. But I'm also physically and mentally healthy as I've ever been, and I'm actively taking steps to improve the things I'm trying to improve.

So, right now, I live in a mostly empty room with a mattress and a TV, and no furniture and no real sense of home. Maybe not the fun year of my life. But I know I will reap the benefits in the future.

[matt72582]

20-29

[Tugg]

Women reach their peak at 20, mean reach their peak at 30.

[chongjasmine]

Year 2000 is my favourite year because that is the year I accepted Christ into my life.

[Act III]

Difficult to choose 10.

I would say:
2007
2001
2000
2020
hopefully 2023

Worst years:
2008-2017

More downs than ups, maybe I can change that permanently.

Quoting myself here almost a year later, 2023 is a near tie with 2000/2001 with many parallels. Only time will tell if disaster or heinous conspiracy will once again tear that out of my adamantine hold.

Climbing out of the bog of eternal stench.
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[Tugg]

2023 has been pretty good so far., No alcohol required.

[Mr Minio]

I hardly remember anything from my early life.

My early school years weren't too good because I was bullied. I received a lot of love from my mom and grandma, though, so it wasn't terrible altogether. I still remember celebrating the year 2000 with my mom.

Middle school meant less bullying but also countless hours spent playing computer games with nothing else worth mentioning.

The beginning of high school was the beginning of my cinephilia. In 2011, I watched Werckmeister Harmonies for the first time, which changed my life forever. Films quickly replaced computer games as the main way of spending my free time. Almost no bullying at high school either, which was a welcome change from the previous years.

The beginning of college was when I left my town and rented a room in the city. I lived there for a year and my recollections are generally positive. When it comes to the Uni, all the people were cool and the bullying was entirely gone by that time. I even tried socializing, with varying effects, but most friendships were transient and none of them survived till now. The only two friendships from that time that survived were online ones.

After a year of living in a rented room, I moved to an apartment in the same city. My studies continued and I have really great memories of that time. I finally could feel entirely free and I didn't have to share the bathroom with others! Now I also had a big TV versus a small laptop screen, so watching films was much better. Many other perks of living alone in an apartment, too. I naturally took advantage of them all and did nothing apart from studying for exams and watching movies. I hardly ever went out.

The time at Uni felt like a breeze. And so, it went away like a breeze. Around the time of graduating, I fell in love for the first time in my life. She was the most gentle and kind girl I ever met, and she was definitely of unreal beauty. She gave me a reason to go out again. I felt like there was a point to do many things I wouldn't do otherwise. I wanted to do them just because I'd do them with her. But our relationship was short. And the break-up broke my heart.

Thousands of movies followed. I stopped going out again. I couldn't stop thinking about her so I resorted to movie binges and overeating to cope, which was a really dumb thing to do. (Overeating is dumb. Binging movies is the only right way to live!) After I got really big I was concerned with my health so I lost all 45 pounds I had gained in just two months. I still have no idea how that was possible but it definitely wasn't healthy to lose it so fast!

After a couple of years, I went on a date with another girl but it didn't work out at all, and the whole thing was a weak parody of the first thing. I could literally see the exact same things I had done with my girlfriend that I now did with my date, and my new date was inferior in every aspect. So, we both decided this was not it during the second date. I needed only one short walk to get over it. But unfortunately, the fact it didn't work out this time made me think even more about my girlfriend and how special she was. And that made my overeating return. This time it wasn't as harsh as I mastered the skill of using films in a therapeutic way, but the sole fact I wasn't going out at all made me slowly gain more and more weight.

Fast-forward a year and my grandpa died. I had rather sad memories of him from my childhood. He drank a lot and after he returned home he'd argue with my grandma. This was never a good experience for the kid I was back then. However, as my grandpa got older, he stopped drinking and became extremely unselfish. So unselfish that by the time he was properly diagnosed with cancer, he already couldn't stand on his own legs. It was late-stage and he died a month later. He had never told my mom about it before because he knew my mom was already busy taking care of two other family members who couldn't walk and required daily care, so he didn't want to be an additional hassle. He never told anybody about the pain he felt daily, brushing it off as something not as important as helping other family members.

A year after my grandpa passed away, death came for my grandma. She had Alzheimer's and for the last two years, she couldn't recognize me or my mom. She lived in the world of her youth, the village she lived in before the Second World War. She took turns between mistaking my mom for a random nurse and her childhood friend. She took me for her brother who died during the war. There seemed to be rare occasions when she regained her consciousness. That was when she cried and kept repeating "Please kill me, I don't want to live like this. I don't want to live anymore". This was heartbreaking to experience, so while I was sad when she died, I was also glad her suffering had finally ended.

A year after my grandma died, my mom had a stroke. She needed surgery, after which she contracted sepsis. She miraculously survived the sepsis without any major organ damage. But then she caught Covid and died of it while still at the hospital, a month after her stroke. I visited her nearly every day and worked at the same time, which made me exhausted. This was good because I had little time for worrying. I woke up, worked a little, then commuted to another city to visit her, then commuted back home and worked till evening. All I did was mechanical, I felt like a robot. It really hit me only after she had died, but I tried to focus on organizing the funeral, and then on all the inheritance and official stuff, which was good because I had something to occupy my mind with. My job proved a great way to take my mind off it, too. I tried to be very occupied and diligent just so that I don't think about it. I also binge-watched films even harder and rewatched some as therapy. Unfortunately, I also resorted to the unhealthy way of dealing with stuff I knew, which is overeating. I gained over 40 lbs in half a year.

My mom died a year ago. This year I decided to predominantly focus on myself and my health. A few years back I had developed high blood pressure that I resolved to fight with not just drugs but also a healthier lifestyle. I started doing cardio two times a week, then three times, and finally every day. I also focused on my diet and ditched fast food and sweets. I'm now at my lightest in 5 years, but I'm not stopping! My blood pressure averages are within the normal or elevated normal range now, but I want to bring them even lower by fat loss, exercise, and diet. I've never been so motivated in my life. I guess I realize that now I'm all alone and in case something happens to me, there'll be nobody to help. So I want to do everything I can to stay healthy as long as possible.

My life was a time of joys and sorrows. Sometimes it was big joys and small sorrows. Sometimes the other way around. I haven't changed much as a person. I still hate going out but I'll get back to daily walks once it gets colder. For now, I'm doing daily cardio at home, which allows me to stay inside for a week or more, while still moving and losing weight! I watch a lot of movies, too. I talk to three of my best online friends daily. I still don't have any real-life friends.

As for years, ten is too many, but I chose four in chronological order:
2000: My earliest meaningful memory of a New Year's Eve spent with my mom.
2011: The year I became a cinephile.
2017: The year I was in love for the first time.
2023: The year I got back on my feet and finally managed to get on a maintanable fitness routine, which allowed me to stabilize my blood pressure and lose 40+ lbs.

[Galactic Traveler]

I could only do 7. In random order:

- 1993 - Joined the Marine Corps.
- 1997 - Became a police officer.
- 2001 - Met my wife.
- 2003 - Got married.
- 2004 - Became a crisis negotiator and bought our first house.
- 2005 - Had our first daughter.
- 2007 - Had our second daughter.

[laxel]

I can't choose. Of course, there were bad periods in my life, but every year brought me something good.