As 2010 Comes to and End...

[Crazy Chocobo]

I thought I'd create a thread asking fellow TFF'ers, how would you sum up your 2010? Do you have any regrets or are you happy with what the year brought you?

As for 2011, have you got any new years resolutions or plans? Anything you're really looking forward to?

As for me, 2010 has been up and down. I had some problems earlier in the year but the last couple months have been fine. I have been busy studying, which I can't stand and working. As long as I keep my mind busy, I seem to be just fine. I think I have matured, just a little bit more after realizing stuff. It's amazing what you can learn from other people. I haven't been the most productive person all year round but that's ok. Next year might be different.

As for 2011, I will be studying once again which I am not looking forward to. I am going to start my diploma for child care services. I have no official plans just yet but my new years resolutions are to be happy and never take things for granted. Also, I would like to be a bit healthier since over the Christmas holidays, I've been eating a bit too much junk food. I'm going to be quite busy for the first part of the year so it should be interesting. I'm very much hoping that 2011 brings me a lot of happiness but we shall see!

What about you guys?

Forgive my spelling error in the title, I type too fast sometimes lol..

[Unknown Entity]

It's been a pretty good year. Still had faults, but was a million times better than good ol' 2009.

Year didn't start off too great though. First big **** up of the year was when Facebook made a few changes and completely messed up my privacy settings. A lot of people who I wish didn't know found out about my relationship. First day back at college after the Christmas holiday, it was all my friends were interested in knowing about. One friend of mine said some really horrible things and we had to be restrained. Following weeks, things died down, but one evening on msn, another of my friends said that I'd "changed" since I'd been in a relationship, which was bullshit - I'd been in a relationship almost a year prior to my friends finding out about it, and I'd only changed since they'd found out - I felt withdrawing myself would protect myself or something.

I skipped a few days off college to get work done, because I couldn't concentrate around my friends. Also, I was really behind because my USB had reformatted itself early in the school year, so I needed that time to bang out work. Then my grandmother got quite sick, and I skipped a whole lot more college. I only ever showed my face on the Monday some weeks because it was the only full day I had, and I needed to use the college software that I couldn't get to work at home. I spent about a fortnight studying and looking after my nan until we worked out that she'd been accidentally taking an overdose of her heart tablets (she used to take like two tablets of 25mg something every night, but her doctor changed her tablets to 50mg to make it easier on her... so she was taking 100mg of the stuff every night for a few weeks x.x), which would have been fatal if we hadn't done some investigating. I had to look after her for a further good few weeks until she was able to walk properly again... which she still hasn't got the hang of quite yet, but she has a stick to help her now so she can keep some form of independence.

However... my college progress kind of slipped because of the time off - I'd missed assignment handouts, helpsheets, you name it. I never missed a deadline, and I made sure to show my face to those. I eventually got my act together, and started going back every day, and worked my ass off. I got three Distinctions in my final week, but totally deserved two or three more - my tutor was an ass, and another teacher refused to re-grade an assignment because he'd already allowed me my redraft (even though I was THAT close to the Distinction after it).

In my last week, I was stressed beyond belief. My tutor had messed up deadlines, so instead of having to have everything finished in July, we had to have all of our work graded in May... leaving us but two weeks to get about seven assignments done, three of which had just been given to us. I don't know how I survived that week... I was up at 6am every morning, back home at 6/7pm every evening, I worked until gone midnight, and I was up again the day after. A teacher of mine was under so much stress, she burst into tears in the classroom, and came in most days looking as if she'd been up all night crying too.

Despite that... I miss college... =(

Summer was a drag. I assumed I was going back to college in September, but I wasn't allowed back in/I wasn't going to be funded for the course, despite education being free until you're 19 here. Mum wasn't happy at all. So since then, I've been looking for work. Thing is, there's LOADS of jobs out there, but everyone I've applied to or spoken to about a job has asked me for experience - apparently two weeks in UBS isn't even enough for a minimum wage administration/clerical job. Games testing has taken my fancy, but no one wants English speaking testers.

