How much have you changed in a year?

[~Sugar Sprinkles~ 638]

Simple enough -_- How much have you changed in JUST a year? Or have you been the same? If you have changed, explain how much you are different than what you were, just ONE year ago.

 

As for me, I have changed a little bit. Last year, I was always damaged by the drama and got hurt...a lot because some asshole made a rumor after me and my ex broke up **Don't wanna go into details, its a harsh story of how we broke up and the whole rumor thing....if you are interested, message me** and I was so damaged and hurt by it. The rumor went on half the year.

 

Well this year, I just don't give a crap anymore. The same person tried to spread more rumors and I just basically ignored and laughed because I don't got time for silly kid drama. I am a Senior in High school and im focusing on Graduating and keeping my grades good. There has been like 5 rumors spreaded about me this year that I just ignored and it disappeared within a week, because I don't get damaged by it and I got no time.

 

[Harmonic Revelations 8,837]

I'd say I change my clothing about three times a day, so I'd say that I change approximately 1095 times a year, at least, on average.

[Stellafera 3,836]

I'm significantly more self confident, talkative, and punny than I was last February 19. Also less annoying, but that seems to be the case every year. To be honest, I haven't changed nearly as much from 2012 to 2013 as I have from 2011 to 2012 (where I pulled a S1E1-2).

[Scootalove 10,692]

I have basically matured over a few years. But, I am still open to fun as well. My height has well, increased more since my last birthday.

 

But you know, enjoy the fun!

[Leafeon 2,702]

Not much. I suppose I got more critical. Which is good. I also like science a lot more. I also joined these forums. Now I actually talk to people. Kinda.

[Harmonic Revelations 8,837]

More on topic, I'd like to say that I've become a lot more nice as a person and understanding, however, I still occasionally lash out, I need to work on self-control.

 

 

Not much. I suppose I got more critical. Which is good. I also like science a lot more. I also joined these forums. Now I actually talk to people. Kinda.

I like talking to you quite a bit, if that means anything to you.

[Leafeon 2,702]

I like talking to you quite a bit, if that means anything to you.

I enjoy talking to you too, Harmonic. However, you aren't actually a real person. You are more of a demi-god then a regular human.

Edited February 20, 2013 by Firebolt

[TheSupremeLeaderOfChaos 1,216]

Well, I used to be less talkative than I am now. I also used to value band class a bit more than I do at this present time. I used to think it was a heinous crime to not pay attention in any way, shape, or form. Nowadays, I still listen, but I do talk and am occasionally told off by my poor band director. Lately, I've been trying to be a bit nicer to him.  

I have become less afraid to show my feelings, though I still wonder if maybe I'm still acting, and that I've never revealed my true self to anyone. I am no longer afraid to openly disagree with people, although I still cringe on the inside when I make someone mad at me. I try to avoid conflict whenever possible. 

I make more jokes. A lot more jokes. Discord has definitely rubbed off on me! I'm a bit more cynical, more perceptive, and with an even lower tolerance for drama. 

The good things are that I'm happier than I was, because I've realized that I am my own person and that people should't be able to hurt me with their mean thoughts. I laugh more, I smile more, and I speak more. And that is a giant step forward for me.

[Crystal Skull 54]

I changed a lot in the past year. In the beginning I was really sad. Now I feel really happy and I feel so good about myself. I went to zero friends to 30.

[Virulence 254]

I've changed a lot, relating to my personality. In all honesty, I used to be a complete fluttershy. I would only whisper and be quiet all the time. Also never putting my hoof down. As of this year I want to be more assertive and make the right kind of friends.

[Up From The Ashes 56]

Back this time in 2012 I was a bit anti-Brony who did nothing but criticize it, how foolish of me. I didn't even watch a single MLP episode until May last year. I decided why not and became hooked immediately. I watched seasons 1 and 2 over the summer and finished just in time to start Season 3. If it weren't for MLP: FiM, I probably would still be, well, an ass.

[~Master~ Button Mash 2,308]

Not much before, but as it stands, 2013 looks like it's going to be a big year of change for me. I've said it a few other places on the forum, but I pretty much plan on making a 180 on my life. So pretty much let me lay it out:

 

Where I was - I'll be the first to admit that I didn't have much self-discipline growing up. I had lots of dreams but never the ambition to pursue them. I was content just being a couch potato and feeding a porn and internet addiction. I pretty much didn't have an active social life until my senior year of high school when I developed a little circle of friends. Not to mention I've never held a steady job, been on a sports team or even played a sport, or had a steady girlfriend. I had decent grades, but in all other aspects of life I was a major underachiever. I floated through everyday like a ghost.

