Five Years Later

I post a lot about how much life changes, and we seem to stand still, so I thought I would do a comparison going further back than a couple months, or a year. The biggest changes in my life occurred in the past five years. When people say that time passes fast, it's because they think nothing has changed much, but if you look back, and see how much has changed, you realize time passes quite slowly. So, here we go, here is a list of what my life was like five-six years ago.

1) I didn't have a steady full-time job
2) I didn't own a car
3) I didn't even have a license
4) I lived with my parents
5) I had almost no friends who lived less than 50 miles away
6) I had a five figure debt from school
7) I was still in school (internship)

Me in my "new" car  (2009)

This list is all stuff that was true in January of 2009. By that summer almost none of it was true. By November none of it was true. This was just for one year, and so many milestones passed. I have passed many more milestones since then, but for now I'm going to post about this year because it's been on my mind ever since I hit my five year anniversary at my job. The time seems like it has passed quickly, but really so much has changed. Maybe next year I'll have to post about 2010. It really is interesting to go back and look at your life, and realize just how much you had to look forward to, if only you had the hindsight back then.