We've done the "where do you see yourself in 5 years", but I don't remember looking back and seeing where we've come... if I missed it, please remove or merge this thread.
I found my myspace blog from 2005 to 2009 over the weekend and I re-read some of it while copying it into a word doc and it made me really look at where I was back then and just how far I've come. A lot of it I didn't want to read because I was so angry and jaded and I'm just not there any more. I was in the off part of an on-off relationship, in an "artsy" apartment in the "cultured" part of town (read: falling apart ancient craptastical place with no central air or heat), frustrated with a lot of things and trying to survive on a fairly limited income. I'd lost a ton of weight and was in good shape, but was still smoking cigarettes and driving a really shitty car. I mean REALLY shitty. I was trying to come to terms with our on-off relationship and where I wanted to see my life going and was trying to convince myself I was happy. I was actually really hot in the summer and really freaking cold in the winter, not healthy, so skinny I scared my family, angry with the world, and short-sighted about my future. I had a hard time seeing the future.
I look at where I am now, and I'm amazed my stupid-ass made it this far. The on-relationship is way more happy than not, I have central heat and air, three kittehs, an awesome car, working on my PhD, still making meh money but I have prospects once I graduate. I'm less angry, more cynical but only about appropriate things... most of the time. Definitely got healthier, but need to get back to that healthy weight and tone as I kinda passed it a little bit and kept going.
I wonder though, have you all looked back five years ago?
How do you see your prior self?
Are you happy with progress, frustrated with lack of such?
Do tell.