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What have you achieved in 2021?

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TravellingSpoon · 27/12/2021 08:09

Following on from the goals thread, what have you done this year that you are proud of?.

Foe me, I have a new job which was a promotion. I've started a new qualification through said job and we have moved house. The kids have had a good year I think, with a few minor wobbles now they are both teenagers.

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Northernsoullover · 27/12/2021 09:25

I graduated and got a well paid job. Ended my 6 year relationship and feel liberated.

MajorCarolDanvers · 27/12/2021 09:27

New job with mahoosive pay rise 😄

Juliantheloaf · 27/12/2021 09:30

I recovered from postnatal depression and I’m feeling a lot more like my old self and enjoying life as a family of three. Things are so much brighter now!

Spudlet · 27/12/2021 09:32

A new career - I’m now a fully qualified sports massage therapist! And my first marathon, done while studying for that qualification.

This year, I am hoping to get better at forward planning Grin

ByGrabtharsHammerWhatASavings · 27/12/2021 09:33

I started a business, which is going pretty well, and completed "couch to 5K" (though that took me 9 months rather than 9 weeks!)

MirthlessChuckle · 27/12/2021 09:37

I've been really fighting the agoraphobia in the last few months. I can now (with masks) go into shops, coffee shops, and art galleries. Also went inside my family's house at Christmas.

This will sound like nothing to most people but for me it's been huge!

teaandchocolate1 · 27/12/2021 09:42

I was made redudant while on maternity leave and found a job that pays me on average double the paycheck that I was paid in my old job 😁

Before anyone asks, I work in sales and get commission.

I also fell pregnant again after an early miscarriage and I am currently 31 weeks along, expecting a little girl.

Spudlet · 27/12/2021 09:46

@Decaffe

Nothing, unfortunately. It has been a year of loss, heartbreak, stress and disappointment.
But you’re still standing. You made it through. That’s not nothing, you know. Flowers

I hope 2022 is kinder to you.

RedHot22 · 27/12/2021 09:46

Just keeping it all together tbh
2022 is going to be tougher I think

LittleMachine · 27/12/2021 09:51

What a great thread!

I have sold a house and bought a new, much bigger one in a beautiful area. I came from childhood poverty and it feels like a dream.

I've run 874 miles, which is the distance from Lands End to John O Groats (plus more but that was a particular challenge, I got a medal 😁)

I kept my management role within a restructure - it ended up as a sideways move into a much more suitable job...and I was interviewed while I had Covid so it definitely feels like an achievement!

Love reading all these, well done to everyone.

OompaLumpaLabrador · 27/12/2021 09:54

After 6.5 years ( during which I raised 2 kids, mixed house, started a new business, supported ageing parents etc.) I was finally awarded my doctorate.

Never doing that again 😂

Campinginthehills · 27/12/2021 09:55

Got divorced

Got a new job

ImInStealthMode · 27/12/2021 10:00

Got promoted.

Got engaged.

Would have smashed my savings target for the year, had it not been for diverting a lump of it to the Wedding fund.

Umbongoumbongo999 · 27/12/2021 10:01

This year I have
Read 52 books
Joined the gym
Refitted the kitchen
Survived the shittest year of work ever (NHS)
Had Covid and didnt die
Got DS to uni
Adopted our life changingly gorgeous kittens
Managed my budget and made a canny investment
Managed to keep my middle daughter's MH on an even keel (not better but certainly no worse)
Had a few nice UK short breaks

SheWolfOFFrancee · 27/12/2021 10:02

sort help for my depression and anxiety. For the first time in years I’m scored as mildly depressed rather than severely and it feels great.

Tackling my weigh issue due to depressive comfort eating and binge eating habits ( started In November) have lost 1.5 stone and managed to be in control over Christmas so no massive gain back!

Finally after fighting for most of 2020 and start of 2021 got my 3yr old seen by the community paediatrician who referred him for the autism pathway and he’s now happily settled at a SEN nursery getting help and support he needs. Looking good for him to be ok at mainstream school I’m the 2022 reception in take and has funding for 1:1 help this year and next in place

katmunchkin · 27/12/2021 10:06

Took a risk that I might end up single & childless and ended a 10 year relationship because I wasn't happy. Consequently moved house and live alone. Started a new job. Bought my dream car!

SheWolfOFFrancee · 27/12/2021 10:08

Oh and cut some very toxic people from my life

DontKeepTheFaith · 27/12/2021 10:12

Me….nothing. Survival is about it….

But DS1 got a place and is now studying at Oxford University, got 3 A* at A level and most importantly is really happy there. We are so incredibly proud of him.

Ds2 has got to interview stage for Oxford University and is waiting to hear the outcome. Also incredibly proud of him. And grateful I stopped at 2 children because I could not do the university application stress again!

I have been asked to apply for a promotion, to a level I never envisaged myself getting to so a bit scary but exciting. Have done the application, just waiting for interview so I might have something of my own to be proud of in 2022.

RedRobin100 · 27/12/2021 10:12

Moved house
Changed jobs
Got pregnant
Kept a toddler alive

Other than I actually feel like I’ve been in a big rut this year. I’ve stopped my hobbies / didn’t take them back up after lockdown/mat leave, and have become a bit hermit-y.

I need to snap out of it in 2022.

toddlermom1 · 27/12/2021 10:17

Got married in the summer after postponing from 2020, we sold our home, conceived baby 2 and i managed to secure a great new job 🥰 ... im looking forward to 2022!

coolcahuna · 27/12/2021 10:22

I got promoted to the job I've always aimed for.
Paid off my mortgage.
Got my son into the amazing art class that has completely given him a new direction.
Exited a relationship which was good but had no real future.

Looking forward to 2022.

Latte40 · 27/12/2021 10:33

Nice thread. Well done everybody.

I learnt a whole new work system that I was so nervous about. I'm no techno-phobe but this was a massive steep learning curve for me and I am fairly confident on it now. It's been like working out a new language.

Kept my business in profit despite feeling so do low at times with all of the changes with the pandemic.

Kept my relationship going- with partner and myself now WFH and me no longer being in sole charge of the household stuff after 20 years, this has taken so much adjustment.

General child-rearing stuff. Kids ages and dynamics shift constantly but this last year or so has been very testing. Three big personalities and lots of bickering. I've poured so much time and energy into trying to make things flow. I hope it has a positive effect overall.

Joined a gym and made it part of my routine without any pressure on myself to lose weight. Have to accept my middle aged Mum-bod but going gives me a break from the house and even if all I do is a swim and sauna, at least I've moved.

Madein1995 · 27/12/2021 10:41

I've applied for and been successful in getting q new job in new year- moving from programmes unit to female offenders

I've tapered off my subutex and am clean from drugs and alcohol for the first time in years

First clean Christmas

Taking more pride in appearance

weleasewoderick23 · 27/12/2021 10:51

Fuck all. As usual Confused

notacooldad · 27/12/2021 10:54

Maybe not much but I am happy and content with my lot.
It's great watching my young adult kids making their way into adulthood with their jobs, buying their first homes etc.