That's about it. I'd type more but it's early...

EDIT: Oh. And I had a shitty 18th birthday.

[GypsyElder]

This year has been better than 09 but overall it hasn't been much different. I think next year will be much better since I have my own car now and we're moving soon...hopefully we're really slow at doing things.

School is slow and it isn't really going to change for a while and I'm fine with that.

I'm comfortable

I'm not really looking forward to anything besides moving. I'm just gonna sit back and sip sizzurp in my ride see what happens

[Dodie16]

I'm hoping 2011 will be a lot better than 2010 for me. Not that it was just totally terrible, but I did go through some rough times this year. I suppose the thing to do when that happens though is to just learn from those moments.

As for what I'm looking forward to in 2011: Mostly getting on my parents' insurance so I can start my voice therapy. If all goes well, everything else will be a breeze as far as what I need/want to do.

[Josh_R]

Well the year started off kind of shitty for me. Then I found out that my fiance was pregnant which was great(she is due for the 5th woohoo). Then to make things worse I got shipped off to Iraq, which I knew was gonna happen, but still haha. Things got better when I found out I was getting sent back home to serve out the rest of my term at Fort Knox. I am a MMA fighter, but I finally realized a few days ago that it is just a hobby for me, and not something I can do at a high level. Ehh that is my year pretty much haha.

My 2011 will hopefully be excellent. If life keeps going for me how it is now, then I don't see how it won't be amazing. My baby is coming soon, I am getting married, seems to me like 2011 is my year.

As for resolutions, I just really want to be a good father, and be there for my child. I want him to have what I didn't have, which is a loving father haha.

[Lily]

For want of a better cliche, it really has been a roller coaster year, the ups have been ****ing brilliant, better than brilliant, but the lows have most definately been on par. I ca't decide whether I cant wait to see the back of this year or not, between folk dying, getting dumped and being ill'er than Ive ever been Ive just been like, **** it all im going filling up the sink, taking a deep ****ing breath, and ****ing drowning myself

On the other hand though, Ive met someone new, got a new job, saw Muse in September which was absolutely fantastic, saw James on my birthday and actually spoke to Tim and Larry and they played me happy birthday, saw my ex which was weird because all the feelings are still there, on both sides, it was just circumstance...

Ahhh it's been a funny old year.... things can't possibly get any worse next year, but on the other hand, I really dont think the highs can be topped either

Hello boring 2011

[Tiffany]

2010 was for the most part a great year for me. It was hard with P's Dad back in April... but we're healing from that. Up points: Meeting Nobuo and getting engaged!!!!!!!

I'm excited about 2011... mainly because our wedding will be in September. 8 and a half months to go!!! (not that I'm counting or anything.... )

[jcsimpson]

2010 was an okay year for me considering 2008 and 2009 were so shitty. I made the difficult but right choice of leaving my girlfriend for another woman (I know how that sounds) and got a great job that I actually like. I've also gotten back in touch with my family after a big falling out and spent Christmas with them after not being there last year. 2011 is shaping up to be a good year.

[Meier Link]

2010 has probably been one of the worst years of my life. It has also been one of the toughest mental battles that I have ever fought. And yet; here I am, still alive, stronger then ever and with custody of my boys.

As most of you know, I got divorced, lost my best friend, lost my job and had my whole world as I know it flipped upside down.

But some good has come of this year. For instance; I know who my true friends are. The fact that the boys and I will always be loved has been reinforced. I have grown much closer with my sister then I have ever been. The bond with me and my boys also grows ever stronger.

So this year has had it's ups and downs. Good thing is, 2011 is a new year. As I stated previously:

I have my pen and fresh sheets of paper to start a new chapter of my life and this time around, I am the narrator. This is my time and I will make it to be what I want it to be!

[Jin]

I have my pen and fresh sheets of paper to start a new chapter of my life

Or a new D&D character!

