Trout

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They say that people always overestimate what they can achieve in a year and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade.

What was special about your decade?

For me the two biggest highlights were having kids and at the same time quitting a very secure job to set up my own business - both in 2005. Best things I have ever done!

GC8

Didnt the decade end on December 31st 2009 David?

Other than that, the sentiment still applies; of course.

MMT WRX

It's his age Simon.

dpb

What was special about your decade?

**** all . Gone backwards if anything

tarmac terror

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Leaving the detail of when the decade ended to one side - this could be an interesting thread.

For me it has been a decade of ups and downs, gains and losses.

2000 - sold my first house bought a 3 bed detached bungalow for £90K
2001 - Bought my first impreza
2002 - fairly uneventful year - nothing to report.
2003 - got promoted / spent a lot of time getting a tan and building sand castles / friend and colleague shot dead in Basrah
2004 - Dad diagnosed with Alzheimers disease
2005 - Changed jobs to spend more time at home, went on boring IT course chatted up the trainer, bought current impreza
2006 - Father in Law diagnosed with terminal cancer
2007 - Father in law died in January, my dad died in December
2008 - Sold my house, got married (to the IT trainer from 2005), bought our dream home
2009 - 3 weeks travelling in Borneo, Mrs T announced she was pregnant, became seriously ill (dont think the two were related!!!)
2010 - Twins born in June - life changed for ever in a good way.

Who knows what will happen in the next ten years, just hope I am alive and well to enjoy or endure it.

Trout

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There's always two - fekkers

MMT WRX

JonMc

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2000 - Completed my professional training and qualified as an engineer (previously I was a technician). Son was born.
2001 - Apart from 9/11 and the life changing event that that was - fairly uneventful.
2002 - First visit to Afghanistan
2003 - Daughter was born.
2004 - First (and last) visit to Iraq
2005 - Lost some friends in the Herc that was shot down in Iraq
2006 - Bought my first scooby
2007 - celebrated 10 years of marriage, got promoted in work, went back to Afghanistan
2008 - travelled a lot, working closely with the Americans and NATO on some projects
2009 - spent half the year in Afghanistan
2010 - Took the kids on their first long haul holiday, got stuck in to my MSc with a vengence (biggest regret as it is such a time thief). Ran my first marathon.

Leslie

I have enjoyed it despite the load of plonkers trying to con us that they were running the country.

Done quite a few things which I have enjoyed and got away with a couple of nasties... as far as I know anyway.

Looking ahead to the next one in high hopes.

Les

GC8

I checked it on my fingers three times before posting.

Frosticles

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2000 - Still playing professional music and still touring.
2001 - same as above and going out with a complete nymph. Mother died
2002 - met my future wife on new years eve, Pregnant by late Feb, Daughter born in September. Retired.
2003 - Got married, Bought a house
2004 - Restored my RS Mexico
2005 - Son born in March. Moved house in November
2006 - First Lakes Tour.
2007 - a blurr. Dad diagnosed with Dementia
2008 - plodded along. Diagnosed with ME
2009 - Bad year and never well
2010 - Set up my own business.

davyboy

I think this decade has been the making of me.

I've got married, made lifesyle changes, lost family members, felt the worst emotional pain.......and physical come to think of it!

However, I have a feeling 2011 might be a bit more interesting still.

f1_fan

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What the hell were you like before then?

john_s

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When did a decade become 11 years?

Trout

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2001 - a bad start in the only job I have ever disliked - working at IBM
2002 - left IBM for a great job and move to York
2003 - first trip to India - loved it
2004 - had a big personal change in my life at a Tony Robbins event; bought my first 911
2005 - had first son (said I would never have had kids until 2004); and set up my own business; bought MY06 Spec C
2006 - got business moving, focused on family life
2007 - became a Robbins trainer - one of 100 worldwide - working in US, UK, Australia
2008 - had second son, really grew the business
2009 - first GT3
2010 - business annual turnover went past £1m and headed toward £2m very quickly; first son started school!

SJ_Skyline

2002 - made redundant from a dotcom, walked into another one.
2003 - killed the scooby and nearly myself, joined a gym.
2004 - back into a tier-1 consultancy.
2005 - promoted, 12th in Microsoft UK challenge and 2h05 in the great north run.
2006 - 18th in Microsoft UK challenge.
2007 - 12in Microsoft UK challenge again! busted knee.
2008 - twins born, promoted again, knee surgery.
2009 - screws taken out of knee, 40/500 in Berkhamstead 8km, top duo team in Questars.
2010 - landed a new role in Oz and another promotion, sadly turned both down for financial and personal reasons. Top duo team in Questars again and top half in London rat race

Goals for next deacde:
- retain sanity
- retain hairline
- retain employment

Lady Luck

The last ten years for me have been quite monumental. I have gone from 17 to 27, kid to 'grown up' and made so many huge changes in my life.

I think in another 10 year i'll feel like a proper grown up, but i'm not quite there yet!

I can't be the only one that feels like their in an odd limbo between kid and adult?

Despite loads of big things happening, the only one that really matters is that I spent the last 9yr with the most amazing man I have ever met.

davyboy

...still an arsehole, but one who beat cancer.

GlesgaKiss

I did a lot of stupid things up until a year or so ago and loved every second of it. 23 now and only getting started. The next decade is going to be a good one!

Bicco

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I`m going with the 11 year decade format....

2000 - Turned 18, Started Uni, went trekking in Morroco (life changing stuff.)
2001 - Traveled to the USA. Met My other half (Claire), her brother died and we bacame close very quickly.
2002 - Started getting more in cars, first Turbocharged motor, calibra turbo
2003 - Engaged to Claire at Niagra falls, Graduated Uni with a degree in Automotive tech.
2004 - Quit halford job and started working for a parts company.
2005 - Lots of saving then Moved out of parents into first house (quite big semi for a first house) with Claire.
2006 - Lots of DIY and first scooby!
2007 - Blew up first scooby and sold it. Realised degree is worthless in current job. Travelled to Cuba, nice place.
2008 - Current scooby and reached managment position at work.
2009 - Got very ill, hospitalised for a while, stood down from Management, managed to get well enough to get married! Travelled to the states again, love it over there. Lost Claires Grandad. Diagnosed with premenant illness, me and my dad, treatable but will never be cured.
2010 - Recovering still, first experience of track driving, Started own photography business. Lost my Gran. Lost Claires Gran.


Plans: Next year, concentrate on growing business, more track driving!
Next Decade: Push business toward full time, maybe move to part time other employment and then no other employment. Visit friends in China. Kids?!?!?

dunx

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Plan ten years ahead...

I might not last that long.

A cider, a PC, and a dog at my feet, food to eat and a roof over my head, and a 400 bhp Scoob, 'tis enuf !

dunx

Leslie

That will be when NL decided that the year 2,000 was the first year of the new millenium

Les

john_s

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To allow more creative accounting?

"In the last decade, we've increased (whatever) by 10% over the previous ten years..."