Best and worst year of the 2010s for you personally (so far)

[morgieb]

2010: a lot of good, some sh**t too. Moved in with my mother and things got a lot better automatically - I seemed more focused at school, got closer with friends, etc. But I wasn't very mature emotionally, and was prone to massive lashes out that I kinda regret. Perhaps it didn't help that given this was still techincally middle school people were jerks, and I often hang around a bad crowd. Also I kinda burnt myself out at school after a good first semester....

2011: better year socially; I fought less with friends and also got some new ones. Found school a little tough though (mostly due to lack of effort), which saw me at the end (misguidedly) decide to do my HSC year over two years in order to improve marks, as I was worried about career opportunities if I didn't get into uni (partially because of lack of experience, partially because of the autism). Bonus points for my first overseas trip.

2012: 18th birthday so I could drink etc, and finally gained access to my savings. Also found school less tough for the reasons I said earlier. Probably my best year personally.

2013: showed a lot of promise early on; I had some great social times, went overseas, that kind of thing. Trouble was, I had mentally and emotionally checked out of school at that point, and there were some bad people I fell in with (different to the 2010 people for the most part) and I never felt like I was accepted like I was with my previous schooling social circles. Marks for the HSC were pretty poor for the most part, only really scraping into uni.

2014: first year out of school, and instead of uni I went firstly to a transition to work program offered for free for those eligible, and secondly TAFE (hence me waiting another year at school was kinda pointless). This was good initially, but I was never really mentally challenged at the program and I was too smart for a lot of people there (that said I still maintained friendships with several of them). TAFE was fine for the most part, but I never really developed much relationships there; largely because I never was properly connected to them identity wise (many of them were in vastly different life cycles to me or a different kind of person). Also I fell out of contact with my school friends for large parts of the year. Again not a great year for the most part.

2015: second year of the program/TAFE. However I enjoyed these less than 2014 for a few reasons. I had to go to a different TAFE because the course I was doing shut down at my old campus, and the big campus in that area was too expensive compared to other ones. The issue is, I was basically the only Australian in my course that year, and had few connections to the people there. The only social chances I had at TAFE was with an old school friend who was doing an apprenticeship there. Found the program rather boring, but I did meet a number of cool people who I got close with and also found a job. Probably the best post-2012 year despite its flaws because of its strengths.

2016: worst year for me personally. Started uni (well techincally a bridging course), which was mostly fine but I didn't get much lasting friendships out of it. My pre-existing friends faded away and the nature of my work largely sucked a lot of time out of things I enjoyed. Plus the worseing geo-political climate scared me too.

So in order:

2012
2011

2010

2015
2014
2013

2016