discussion We are almost halfway through the decade. How was the first half for you?

[Jotham]

With 2024 ending soon, we are almost halfway done with this decade. How was the first half for you?

 

It's been a mess for me tbh. I've mentioned it before, but I feel like the pandemic upended my life and I've struggled to rebuild it since. I started 2020 on a good note but things went downhill because of COVID. Things slightly got better towards the end of 2022 and the entirety of 2023 was a slay. 2024 was also good but towards the very end it gotten really bad due to personal issues and I'm worried for next year.

[jezebelvictoria]

Quite literally the worst years of my

life and I'm almost 40. 

[Raver]

Covid and masks 

[MP3]

Two diseases marked the first half

 

 

 

 

[Aston Martin]

Honestly dreadful. The US and WW political climate <<<<<<<<<<<

[Prodigal Self]

The pandemic has destroyed my life and everything went drastically downhill since then. But hey, here's to an even worse second half and another Trump term

[50thStateofMind]

amazing and horrible at the same time 

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

Honestly it's been some of the best years of my life, particularly the last two. The beginning of the decade was kind of rough between 2020-22, because of my jobs at the time being crazy hours and not worth the stress, but 2023-24 have been amazingly fun and formative.
 

I've learned a lot about myself and gained a ton of confidence in the last 5 years. I really value standing up for myself and what I want out of life now. I don't let people take advantage of me and call them out when they try to do so. I also took away some valuable lessons about the importance of boundaries and carefully picking who I give time and energy to. Some people are NOT worth it. Be picky about who you let walk into your life.

 

Self care is crucial for me now and I take time and money out for myself to do fun things that I'm passionate about and want to experience, like concerts, travels, and outings with my friends and family. 2020-22 was a necessary time for me to learn what burning myself out can do to me and why experiencing LIFE should be my top priority these days, not work!

[Mr. Peanutbutter]

I think I've had some of my highest moments but also some of my lowest. Right now it's pretty good but looking back it's kind of a miracle that I'm still alive

[Shelter]

Worst 4 years of my life. 

[jordanjm]

Not so bad.

 

The good.

Got with my best friend right before the pandemic and we are engaged and still going strong. Making lots more money. Finished my master's degree. Plenty of new friends. Feeling more confident in my body and I'm in the best shape of my life.

 

The bad.

Mom died.

 

Could definitely be worse.

[Revolution]

mid af

[skwonderfactory]

It has been okay. 2020 and 2021 sucked but since the second half of 2020, things have been more good than bad. On the positive side, I am engaged to the love of my life and my best friend while living with them and building a life together. Plus, I have a decent paying job and have gone through a lot of personal growth in the past two years and I am the most emotionally and mentally stable that I have even been. With Trump and his new administration starting in just a month, I am gravely worried about the state of this country, my fiancé, their parents, my mother, and other family members. We all will most likely be effected and it's going to be rough.

[BrokenMachine]

Honestly I just feel like too much of my time has been stolen, I've had some very good times, but that's my feeling overall. Everything I worked for in the last five or even seven years led me to nothing, and I'm starting again, but absolutely no one is gonna give me those years back, and it's such an underwhelming feeling

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[Illuminati]

In my personal life not super eventful. The pandemic stole like 3 years of my life and it feels like that period of time didn't even exist yet I'm much older now.

 

In terms of world events it's been getting increasingly worse and I've never felt this pessimistic about the immediate future

[moondust]

[rzal]

(I do fear it could be worse)

[khalyan]

In one word? Transformative. 
 

Life for me pre and post COVID is utterly unrecognizable for me. I’ve achieved several career goals that I didn’t even think were possible at the beginning of 2020. I also never thought I would go back to school (AND FINISH). I started taking mental and physical health more seriously these last few years too. I like the trajectory I’m on and I’m excited to continue 

[Rainbows]

Pretty terrible, some good moments sprinkled throughout but overall very hard, hoping it's setting me up for a better last half 

[poki]

One heck of a rollercoaster ride.

[Alldeezy]

Pretty awful it started off as COVID then after that been single since because COVID broke the only relationship that was fun even though it was toxic 

 

Like I miss the 2010s just take me back there please.

 

Only good thing about this decade was discovering Allday & Hyunjin 

[Solar]

Lowkey rough

[bad guy]

Best years of adult my life. I look back at who I was pre-Covid and it's unrecognizable. But let's see how the rest of the decade shapes up before I get too hopeful

 

[Strawberry Bubble]

I'm just gonna say...  All my mornings are Mondays stuck in an endless February

[uusagii]

Genuinely extremely s*icidal but nevertheless I persist