What big things have happened in your last ten years?

[bettybattenburg]

I've...

Moved house twice
Changed career
Got divorced
Travelled to somewhere I never thought I'd get to go to

Lots of travelling, got married and had 2 DC!

Moved house
Watched hubby win money on Who Wants to be a Millionaire (64k)
Started a new job and left a career behind,
Sat with my niece at her homebirrh all night...had her up and down stairs ..in the birthing pool etc. She progressed rapidly. ...and my great nephew is gorgeous.

Bought a house
Bought a cat
Got married
Bought a dog
Had a baby

Gave up a job I hated
Got my dogs 🥰🥰
Lost my mum
Then my dad..
Survived cancer
Celebrated with my DH

Got married.
Had a baby.
Had a miscarriage.
Moved 3 times including getting my first mortgage.

Started 2 new jobs.
Gained a GCSE, a PGCE and a Masters.

Met dh
Got married
Had 2 children
Moved house 6 times (5 were rentals)
Bought our first house
Paid mortgage off on our first house
Went from being self employed to a limited company and then expanded to being an employer

Moved from South America back to UK.

Lived in Germany
Lived in USA
Moved house 3 times.
Sold house
Bought house.
Eldest went to university this year
Went back to get my MA
Son had cancer
I had cancer
Both in remission

New career
Different city
Got engaged
New pets
New friends

Moved twice and bought my first house, left an absolute twat, learned to drive, got engaged to new man, thought I would never walk again after a fall, started a business out of boredom after said fall and it is now my sole job, joined a choir and I sang in some amazing places. Not all in that order, but it's been pretty busy!

Got married
Passed driving test
Two changes of job
Moved house
Had baby

Not necessarily in that order!

I have acquired a lovely partner and a beautiful black cat.
My father died in 2017. He was 93. I’m at peace with that as he was quite poorly before he went. We miss him dreadfully though.

Had dd
Had brain surgery
Got married
Did degree
Moved house
Changed career once passed degree
Had ds
Looked back & realised wow I've some through some shit in my time! & the brain surgery was the the least off it!!

Changed to a job where I genuinely can't affect lives even if only for a short while

Stayed married (people forget this is worked at)

Watched my
Children grow

Grew as a person

Married. Had two dc. Changed career. Moved house. Bought a new (old) car. Been to Scotland 20 times , Spain once, Tunisia once. Gained at least 2 stone (sadly). Became more content.

Ooh & got a cat & made a decision to never be without one again!

Left uni,
Moved to UK,
Got married,
Had a child,
Moved 3 times,
Decided to start uni from square one.

I met future dh
Moved house
Changed job, then changed career
Got married
Changed job again!
Had a baby
Moved house
Had a baby
Had another baby
My lovely mum died
I need a restful couple of years!

Lost my parents.
Saw all my DC get married.
Became a Grandmother.

Lost my Mum
Lost my Dad
Retired.

Moved the the opposite end of the country.
Married dh
Had twins
Quit a career I hated

And lost my df

Lost my Grandma (I was extremely close to her and her loss continues to effect me)
Moved out of my childhood home
Got a 1st class degree
Became a homeowner
Got engaged
Had my gorgeous little girl

Overall a very good but challenging decade and the biggest one for change I think I will ever have. 17 to 27... let's see what else is in store for me!

My dad died
I got 2 kittens from the RSPCA - my best pals, now 9
DH and I got married
I was promoted to Deputy Head
My mam died
I had 3 children in the last 5 years after never wanting to have children but once I had DS1 I became besotted
I became a SAHM
DH had a vasectomy
DH got a Headteacher post
We bought a big, beautiful, old house

Changed career twice and am now taking a career break for about three years. Experience in both ofthose areas should be really helpful in what I want to do when I return.

Moved twice although in the same area

Met and married DH

Four pregnancies resulting in two children

Achieved a postgraduate diploma in the field I would like to continue my career in this time next year.

None of these things were in my mind as possibilities at all in 2010 and all occurred as a result of me facing redundancy during 2012 in a job that had taught me a lot but been generally very unpleasant during the previous ten years.