Five years is all it takes
When my mind isn’t thinking about thrusting a fork in someone’s forehead (Seriously, lately everyone annoys the hell out of me), I think a lot about the past, the present and the future. I’ve written a little about it before, but I think it deserves a second and different approach.
We are constantly changing, but most of the time we don’t notice all the change that is going on right in front of our eyes because it usually fades in and out slowly. However, when you zoom out of daily life and look at your life timeline from above changes are easier to see.
I’ve been thinking of how I’ve changed in the last five years, not by analyzing milestones, but by comparing and contrasting aspects on my life in a before-after manner.
Where was I five years ago?
- I was a 14-year-old ninth grader.
- In a day like today, I was probably at school.
- My parents were still married and we all lived together.
- I had been friends for two years with Denise, who is still my best friend.
- I had never kissed a boy (or had any kind of contact, at all)
- I wanted to be an architect.
- My sisters and I shared our bedroom.
- I played with Barbies.
- I didn’t speak English very fluently.
- I was a huge fan of Sailor Moon.
- My favorite band was Slipknot.
- I was trying to form a band with my best friend.
- Pepsi blue was my addiction.
- I had a couple of websites and a Tabulas journal that still exists.
- I was emo in a nasty way, I hated everyone and wanted to die (it was either that or everyone else dying).
- I was very self-conscious about the way I looked and wouldn’t allow people to take pictures of me. I also got rid of all the pictures of me I could find. That’s probably why there aren’t many pictures of me during that time.
- I was a straight A student and I didn’t like school because I didn’t think it was challenging enough.
My head hurts from all that remembering, but by putting all that together I can see huge changes in who I am. I you haven’t already, I think you should try it! Where were you, and who were you five years ago?
Ah, Barbies! The best invention known to mankind (… or maybe not). Sounds like a lot of your changes have been for the better and that’s always a good sign. :)
I daren’t look at who I was 5 years ago, it is far too embarrassing :P
Oh my! It is fun to try to remember who you were five years ago! I was obsessed Pepsi Blue too! I still love Pepsi - did they have Pepsi Stuff five years ago? I love playing and getting Pepsi points to win fun things!
I still have Barbie dolls here… except that I’ve kept it in the storeroom. Sailor Moon was FTW many many years ago haha XD
This is an interesting exercise! We always used to do, in school, “Where will you be in 5 years?” It’s kind of cool to see it done in this retrospective way!
You loved Sailor Moon and played with Barbies when you were 14? Add that to the straight A student unchallenged in school and self-consciousness, and that’s how I was five years ago when I was 11 :P
5 years ago was probably my best year. I love to remember it :)
Hmm, five years ago I was 18, still in high school and lived with my parents. I’m glad I don’t have to deal with either of those on daily basis anymore :P
Eww, Pepsi blue! I couldn’t drink it unless I closed my eyes (the colour made me nauseous!) :D
Wow… I actually share 6 out of those! (Sailor Moon, no kiss/contact with boys, hated everyone [but at the time I considered it Goth, heh], very self-conscious, had a couple of websites [DBZ fansite, LiveJournal, MySpace], straight A student/unchallenged by school)
Five years ago it was 2003, which meant that it was my last year at a high school which I hated (I was in Connecticut at the time). I was struggling with depression and I had never even *talked* with a guy. But on the plus side, I was learning Italian, C++, and web-designing like crazy. Sometimes I get a bit nostalgic for some things (like the simplicity of HTML), but for the most part, I love whom I’ve become today. Five years sounds like a small amount of time, but really… I’ve come a long way =)
I’d like to see a follow-up to this blog in five more years! =P
Hm… 5 years ago was 2003, I was 18 and about to finish high school (grade 12). I was stressed beyond belief that I’d have to take end of high school exams, yet I still found time for a Harry Potter RPG (was actually obsessed by it pretty much).
And um… around that time is when I became best of friends with my current best friends. We had known each other since grade 6 (so for about 6 years), but it was in 12th grade that we became close enough.
It was also the grade where I finally learned to be more confident in my English skills, and found a good way to write an essay (in English).
You know, my little brother played with my Barbies more than I did. This has amused me, always.
I liked those little Lego kits that you could get where you could build things like cars or the Millennium Falcon.
Oooer! Pepsi blue! I loved that drink! Hehe, my friends and I always see who’s got the blue-est tongue. :P
Five years ago, I was… 12. I was still in the Philippines back then. That was the year when I met whom I consider to be my closest friends right now. This was also the time when I started to write fanfiction. Nyaha, I’d die of embarrassment if I ever see those stories I wrote.
This is interesting. :) Five years ago, I was on top of things. Life was chaotic, but I had it together… I’ve grown a lot in the last five years and I’ve learned so much. But I also failed at a lot of things and thus, I get depressed when I think about the difference between where I should be now (given where I was five years ago) and where I actually am now.
Five years ago, I was eight years old, attempting to act mature and failing miserably. I was doing well in school.
Five years ago I was 18, still very much confused about where I wanted to go with my life. I was just getting the hang of college, and I meet and feel in love with a boy (who would later break my heart in a big way). And….yeah. I so wouldn’t want to go back to 5 years ago.
Let’s see, five years ago I was 16, which was a pretty good time compared to the two years that preceded it! I’m not sure if I’m up to making a list like your’s though :)
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Five years ago I was eight and I loved school and cared about it so much. Then again, I was having problems with my so-called friends. Now, I still like school and care about it, but not as much. But the best part is that I have the most amazing friends who care about me and never make me feel bad about myself. I’m happy where I am now, happier than I’ve ever been in the past 5 or 6 years. So that’s a good thing.
Wow, you’ve changed.
Five years ago I spoke very little English and lived three provinces away.
I tend to think a lot about the past too because it’s just interesting how everything changes. Five years ago, I was an eleven-year-old sixth grader; too much has changed since then for me to list!