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Somehow the 2010s are coming to an end.
I suspect I have travelled through time or something because that's the only way I can explain how I've somehow almost reached 2020.
What has the last decade been like for you? Kind? Horrible? Mixed?
Are you looking forward to the next decade?
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For myself it has been a bit of a roller-coaster of good twists combined with bad, sudden, jerky ones and then some boring flat bits which have remained very much the same.
On the bad side my closest friend died and I survived a house fire. So I lost a great deal this decade. I'm terribly sentimental and don't like throwing anything away, so losing things which I have memories attached to has been a hard thing to learn to deal with. I did okay at the time and powered through it, but it has left me thinking a lot.
On the good side, my niece and nephew were born. KupoCon became a thing and through that I have met some truly remarkable people and I finally had an excuse to enjoy my fandom outdoors in the real world. There have also been some absolutely incredible games, films and TV shows this decade (I will not bore anyone with a list and I haven't got time to list them all anyway, but I think a lot of people will agree that some amazing things have been thrown at us lately). A number of other good things too but I can't really recall them all in a hurry right now.
On the flat side I'm not happy with where I am right now in my personal life, etc, and feel like I'm being left behind by my peers. I'm taking steps but I feel like I'm taking these steps in the middle of the ocean instead of on land. The rule-book has disintegrated in the seawater so I'm just guessing. I guess that's all anyone can do!
But 2020 calls! A new decade is a good excuse to make some changes and plan things differently.
I suspect I have travelled through time or something because that's the only way I can explain how I've somehow almost reached 2020.
What has the last decade been like for you? Kind? Horrible? Mixed?
Are you looking forward to the next decade?
-
For myself it has been a bit of a roller-coaster of good twists combined with bad, sudden, jerky ones and then some boring flat bits which have remained very much the same.
On the bad side my closest friend died and I survived a house fire. So I lost a great deal this decade. I'm terribly sentimental and don't like throwing anything away, so losing things which I have memories attached to has been a hard thing to learn to deal with. I did okay at the time and powered through it, but it has left me thinking a lot.
On the good side, my niece and nephew were born. KupoCon became a thing and through that I have met some truly remarkable people and I finally had an excuse to enjoy my fandom outdoors in the real world. There have also been some absolutely incredible games, films and TV shows this decade (I will not bore anyone with a list and I haven't got time to list them all anyway, but I think a lot of people will agree that some amazing things have been thrown at us lately). A number of other good things too but I can't really recall them all in a hurry right now.
On the flat side I'm not happy with where I am right now in my personal life, etc, and feel like I'm being left behind by my peers. I'm taking steps but I feel like I'm taking these steps in the middle of the ocean instead of on land. The rule-book has disintegrated in the seawater so I'm just guessing. I guess that's all anyone can do!
But 2020 calls! A new decade is a good excuse to make some changes and plan things differently.