Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,440 May 15, 2020 Share May 15, 2020 I was a very angry person. I still get mad but have learned that holding onto most anger is just not worth it. So I try to mellow out. Still very grumpy when I am tense or things aren’t going right. But I don’t explode over every little thing anymore. 1 And that’s the bottom line, ‘cause Stone Cold said so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash In 22,275 April 28, 2023 Share April 28, 2023 Five years ago was 18? That feels weird to say. To answer the question. Younger, angsty and I guess a bit of a mess. Now I'm a mature mess! At first I rejected the zero, but that was because I simply didn't understand it. Now I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovereign Leader Rarity 12,006 April 30, 2023 Share April 30, 2023 I was sad, angry and afraid, to be honest. I feared for the future and overly-reminisced on my past mistakes. But I know now that I have people who care about me, and that's a privilege that many people don't enjoy. I'm trying to be be better everyday, and it's a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envy 6,159 May 1, 2023 Share May 1, 2023 Five years ago I was stressed out finishing my senior year at college. My arthritis had just began to show and I hadn't even begun to treat it yet. I had no clue at this point 5 years ago, but the following year and a half would be one of the most major trials I had yet faced. Trying to return to my stocking job was a mistake. A big mistake. I had no idea... and it hurts just thinking back about all I was going to go through that almost completely broke me. Everything needs more woodwind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreambiscuit 9,691 May 5, 2023 Share May 5, 2023 I was more ebullient, but also more irritable and reactive. Now I'm a tad more mellow...unless I'm not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRockARooster 50,986 May 5, 2023 Share May 5, 2023 Moments ago, Dreambiscuit said: I was more ebullient, but also more irritable and reactive. Now I'm a tad more mellow...unless I'm not. You're lovely, Dreamy. You're lovely now and you were lovely then. Nothing has changed. sig by @Kyoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player the FNFL Boi 119 May 31, 2023 Share May 31, 2023 I was still completely innocent and didn't understand things I know now... "Yes! I won! I finally won!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espy Vibe 4,267 May 31, 2023 Share May 31, 2023 I was annoying, dreadful, unbearable, anything along those lines Espy Vibe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreambiscuit 9,691 June 1, 2023 Share June 1, 2023 Very much the same as I am now to be honest. I was here on the forums posting the same kind of stuff and my opinions and personality haven’t changed a great deal. I may not be as bubbly as I was then, but overall I’m the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Storm 237 June 4, 2023 Share June 4, 2023 In the same unfortunate spot I feel like I am stuck in now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Ice Princess Silky <3 13,735 June 6, 2023 Administrator Share June 6, 2023 Sadly, not much different than I am today... Except with more insight now as to what I should do with who I am rather than selflessly focusing on family and business to my own detriment. It hasn't allowed me much character development other than my having bonded more with certain friends I should have bonded with much sooner <3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhaul 6,842 June 6, 2023 Share June 6, 2023 Let's see ... in the past five years I've had some new experiences, both good and bad, and somehow wound up not changing all that much from what and who I used to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Airbourne 21,977 June 6, 2023 Share June 6, 2023 Everything was beautiful 5 years ago... it felt like it would never end. Like sifting sand it all disappeared. Just existing now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle97 402 June 26, 2023 Share June 26, 2023 An 18 year old high school senior boy who was misbehaving a lot, got suspended a few times, and was so close to missing graduating that year due to being suspended two weeks before graduation. Now, I'm living at my parents house, already working, and I'm also living as a girl now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponoptikum 8 June 27, 2023 Share June 27, 2023 Surely I was a completely different person - much more simple-minded and naive at least. I was constantly playing video games, rarely I took a walk with my friends or went on nature - a typical couch potato) Yet the events of recent years have changed everything drastically. My worldview is completely different now, and I got a bunch of new interests too - MLP as a example) Also I have learned to play guitar a little bit. I remeber that once, a couple of years ago, my acquaintance - that is like 10 years older than me or so - said that I am much smarter than I look. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightfall Gloam 18,258 June 27, 2023 Share June 27, 2023 A lot has changed over five years. Five years ago, I used to be a lot more depressed and envious for sure, and used to feel like I didn't fit in, even towards my own family. Much of the issues I had back in 2018, I feel like largely came from my then inability to move on from the long distance relationship I was in back in early 2017... If you didn't know me then, trust me it was a pretty big deal at the time, and, honestly, at this point, I'm glad I was finally able to move on, even if it took forever. I do, however, find it interesting how different my attitude was in 2017 (naive optimism) vs 2018 (honestly probably my lowest point in my life). Maybe there is some psychological reason for that, I dunno. At this point its the kind of thing where, since I have posted about it on the forums before, I look back on it now and think "wow, Sam, this just feels cringy looking back!" Adding