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2010 was alright I guess. I didn't go back to school for the first time in 18 years, so that was different. Working retail in the meantime sucks balls. So does having to apply for grad school (why the hell must this be done by the middle of January?). And now that I think about it, I accomplished very little of what I took a year off to accomplish. But that's only the latter half of the year. The first half was pretty good. I passed all my courses with As, somehow managed to write my thesis (though to be honest, I'm not really that proud of it, despite the A), and got my honours degree. Most baffling of all, I got an A in economics. Friends and enemies alike can question how that happened, because it puzzles me as much as anyone. I'm sure I failed a test. Oh well. It was a good year for gaming, both new and classically speaking. I expanded my collection by adding a 3DO, a Turbografx (Turbo Duo), a Master System, a 32X, an Intellivision and a Coleco Telstar to my collection, as well as some games obviously.

Other than that, sure.

[ZantetsukeN]

2010 has been a bit of a meh year. Started off great, because I finally had a secure job...until May when I was let go. Then I was out of work for 6 months until 6 weeks ago. I had a slight money crisis in the middle of all that too, and was on the edge of depression. Fun. But I kept smiling and got through it.

So this year started off good, and ended good.

2010 will go down for me as better than 2009. 2009 was brutal for me.

As for 2011, I am pretty optimistic. My main focus is to get somewhere with my music. I've written a bunch of songs and hopefully will get to perform them sometime in the year. Like I always say, "keep smiling!"

[Robbo]

Nothing is perfect but it helps to notice the small things.

This is how i have tried to think whilst writing this post so i'd like to start with the good things: I got into the college i wanted to get in and am enjoying my education there. My brother got a new girlfriend and she is extremely nice ( i didn't like his last girlfriend she was a real chav <--- british term ). I re-discovered TFF and made some new friends in the process.

The bad things are that well now seeings as University tuition fees got raised i probably wont be able to go to the Uni i wanted too. I haven't been able to get a part-time job this year whereas most of my friends have. I also dont get EMA so i have no income at all. My great nan died but she was 98 she lived an awesome life.

[loaf]

I turned 21 this year. Nothing happened.

[Maridia]

I'd like 2011 to be a start for good things. I mean 2000-2010 sucked a fat one so lets call it a bum decade and move forward.

I don't really take it very seriously when the new year comes. I for some reason always work around this schoolish schedule. Things seem to change around September, not January.

Out with most of the old and in with something better.

[Ralz]

Aw, geez, time for this thread again, huh? Felt like 2009 was just last week.

I can't really complain about this year. Some good things happened, some bad things happened, but I'm overall happy with the outcome. I even got my wisdom teeth pulled near the end, so I'll never have to worry about those wonkers ever again.

I do hope 2011 is a bit more interesting, though. When it comes to movies, its all bland or boring, or nothing's happening, and even video games have entered a slump for me. FFXIII was the best part, though, for sure, as well as Birth by Sleep.

But mostly, winter can end now, and let's move right onto spring!

...You're not going to move onto spring for another four months, aren't you, weather?

[SuperSabin]

2010 was pretty fair to me my favorite part of it was my summer of that year the other best part was my christmas gift for that year which I get to kick off with this year that's about it. There were some moments in that year I felt like punching people in the face for but I didn't. Hopefully i won't be going through some hard times this year.

[sayian]

2009 was the worst year of my life... i hit rock bottom in every way possible. no1 to trust, stressful relationship that was no good and yet i tried soo hard to keep alive when i look back we never had a chance, i didnt have a vehicle that whole year, a job i didnt like, my brothers betrayal, my favorite uncle had passed,,,,,, i mean i swear i could write a book about every situation iv been put through and all in jus one year.... and thats not the half of it. but at 11:40pm new Years eve of 2009 (this might sound retarded), i decided to jump in a swimming pool with a quarter in thick layer of ice....
my reason- 2010 will be my year, my restart and id be damned if i dont have a hell of a year this year.. so at 12am jan 1st 2010... i jumped my ass in that pool.. (ice cut me upp all over..lol) and i took it as my rebirth and had a better year than i could have imagined, done things that ill never for get and met a few unforgetable friends.... not to mention i got hired with an easy job and now i make over twice the income that i did in 09'... thank you God for the will to carry on, fight my depression and persue what would result in my blessings
In my 2011 i wanna be a little bit more christ like than iv ever been,, maintain what i have become, give more and stay homble, and never forget how far i had to fall to know how high i could go

