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« Reply #25 on: December 22, 2016, 03:10:13 PM »

2014 best, 2016 worst.

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2013
2015
2011
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2012
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« Reply #26 on: December 22, 2016, 08:31:47 PM »

2010: Not bad, but not good either.  My oldest cousin died after a long battle with drugs.  The midterms were a disappointment to me because the Tea Partiers threw away so many winnable contests for the GOP.  But there were plenty of simple things that made it easier.

2011: Began with my 18th birthday in January, followed by my high school graduation in June and starting college at the end of August.  A good year for the most part.

2012: Easily the worst year of the decade so far.  My dog that I had since some time around kindergarten died, the Cowboys had a lackluster season, and Romney and the GOP got creamed in the elections.

2013: Relatively quiet, uneventful year, but had one of the best Christmases of my life.  Transferred to another college, which was neither good nor bad.  My mom moved out of the house (and out of state), which was sad for me but also a relief because having her around created a lot of conflict with the rest of the family.

2014: Probably the best year on the list.  Republicans began to avenge their dismal post-Bush electoral record in the midterms, and we got a new dog in the last few weeks of the year.  

2015: Had some rough spots, but in general not bad.

2016: Generally good.  My uncle, who has been a dialysis patient for over 20 years, got a kidney transplant, and despite having two rotten presidential candidates winning their respective nominations (although many of those who withdrew weren't much better), the GOP generally ran well on the down-ballot contests.  Not to mention that we finally broke through in the Rust Belt swing states and won them outright, something that our party has struggled in vain to do since at least 2000.  The Cowboys have nearly clinched their division and have a very good chance to win the Super Bowl (and the Lions are leading their division, too.)
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« Reply #27 on: December 22, 2016, 11:21:41 PM »
« Edited: December 22, 2016, 11:37:32 PM by bagelman »

I have a spreadsheet on my computer with a bunch of arbitrary numbers, going from 0 to (theoretically) 10, for each month since July 2006. These are then averaged into year halves, and those into years, those into a life score which currently sits at 4.68/10. If it only included the last 6 years it would be 5.39/10.

2010: Divided. For some reason I rated April 2010 a 9/10, the best month since December 2008, and I don't remember why. I guess that semester of high school was really fun, despite the loss of 1 out of my 3 friends. The first semester of next year didn't turn out as well, December 2010 went down to 2/10. By that point I was losing a second friend as we just didn't have the same interests.

2011: I generally had a lot of fun this year. Lots of video games like Mass Effect. School wasn't perfect and I would've been better off if I had did literally any college prepping instead of waiting until next year - all my effort went into my actual coursework at the time. It's not like I was ever educated on how to plan for college, that's for the better students. It was divided like last year, this time a meh first half and a good second half, but it was more stable, and because of this I consider it better it than last year even though it scores 0.19 points worse Roll Eyes. Worst month is a tie between Feb. and March at 3/10 each, best month is December at 8.5/10.

2012: This year started out good, wonderful even, but something snapped in my mind in April and it stopped being good in a hurry. After the big drop to meh levels it gently rolled downhill. What happened is that I graduated from high school and went to one of two state schools in the county, deciding on the one that had more STEM courses and less liberal arts. However I only took two classes during the fall semester, one was an economics class and the other was perceived as too easy and an attempt to treat me as a child so I only got a B. Best month is a tie between Feb and March at 9.5/10 each (April was 2), worst is December at 0/10.

2013: When the year started I was ready to really get going. I had another economics class that wasn't as good, a logic class, a math class that I flunked, and a senior level biomedical engineering class that I shouldn't have been allowed in at all. I made no serious efforts to socialize and was a commuter student, I had no advising at all, and I had no concrete idea of what to do with my life. I made decisions based on what was or wasn't blocked by prereqs. The summer was the worst time of the year as it was just blanket anxiety disorder and serious depression, including no longer swimming which was always a favorite activity and a single math class which I flunked because of the depression. When I went back to school I had probably the "best" semester of my time at this university - I passed all my classes and I made (weak) efforts to socialize by joining two social clubs although I didn't make any lasting friendships. I actually made a friend online, bringing me back up to 2 friends. By the end of the year I was back above water. Worst months were June and July, both 0/10, best was December at 6/10 as I became optimistic.

2014 - My plan was to pass the various prerequisites I needed for any four year degree while I was on academic probation then work things out in the fall. By April it was clear I was going to flunk out unless I could pull a miracle. I didn't and I flunked out, passing 2 out of 4 classes. In hindsight I was set up for failure when I spent the first day fuming over a rude remark a jerk with official and unofficial power said to me.  I decided to devote my summer to socializing online, on the same website and it worked out. By this point I was back up to 3 friends, 2 online. I went on a vacation we couldn't afford, then I went to a community college to the south. Depression sapped what remained of my effort and I flunked the whole semester, passing 0 classes. However, the teachers there seemed to really care about their students, a big difference. Also I got anti-depressant medication and as it turned out I REALLY needed it, although there was at first a false start as a GP gave me meds that were too strong made by a company that bribed GPs, I didn't take any of those.

2015: Soo much better, took my first truly successful college semester. I had something resembling a path forward. No progress made socializing and in fact I was back down to the 1 friend, but so what? During the summer I started getting a constantly stuffy nose. I got a job near the end of the year. Best month of the year was January.

2016: Good. I have a job and although this year wasn't as good academically, needing to WD from a class last semester, it was still pretty good. Best month of this year was August when I went on the Gettysburg trip. Worst was March, but it wasn't truly bad. Leisure time was spent reading oneshot alternate history scenarios and Atlas.

There are still some problems. I don't know what classes to take in Spring '17 (the curse of indecision), and I haven't talked to my only friend as much this year as I did last.

If I were to do a list, I'd have to do it in half-years because that's just the way my life's been. I'll post one later as a simple overview to this long spiel.

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« Reply #28 on: December 22, 2016, 11:29:05 PM »
« Edited: December 22, 2016, 11:31:13 PM by bagelman »

Best

2010A
2015A
2016B
2011B
2016A

2012A
2011A
2015B




2010B
2014B
2013A
2014A/2012B
2013B

Worst





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« Reply #29 on: December 23, 2016, 02:08:00 AM »

My years are like Star Trek movies--even-numbered ones are generally better than odd-numbered ones. 2016 has been one of my worst even-numbered years, but it blew away 2015 and especially 2013.

I guess 2014 has been the best one, although now that I think about it 2012 might've been better.
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« Reply #30 on: December 24, 2016, 01:57:21 PM »

Best
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2015
2013
2012
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2014
2010
2016
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« Reply #31 on: December 24, 2016, 07:21:11 PM »

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« Reply #32 on: December 25, 2016, 01:00:51 AM »

2016 best
2012 worst
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« Reply #33 on: December 25, 2016, 04:17:30 AM »

Best: 2015 easily
Worst: 2016


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2015

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« Reply #34 on: December 25, 2016, 05:36:56 PM »

Why is 2016 so horrible for everyone?(perhaps remembering the bad so much more clearly?)
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« Reply #35 on: December 25, 2016, 05:52:53 PM »

How come my personal life is always better when Republicans are winning while being in utter s**t when Democrat does?
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« Reply #36 on: December 27, 2016, 03:54:46 AM »

2016 worst. I think 2015 was the best, but really no idea.
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