 

Where I am now - I still have yet to play sports or have a job or girlfriend, but I'm working to get in better shape. I figure that if I can get that under control, it will make me more confident and able to better handle other tasks. Plus, exercise is one of the ultimate tests of self-discipline, and a great way to learn it if you lack it.

 

Where I want to be - Hopefully by the end of the year I'll be in a lot better shape. I want to try out for a sports team for the first time, and hopefully make something out of it (I'm beginning to realize I have long-repressed athletic dreams). I already have a decent-paying job planned for the summer. As for finding love...I'm still working on that one.

 

I don't know how often it happens to people, but I literally one day woke up and realized that where I was going in life was not where I wanted to go, that if I just kept doing what I was doing I would waste my life and not be happy. I woke up physically, as well as existentially. One night was all it took, literally. Bam. I went to sleep one person one night, and woke up another the next morning.

 

So, here's to 2013. The year I stop just being alive and start living!

Edited February 20, 2013 by AtomicBassCannon

[Envy 6,529]

I don't know how much I've really changed over the last year. My life has changed dramatically, though - I became non-religious (although that's probably just over a year ago now), I got my first job, I transferred to university, got to be in an orchestra for the first time, got to be my own section in band for the first time (these last two things are actually very major for me, but that's a long story), made a few new good friends, and finally talked to my ex about our relationship for the first time in years and found out that we both were missing the friendship we had beforehand.

 

My life was fairly uneventful before this point, actually. So this last year has been crazy, and even this semester alone has been crazy (the last three have happened in this semester). But as for me changing... These changes required a bit of courage in me. I've kind of talked about it, but becoming non-religious for me was stepping past a boundary that I thought would make me mentally unstable. The last several years I was religious for comfort. Because my worst nightmares happened and I couldn't bear it. I became incredibly weak and went into my shell instead of actually solving my problems, and falling back into the religion I had been raised to believe was just one way I could turn into total denial "Well, even if I don't fix this, maybe God could help me... Or there is heaven afterward. It doesn't matter what I do as either way, I'll be okay."

 

It's not something I'm ever proud to admit, that my atheism was apparently so weak that I fell back into it so easily, but now I can turn around and admit I was strong enough to drop the belief, even though those nightmares have not diminished at all. Everything's still the same. I'm just going to have to face reality now.

 

My atheism wasn't necessarily weak. What happened in my life was literally my very worst nightmares. The things I saw that happened to a very small amount of people and I had convinced myself I didn't have to worry about ever happening to me. So I was weak. Oh well.

 

The musical events are a big deal because, sadly, never in my entire twelve years of ensemble playing had I really ever been on my own before this point. I developed very bad habits. I became very timid in my playing, I relied on others. I never fixed issues in my playing that I should have, because there was never anything that really made me have to do it. Now I can't do that anymore. I have to work harder, and I have to be more confident. My confidence has increased, especially with band this semester.

 

As for my ex... Well, what happened here was both of us having incredibly similar personalities. We stopped really talking to each other much because we felt we might be pushing it and ignoring each other. It was all a big misunderstanding.

 

I finally had the courage to bring it up... to push the limits. Don't get me wrong, though, it was really a result of both of us having the courage to finally bring it up.

 

That's all I've got. lol

[Betez 1,735]

I feel like I've really gotten a lot smarter. Not just in things like Mathematics, but technology-wise, too. I've definitely become a lot stronger, having started working out. Overall, I feel like I've changes for the better, and grown up.

 

Oh yeah, and I've become happier having discovered FIM.

Edited February 20, 2013 by Betez

[Stalliongrad 982]

Seeing as pictures are worth a thousand words ill show you. Last year i was crazy and out of my mind. I did what I want and no one could tell me otherwise. I changed my hair color every month and my style was very.... different.

 

 

 

Now I'm just your average "run of the mill citizen of ponyville" . In short i think i have matured quite a bit.

 

[Bucky McGillyCuddy 956]

 

The same person tried to spread more rumors

Sounds like Gabby Gums transferred to your school. 

