#14

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#15

Woah, your boy’s already 16! In my head he’s like 11 I guess from some early interactions :'D

Anyway, good stuff!

#16

+Moved into our house after the building works finally finished and it’s great. At some points I never thought this would happen.

  • Trip to Gothenburg and Way Out West was lots of fun
  • Niece was born and is already a star

-Brexit vote

  • Trump being elected
  • Family health stuff
  • Friend health stuff
  • GF working long hours and being stressed as a result
  • Me working long hours and not being able to see people as much as I would have wanted
#17

High points: music (a lot of albums I liked and gigs), an holiday in Croatia.
Low points: I lost my two grandmothers and my uncle, someone stole in my house, I got a penal sentence for defamation and I postponed again my graduation with my parents’ disappointment, the spread of racism and ignorance in the world with Brexit and Trump’s win like highlights.

#18

Yeah I know, it’s crazy isn’t it? I’m definitely not old enough to have a 16 year old! :grinning:

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#19

:arrow_up: daughter arrived in Feb
:arrow_up: career change/major job upgrade in March
:arrow_up: house move/relocation finally went through in the summer
:arrow_up: Missus has a good new job and we are much closer to her family
:arrow_up: Finally feeling like a settled family, my son is thriving at pre-school and my parents are back in the country which great
:arrow_up: :arrow_down: travelled a lot with work (US, Canada, Europe)

:arrow_down: work life balance is wonky, and general work related grief. Completely knackered
:arrow_down: i’m at my fattest/unfittest/unhealthiest ever. Big 2017 goal is to get back in shape
:arrow_down: death of my grandmother and other family-related health issues
:arrow_down: left a lot of friends in sheffield and find it hard to have a social life these days

#20
  • Trip to Bruges, proposing and seeing the Tour of Flanders
  • moving to a new city wih the TV and getting our lives back on track after a year apart.
  • nothing really bad, part from the referendum result I suppose
#21

:arrow_up: eldest has now got a really good teacher at school
:arrow_up: youngest has started school well and is really happy
:arrow_up: my job is going to be make permanent from February
:arrow_up: made some lovely new friends this year
:arrow_up: I’m somehow a stone lighter at the end of the year than I was at the start of the year

:arrow_down: I lost my stepmum to cancer in October (which is the second time my Dad has had to go through losing a partner to cancer, and he’s only 67)
:arrow_down: found out last night that my nan is really unwell and probably only has a short time to live (though she is 92, it’s still sad)
:arrow_down: general shiteness of Brexit and all it represents

#22

+got a good job surrounded by really cool people that I’m probably gonna become good friends with in the years to come
+got a masters degree, which the Belgian people called a distinction even though it was the one below that in UK grade terms :circus_tent:
-no real events of note, been quite stressed at times, struggled to make friends in places, had some really boring periods that I’m through the worst of I think. 2017 should be decent, rise of fascism aside.

#23

High- Wales in the Euros
High- close family are all right, like
High- the fact we actually had some decent weather for once rather than it belting down with rain 90% of the time as happens in the UK most years.
Low- everything else

#24

High - Turning to see the TV walking down the aisle on our wedding day (as our friend sung June Hymn by The Decemberists - really nailed the soundtrack). Just the most incredible feeling :slight_smile:

Low - The ongoing need to parent my parents through their divorce

Other Lows
- Referendum
- Trump

Other Highs (got to finish on a positive note, right?)
+ TV’s job offer meaning we can move ‘north’ next year
+ Knocked my wedding speech out the park
+ EITS playing Greet Death live
+ Promotion at work
+ Climbed my hardest boulder to date
+ New forum!!!
+ Greenland on our honeymoon

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#25

Awwww :slight_smile:

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#26

Thanks ccb. Sounds like you’ve had a mixed bag, but you always seem to be making the best of the highs and the lows.

#27

+getting out of the EU
+Glorious new president Trump elected
-Sore throat
-someone threw up on my beautiful corner sofa

#28
  • Got a job doing something I’ve wanted to do since I’ve been a kid, and a lot happier for it
  • Moved flat with new bunch of friends

= Still with TV, though it has been rocky recently. Wonder how long it’ll last.

  • Let go after probation from my first job out of university. Hated it and wasn’t very good at it, but still hurts to be let go, especially in week of Brexit.
  • Getting a bit sick and tired of London, mostly due to money worries and not being able to make the most of this wonderful city
#29

HIGH: Cycling with Sir Bradley Wiggins (didn’t do drugs and didn’t have a mystery jiffy bag).
LOW: Brief existential crisis after I changed jobs and wondered if I’d made a huge mistake.

#30

high:
low: - best friend dying
- mum going into a psychiatric ward
- sister in law’s MS getting worse all the time
- alcohol addiction
- job stress
- gaining 2 stone
- ex gf appearing at my work causing anxiety attacks for a month or so
- recurring chest pains, stomach aches and shortness of breath.

Hopefully won’t be here this time next year to make another terrible list.

#31

graduated and got a job in Amsterdam. everything else was dire especially health stuff

#32

HIGH:

Trip to New York
Learning how to mix a beat a little better

LOW:

Literally everything else.

#35
  • this thread
  • everything else