2015 Review

I had huge changes from last year

Relationship - Got divorced and spent some time having fun in Prague. Getting ready to settle again into a relationship and have met a couple of nice girls so hopefully something will work out with one of them.

Job/Career - left my company now waiting for my CRB to come in before starting back in the hospital in a couple of weeks.

Car(s) - Sold The Panamera D and the Z4, bought a Panamera SE-Hybrid ex wife took that, so now have a 911 and a GT4.

Holiday - I spent 5 weekend in India (work related) which was hell, also visited Athens, Barcelona, Venice, Rome, Pisa, Kusadasi, Istanbul, Pompeii, naples, amalfi cost, venice, Mykonos, Sorento, Vienna.

Low - Getting divorced, leaving a house I spent 4 years building. Ex-wife's cancer came back.

High - spent a lot of time partying, drinking, meeting girls, lots of traveling, but its not been a good year.

Home / Property - Put my house in the north up for sale, Had a offer on a small **** hole accepted today in Bayswater.

Plans for 2016 - Basically try and settle down again. Do up the flat I am buying. Not too much travelling, learn to sail and Dive.
 
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Job/Career - Took on more work with IT Consultancy. More pay, worse hours, more education, enjoying helping others :)

Car(s) - Still got the company Swift. Wife rolled/totaled her Toyota so upgraded her to a Mazda 6. Sold my beloved Celica :(

Holiday - No holiday this year

Relationship / Family- Got married this year. Did one of those eloping jobs which was amazing :) no dramas. Family not so good. No longer speaking to father and that side of the family due to a disagreement.

Finances - Dumped myself into more debt due to wife's car accident. Moved to a smaller place to recoup outgoings

High - Getting married to the one I love.

Low - Family feud. The Shock of nearly loosing my wife.

2016 Plans - Pull myself out of debt. Increase my knowledge in the workplace and explore more of New Zealand.
 
Job/Career - Stayed the same money wise, more responsibilities, more bs and lack of motivation, literally nothing to work towards at the company, we'll see what 2016 holds!

Car(s) - Passed my test, was one of the goals for 2015! got a car, love it but I've bought a bit of a lemon so just going to run it to the ground and be more careful next time.

Holiday - Had none! bar the random week at home etc and two weeks off just learning to drive, daily.

Relationship / Family - family much better since moving out! met a cool girl mid 2015, been dating/in relationship for a few months now and it's going very well.

Home / Property - It's london, I'm 25, I can't even imagine owning a house here, renting and hating it.

High - passing driving test/relationship

Low - total lack of motivation at work is bothering me a lot.

2016 Plans - Do something work wise, save up for a new car, maybe move out of London :o
 
Job/Career - Pretty good, 2nd full year going it 'alone' and turnover is 6 figures, so that's encouraging. Looking to move clients though, but I'm in quite deep where I am at the moment

Car(s) - No real change. New car ordered, but got to wait until March 2016

Holiday - Lefay Spa in Lake Garda (June), France (Sept), Bruges (Dec)

Relationship / Family- Had a son in January 15. He's a little dude. Real mean have boys

Home / Property - Finished refurbing house from top to bottom bar bathrooms. Practically mortgage free now. House move on the cards this year with the hope of keeping this as a lucrative rental

High - Son

Low - A few sleepless nights (see above, little ****)

2016 Plans - Ski trip, 2nd kid (due in June), house move
 
Job/Career - same job, starting to think about moving though to get more dosh in what with future plans

Car(s) - same car, gonna be with me for a while yet!

Holiday - none, but quite a lot of trips to see family which more than makes up for it

Relationship / Family- gf is pregnant! Biggest news of the year for me ofc

Home / Property - lots of home improvements made, new furniture etc in preparation for said baby

High - bought a 980ti (jk, baby news and feeling kicks/scans has been amazing)

Low - miscarriage early in the year was pretty devastating

2016 Plans - all baby stuff. March 31st she's due so that, followed by my 30th a week or so later are pretty much going to dominate the year for me. I did manage to get a nice new monitor already though this month before the budget went on baby stuff
 
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Job/Career - Left my old company of 5 years for a job which pays £7000 p/a more

Car(s) - Sold my 2006 Audi A3, Now have a 2015 Seat Loen FR

Holiday - Austria for 1 week, Scotland for new year (if that counts:p)

Relationship / Family- Still seeing someone I met in October 2015

Home / Property - Already own the house, But this year got a new driveway, fencing, decorating my landing/hallway/living room, made a music room and an office in spare bedrooms

High - New job, new car

Low - Ex missus leaving unexpectedly early 2015

2016 Plans - Currently been interviewed for a job which pays £11k more then where I am now! If successful will be selling my house for a detached one. If not then new kitchen in current house
 
Moses said:
Is the pregnant girl included in the couple of nice girls? :p
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Haha yes, turned out she was not pregnant but I stuck around of some time just incase, she sort of grew on me with time I fly her into London on weekends.


Backslick said:
I thought your GMC registration had lapsed. Must have been hard work to renew it with all that other stuff going on.
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Nop, it got my licence to practise again a few months ago, Im shadowing for 4 to 6 weeks and will have to do my revalidation at some point also but its all fine.

Spook187 said:
Has getting divorced not taught you anything, as you said settling down again is that with a woman or man.:D
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LOL I would die if I keep living the way I did for the last year.
 
Job/Career - getting paid to professionally break stuff, definite win

Car(s) - same ol' skoda, looking to swap her out soon though as she's showing her age

Holiday - not really, just the usual popping over to the mainland to see family

Relationship / Family- ticking along, lost a grandfather which wasnt good but he'd lived a full long life and died peacefully, which is as much as anyone could wish for.

Home / Property - same old same old

High - getting off the smokes and onto the vaping, getting into airsoft regular

Low - getting off the smokes the "normal" way before failing and returning to the vaping, losing my diet while i was at it.

2016 - new car, less me, maybe a wee holiday somewhere cheap and more airsoft
 
Job/Career - promoted in my department as design team leader in the half of the engineering firm I work for.

Car(s) - blew my Saab's turbo, fitted a new one, had it remapped, still hated it, bought a BMW 330i. Much better.

Holiday - epic holidays in beautiful countryside in the UK and France. Best I've had in years.

Relationship / Family- wife pregnant with no. 2.

Home / Property - not much changed.

High - promotion at work, smashing my degree so far. Should also probably say wife getting pregnant, but it literally happened on the first go so hardly any practice runs.

Low - ballsing up holiday in France/degree exam timing and having to travel across France to Paris to sit exam. Still awesome holiday though. Wife's mum becoming more or less a vegetable through early onset Alzheimer's. Magnolia's absence from the forum. Realisation that I want to get out of the rat race.

2016 Plans - graduate with first class honours, significant home improvements, get another baby out of wife's chuff, dominate, learn, smash opposition, stay sane.
 
Job/Career - Still at the same company, still enjoying it.

Car(s) - I still don't own a car! :D I may be forced to buy one now. How long until I can buy a self-driving model?

Holiday - We had booked a couple of exotic holidays but then we found out my wife was pregnant. Thankfully, cancelling wasn't that expensive as we'd only booked the flights. We ended up spending a couple of weeks in Tuscany instead, which was glorious. Without a doubt the nicest hotel I've ever stayed in.

Relationship / Family- My wife gave birth to our first kid in December. 8 weeks in and no-one has died so far.

Home / Property - Still own a decent-sized house in zone 2 north London. Well, I guess we own a little bit more and the bank owns a little bit less of it this year. Can't imagine we'll be moving any time soon.

High - The birth of our son.

Low - It's going to sound selfish but the lack of a proper social life post-birth.

2016 Plans - I'm taking three months shared parental leave, which might be fun or it might kill me. Who knows? No other real plans apart from a couple of holidays. I guess completing Fallout 4 would be an achievement.
 
Job/Career - Took voluntary redundancy from my job of 7 years, so got a decent pay off. Secured a new role starting in March with a 60% Pay increase plus bonus opportunity. Delighted, and the role seems far more interesting and I am looking forward to it. Time of work will total over 4 months!!

Cars(s) - Bought a Mazda 3 Sport Nav, nice place to be but I may change it in the coming year should things go well with the new job, who knows!

Holiday - we are going two big holidays this year to celebrate my parents and fiancees parents 60th so in 2015 we done a few Scottish holidays including St Andrews, Cameron House Loch Lomond, South Queensferry, loved it! Also stayed in Paris for a few days while I ran the marathon, and tacked on a trip to the Shangri-La at the Shard on the way home (see below)

Relationship/Family - Got engaged to my GF while at London Zoo (after meeting penguins - linked to first date!) and my Nephew made his appearance in January so he is just over a year old now and great fun.

Home / Property - Offer feel through on a flat we wanted, got one accepted on arguably a better option! Plan to live in a few years, get the mortgage way down and let it out.

High - Getting engaged obviously but also - Completed Paris Marathon. Afterwards went on a big fitness journey and dropped 2 stone and gained some muscle mass.

Low - had a few disappointments interview wise post redundancy but it all definitely worked out for the best with the new role. Loss of my Grandfather was a sad end to 2015

2016 Plans - Get stuck in at new role with work, take every opportunity available to me! Drop another stone / 2 stone to get to a truly lean weight before beginning to add muscle. Enjoy our big holidays and planning for wedding.
 
Job/Career - After deciding it was time to move on I was successful in applying for a role in the local Clinical Commissioning Group. I'm waiting to start officially however I've already worked one day there and it was really positive.

Car(s) - I'm still driving a rust bucket and I doubt that's going to change any time soon, although now I'll get to use the bus to commute!

Holiday - No holiday last year but we're planning and saving to spend Christmas in Scotland this year.

Relationship / Family - We decided to get a dog to add to the family, my daughter, Sophie loves him to bits.

Home / Property - We're still renting which isn't going to change for a few years. We're in the position where we can start to save a decent amount each month which will improve once Sophie starts school properly and we're not paying for childcare.

High - New career meaning no more unsociable hours and more time with my family.

Low - Nothing that I can think of, it was a good year.

2016 Plans - Work hard, save, lose some weight and enjoy more of the free time that I'll have with my family.
 
Job/Career - laid off in April. Wasn't exactly a career, was temping for the council IT dept, 4.5 years in total.

Car(s) - Yaris 1.3 :D Silver, alloy wheels. Street cred off the charts.

Holiday - none. Unless being unemployed counts as a holiday.

Relationship / Family- none. Sometimes think my cat is giving me suggestive looks, but that's about it.

Home / Property - none. Not won the lottery yet.

High - enjoying my cat

Low - not finding another job, due to lack of skills, experience and/or networking. Realising only friend is a cat.

2016 Plans - lose some weight, get a job (even if it's stacking shelves or removing poo from letterboxes)
 
Dr House said:
I had huge changes from last year

Relationship - Got divorced and spent some time having fun in Prague. Getting ready to settle again into a relationship and have met a couple of nice girls so hopefully something will work out with one of them.

Job/Career - left my company now waiting for my CRB to come in before starting back in the hospital in a couple of weeks.

Car(s) - Sold The Panamera D and the Z4, bought a Panamera SE-Hybrid ex wife took that, so now have a 911 and a GT4.

Holiday - I spent 5 weekend in India (work related), also visited Athens, Barcelona, Venice, Rome, Pisa, Kusadasi, Istanbul, Pompeii, naples, amalfi cost, venice, Mykonos, Sorento, Vienna.

Low - Getting divorced, leaving a house I spent 4 years building. Ex-wife's cancer came back.

High - spent a lot of time partying, drinking, meeting girls, lots of traveling, but its not been a good year.

Home / Property - Put my house in the north up for sale, Had a offer on a small **** hole accepted today in Bayswater.

Plans for 2016 - Basically try and settle down again. Do up the flat I am buying. Not too much travelling, learn to sail and Dive.
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Job/Career - Same, but im happy and earn good money for what i'm doing.

Car(s) - Sold my bike and bought a 525 Msport, so happy with that.

Holiday - Read next

Relationship / Family- Totally ballsed this up. Thought i wanted something different (someone different), more or less destroyed my family and having to rebuild things a day at a time. All my fault, im a **** :(

Home / Property - Pretty lucky here, I live in N.Ireland, if i dropped my house on the outskirts of London i'd be a millionaire.

High - Realizing not everything I did above has permanently ruined me.

Low - See above

2016 Plans - To not be such a selfish *******
 
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