Stop. Meme Time.

Via niralth and Seppo.

20 Years Ago, I…
1. read every second I was allowed to.
2. wanted to be white.
3. mourned the loss of my “big” grandmother. (It was her memorial last weekend.)

15 Years Ago, I…
1. decided that I was too young to date, after a boy broke my heart for the first time.
2. decided that I would never question my self-worth again.
3. was intensely focussed and driven to leave home and find happiness.

10 Years Ago, I…
1. was constantly questioning my self-worth and felt miserable and trapped in every way.
2. missed Mom’s home cooking.
3. didn’t have a single friend to turn to because I had isolated myself so much from them.

5 Years Ago, I…
1. bought my first house and my first car.
2. really started to put an emphasis on working hard to maintain relationships with friends and family that are important to me.
3. had regained my self-esteem.

2 Years Ago, I…
1. had a new job I loved, a new dog that was a wonderful nuisance, and a fiance that made me happier than I could ever have imagined possible.
2. started to be able to afford the house I bought.
3. wrote my second novel.

1 Year Ago, I…
1. married Seppo, both of us crying and laughing the entire time, declaring our commitment in front of most of the people we love in the world.
2. traveled to Europe for the first time and discovered an affinity for museums.
3. combined our finances and started to plan for our retirement and home repairs.

Yesterday, I…
1. went to sleep late after watching Heroes with Seppo.
2. obsessed about life decisions.
3. ate more shabu-shabu.

Today, I…
1. will finish the bulk of a task I’m doing for work.
2. will obsess even more about life decisions.
3. might possibly have even more shabu-shabu.

Tomorrow, I’ll…
1. need to consult with some coworkers to finish a work task.
2. probably obsess yet more about life decisions.
3. take out the trash/recycling/food scraps (pieces of uneaten shabu-shabu?!).

In 5 years I want to…
1. have a child or two, and hopefully still have Mobi around too — he’ll be getting old…
2. be done with house renovations.
3. always put our marriage as my top priority, and work hard to ensure that we stay happy and close.

Looking back at this list, it’s like the last 5 years just rocketed me to happiness.