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I haven't changed terribly much in terms of personality i'm afraid (I've always been an awesomely kind guy  )

[Gigachip 148]

Don't really believe much about me has changed  . One thing that I can say though, is that I'm taking school a lot more serious. I had a little "break" from school for a semester. Glad I'm back going to classes and such though. 

other than that, from my pov I'm pretty much the same 

[Gone Airborne 22,008]

I'd say I have changed in some ways and in other ways I haven't. The biggest thing for me is I am way more open minded towards things than I once was. I used to care what others thought about me in public. I had a pretty low self confidence level about myself too at times. But now I have changed much for the better I believe. I have become a much more organized person than I once was a year ago. I am even becoming much more interested in reading, something I used to not like doing while I was younger, and now that I think about it I don't understand why never liked to read in the first place. I honestly think after joining these forums I have made it a note to improve some areas about myself. 

Edited February 22, 2013 by Gone ϟ Airbourne

[Creamy Arty 6,252]

Hard to say at this point. Around June of last year, everything started improving. My sociability, my level of energy, my demeanor; nearly all aspects of my life took a dramatic turn for the better. Changing my perception of myself changed the way I was perceived by those around me. Honestly, the brony fandom deserves most of the credit for all of that.

 

Over the past several weeks, however, I've started sliding back to the way things were. That old, bitter cynicism is creeping back into my outlook on everything and my mood and interactions with everyone have soured. Ironically enough, a few bronies are the cause (no, it has nothing to do with the C&D or Twilicorn nonsense or the fandom at large). Also, several unforeseen and unavoidable situations of a nasty sort just all came against me simultaneously over the past two months and some of my frustrations have been vented where they shouldn't have been, and some squarely where they should but at a greater volume than intended.

 

Maybe I've found a healthy median.

[Just some guy 1,070]

I've changed a lot in the past year.Went from being a meek,beta,overly depressed,melodramatic stupid teen into a very respectable and lovable man who's content with life and don't give no crap about what others think about him.Granted,I still act like a sarcastic ass,but I've changed from being a sarcastic ass with a bleak demeanor into a sarcastic ass with a heart of gold,baby!

[Dr. Eggnog 203]

Oh, I've changed a lot.  I've gotten a lot happier, partly because of MLP, and partly because I've gotten a job and feel responsible and like I'm contributing to society (even though it's just a fast food restaurant and I'm mainly just making people fat lol).

[Keylise<3 488]

I have changed a lot this past year. I've discovered ponies, which have made me more open minded in general. And I have also researched the gender binary and that made me realize that i don't like it, and i actually don't fit very well into the male side.

And now I've started questioning my sexuality my sexuality has changed

So there are a lot of things going on right now.

Edited February 28, 2013 by Lolnus

[Starflower 323]

From February 2012 to...now, I was definitely a changed person. Not only in brony terms but also in life as well. Instead of meeting new friends, I was at risk of losing them. Even my best friend, whom we never talked for almost half of the year. But in the end, things did change for the better. Today, I'm much happier, proud of myself, and optimistic about several things.

 

I was practically scared of life in general last year, especially after graduating college, but now I've come to learn to face it.

[Buttonmash2026 1,090]

After watching My Little Pony Friendship is Magic for two years ago some people noticed I had been happier.

 

And last year I found two Bronies at my office.

 

Some cartoons made me happy, but not as much as FiM.

Edited March 1, 2013 by Ulrik Raben

[StingeMuffin 244]

I wasn't even a member here last year!

 

It wasn't until April 2012 that I fully accepted being a brony, which wasn't really significant in terms of me "coming out" than me actually accepting myself. I was finally able to feel comfortable with who I was.

 

Through April-December 2012 (and really the last few years...), I've slowly grown more comfortable being around people, strangers or otherwise. While I might not be savvy at small talk, I don't feel afraid to express myself in front of others whom I'm not 100% familiar with. This has been a huge problem my entire life. I don't talk to people I don't know because I'm afraid of their judgement, so I keep to myself and make absolutely no friends or acquaintances. If I had to interact with them, I would act very curt, polite and to the point, to the point of seeming strange, distant or cold. And it didn't feel like a choice, I just couldn't talk to people. While I'm MUCH better about this now, I'm still horrible at socializing.

 

January 2013 was a big month for me. Long story short, I hadn't talked to my best (and pretty much ONLY friend I have ) for 6 months. I realized how much of an apathetic douchebag of a friend I had been, and that I can't expect to make or keep friends if I avoid all forms of communication with them. The thought of losing my only friend scares me, too.

 

Most of my growth this year revolved around resolving repressed emotions and the like, with MLP and other major events in my life acting as catalysts. I've become someone who is much more content and confident in himself.