[kupo]

considering that 2007-2009 were years full of suck...2010 wasn't that bad. had its ups and downs like every other year; learned some life lessions, gained some friends, lost some i wish i didn't. meh, try not to dwell too much one the past but a new year has begun and i'll try to make the best of it.

[Leon]

2010 was the first year I actually got a job, which was awesome. For the most part, things in 2010 were good. Except for a few times.

May 10. Anybody living in the Midwest should recognize this date. There was a tornado outbreak, with 30+ tornadoes in Oklahoma alone. I was eating out, and the roof of the restaurant was made partly of glass. Once we heard the rain, we moved to another table. Moments later, the glass breaks from above our previous table. It was hail! I was so scared, but fortunately no one got hurt (that I know of).

Next are the girls I liked. I knew I didn't have a chance with some, but I just said to myself "go for it." It sucked that one of them said that she "wasn't looking for a relationship" and heavily implied that she wasn't looking for one with anyone. Two months later, BAM! Found out through Facebook (out of all places) that she entered a new relationship. Kinda hurts (it even does now) but I just ignore it and move on every time I remember.

At work, there was this one guy who told me a coworker liked me. I still don't know today if he was just yanking my chain or was actually telling the truth, but I didn't handle that very well. I didn't want to believe him, but ended up doing so anyway. I thought he was telling the truth at certain points, since the girl smiled every time she saw me. I amaze myself how I tend to screw things up, since from then on I tried to see her every chance I could, I even asked for her phone number. What happens next, you ask? She told me to look it up on her page (don't wanna reveal what site), and I didn't find out. Then I thought "why would anyone put their # online?") From then on, she started removing my posts from her page. It was my fault. I came out too strong. I always do.

But enough of the sad stuff. I got FFIX on the PSP in 2010, which was great because I had to give a PS copy of it back several years ago. Passed it for the first time, too.

The only thing I'll do this year is improve myself. And I'll do that every year.

[winterborn86]

I thought my 2010 was quite good, we had our first family holiday (wont be getting on for 2011 ) I also passed my driving test and Maria started nursery, so yeah was quite a good year.

[Taco-Calamitous]

2010 kinda sucked for me. Thought it'd be better than the year before, but lo and behold... First off, I found out that I was going to have to move out of my friends' place, because they were gonna have foster kids, and needed my room. I had half a year to figure out where I was gonna go, but still. Then, I had a job at Target warehouse... for a week. Then, I decided I was gonna stop working for the school district for a while and try to get a "regular" job... then I realized that I needed a second job in order to sustain myself, and the money was going dry. Then, I had to move out and move back in with my parents. Then, I had a sore throat almost nonstop for 3 months. Then, I crashed the company car and had to quit the second job. Then I decided, "Fuck it, I'm going back to the school district."

...And I have to admit, December was a fairly decent month. I was back to a job I actually liked (seems I went back at just the right time, because the very week after my last one with that other job, I started filling in for someone who will be out until mid February) I got to sing in the church choir again for Christmas Eve and one Sunday, and I've been chatting off and on with this pretty cool girl... online. Christmas and New Year's were a lot of fun. Just got done reading Scott Pilgrim, which is like the fairy tail of slackers everywhere. I also got my kitty this year, so that can't be too bad. All in all, some good times and some bad. Just felt like the bad outweighed the good at times this year. It was very stressfull and demoralizing at times.

This year, my New Year's Resolutions are to:

1. Figure it out.
2. Get over it.
3. Not change my avatar or sig for the entire year.

...wish me good luck. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom