What have you done in over past year?

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This weekend I'll be mostly celebrating my son's first birthday with my lovely girlfriend and her family :D. We're spending the weekend with family and then have Monday to ourselves and will be taking the little guy somewhere nice.

It got me asking where the last year has gone? It feels like only yesterday that he was born and in that time I feel like I've accomplished a lot and really feel like I'm growing up and moving forward in life.

I've had promotions at work and been nominated for various awards, Saved up a nice sum of money, Become more confident, Got myself a gym membership and got myself in shape :eek:. Overall, I think I'd say I'm a happier/healthier bloke than I was 365 days ago and no one can grumble at that now eh!

What about you?
 
Moved to Scotland /
Lived on an inflatable bed in someone's livingroom for 6 months with little money -
Got really bored in a new job -
Regretted moving to Scotland -
Moved into new flat +
Spent hundreds on new furniture +
Started going to the GYM +
Explored Scotlands Lochs and islands +
Spent the large amount of now expendable income on toys, gadgets and take-aways +
Crashed and burned with an awesome woman -
Sat here and compiled this list /
Going to the highland games in a few weeks then camping around Scotland for a few days +

On reflection it's been a bumpy road and the move is starting to pay off.
 
The biggest things:
Went to Africa (Mozambique, SA + Namibia) for 3 months of diving and other conservation
Went on holiday with my mum to Kefalonia and did a lot of diving
Started uni at Manchester and then left early this year
Now I am back in Kefalonia (have been for 6 weeks) where I am working at the dive center and getting trained up to a dive master.

Life is good.
 
Finshed my final year of uni
Got a job
Developed my first android app among other things
Gf moved in with me
 
Returned from Australia
had 2 girlfriends
changed jobs
Moved out of London
visted Italy
visited Austria
visited Amsterdam
went camping in wales
enrolled in college
Lost 4 stone
Put 2 stone back on
 
in the last 12 months I have (in no particular order):

Passed my driving test (for the second time)
Bought a car and all the other associated things (actually bothered to get insurance this time)
Gained my first year's NCB using the admiral accelerator policy
Got a lovely girlfriend
Suffered the loss of my father
Processed his estate as the executers stepped down
Visited a lot of museums
Stayed in Liverpool a lot (before the g/f moved down here), Salcombe, Weymouth, Wales, Hatfield and Cambridge (all pleasure trips)
Fell out with one of my best friends and then sorted it out and became friends again
 
Quit job to move to Bristol for my (then) Girlfriend.
Got great job in Bristol.
Broke up with (then) Girlfriend.
Moved in with a Pole Dancer.
Went snowboarding in Switzerland (good use of money i had started saving for engagement ring!)
Moved out of Pole Dancers' place.
Moved into my own place.
Decorated, made place my own.
Started P90X.
Cleared £3500 worth of debt.

Currently now really liking the job and company i am in. Making lots of new friends in a city in which 9 months ago i knew no-one. And coming to the end of my first 90 days of P90X.

Currently in the best shape of my life.

Oh and i turned 29 last month.
 
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Went to Australia and met family I had never met before and some I never knew existed. Also went to my first GP whilst there! :D
Got into mountainbiking, really enjoying it, hopefully will continue to do more and keep enjoying it.

Apart from that not an awful lot :( Been forever trying to save up in the hope of eventually having enough for a decent deposit, but often feel like I'm not getting anywhere! :(
 
Holiday to Cape Town for my dad's 60th
2 year anniversary with my gf
1 year anniversary of the flat we bought
Week in Turkey with the gf
Became an OCUK meme
 
Completed the Mongol Rally
Published a book
Decided Medicine is my chosen career
Gained a place on a foundation/pre-med course
Saved a few lives
Raised £20k for charity
 
i've had an incredibaly busy and demanding year.
much of it spent away from friends and family

  • completed course after course after course.
  • numerous exercises in preperation for deployment to afghanistan
  • completed PNCO course
  • Promoted to substansive rank of LBdr
  • Sorted my finances out after a couple of difficult years(my fault)
  • deployed to afghanistan
On return from afghanistan, before the year ends i also intend to purchase a new car and pass my bike tests and spend a WHOLE lot more time with family and friends, when you spend so long away from them it really brings home to you how important they are, i must say i've been guilty of taking them for granted in the past.
 
In the past 365days I've:

Gained an MA
Gained a GDL
Been to Italy, Egypt, Canada and Belgium
Sampled some of man's finest wines
Dined at some of the best restaurants in town
Completely quit a certain bad habit

All in all pretty good I think
 
In the pat year I have:
Got my drivers licence,
Moved back home,
Went on holiday to New Zealand,
Got a fantastic job in IT,
Broke up with my wonderful girlfriend,
Booked my one way ticket to New Zealand to live,
Got back together with my girlfriend.

Good year so far I recon
 
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