to my issues from back then mentioned above, I didn't really have any hobbies, and much of my time was just spent being terminally online. Looking back, I do also kind of feel like I ruined some perfectly good friendships I had at the time. I haven't really thought a lot about this stuff since, but, with how much I've matured and grown up since then, yeah, I messed up... I was still going to school (well, TAFE) back then as well. Honestly I do miss my friends there, but I do occasionally hang out with one of my TAFE friends and his friend group at the city at least. The house I live in, my lifestyle and my worldviews have also changed quite a lot since then. Unfortunately, I have also generally become a lot more cynical recently, if also a bit anxious about the future, outside of that, though, I do generally feel like I'm in a better place now than I was back then, and I do also feel like I'm more a part of my family now too... 1 Aspiring animator/illustrator, founder of MLPF's Lighthoof and Shimmy Shake fan club! "The magic of friendship grows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Ice Princess Silky <3 13,735 June 27, 2023 Administrator Share June 27, 2023 I was ambitious and fiercely dedicated to my work with a lively flare. Until.... something happened. I discovered a broader world after the pandemic and now I wish to further explore it. While regaining that same ambition and focus, somehow. I'm at a crossroads at the moment and I'm hoping the next five years will be more to my ideals. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubWolf 17,261 June 28, 2023 Share June 28, 2023 Ehh uncertain, lacking self-confidence. I still do today. What I had before was a wee bit more innocence and a feeling of "things will probably be ok". Now it's "am I EVER getting out of this loop"? Probably, says my brain. Plus I was 5 years younger so I didn't have "almost-30" syndrome. Sig by Wolf, Handwriting by SparklingSwirls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash In 22,275 June 28, 2023 Share June 28, 2023 I was really shy and struggled a lot with confidence. I avoided everything I could and as a result, I punished myself by forcing myself to feel as worthless as possible. I was a very cynical person and often followed a doom and gloom mentality. I had many bad days five years ago, but if I can look at it under a positive lens, it taught me a lot and I'm more proud of myself for rising above it. 2 At first I rejected the zero, but that was because I simply didn't understand it. Now I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikifive 24,167 June 28, 2023 Share June 28, 2023 I was more optimistic, happier and healthier. With each year that passed, everything gradually got worse. Just like these 5 years ago, I'm still in the same loop where I have no idea what to do with my life. 2 Playing Genshin Impact? Come join the club! >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparklefan1234 170,184 June 28, 2023 Share June 28, 2023 Five years ago I was the same as I am now but I don't think I had a Della Duck avatar. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divine plywood 1,239 June 28, 2023 Share June 28, 2023 Career vice everything is pretty much the same, been walking the same circle and repeating the same loop. But, now when I think about I'm now in much healthier headspace than back then. Soooo, yay? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Recherche 29,968 August 17, 2023 Share August 17, 2023 So 2018 would qualify as five years ago now? Oh dear, where does the time go... It's tough to objectively say what I was like back in my early days of MLPF. I was quite eager back then, needless to say; MLP was honestly a huge novelty for me at that stage of my life. Getting into it felt bold back then, and something that had been a long time coming ever since my adolescence. I have never been terribly ambitious, but I thought about the future quite a lot back then. I still do now, albeit with a lot more dread and indifference. I do often admire and miss my enthusiasm, but it was frankly unlike me to act in such a loud, ostentatious way. I would say that I am overall in a better place in my life now. Even so, I wish I could muster the energy required to get to a better place than I am now. In hindsight, 2020 specifically was truly a rotten year that all extinguished any drive I had to reach new heights. I do my best to maintain my bodily and mental health, but honestly, I feel as though I am running out of reasons to do so at my lowest points. ❆~ 𝓐𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓕𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 ~❆ 𝓕𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓨𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓪𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰: 𝓜𝔂 𝓟𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹 𝓲𝓼 𝓜𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓬 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iforgotmybrain 5,602 August 17, 2023 Share August 17, 2023 I was just entering my first semester of college at 19. I'd say I was a different person back then but like... Not to an extreme degree. I was a lot more of a recluse and was even more anxious than today. Both of those on account of things I'd only deal with in that 5 year span. I'd certainly say I was more sure of my future back then. Now? Meh. I don't know, it is what it is. Overall not really that different of a person. Which is to be expected I guess, 19-24 isn't as major of a development period when compared to say 13-18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Terrence 2,968 August 17, 2023 Share August 17, 2023 (edited) Starting up a factory for my cousin. He took some really bad decisions and the project failed, ruining me, lol Oh, I read wrong, my bad. I was a better person. But entropy. So I'm way worse than before Edited August 17, 2023 by Jesse Terrence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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