How has your life changed in the last five years?

well first let me say i'm glad to here everything's going well for you now =D as for me, my life is less complicated than it was five years ago. i've learned to let everything go and just allow fate to take over. i mean, there's no use resisting right? =D

5 years ago, I didn't have my daughter. Her 5th birthday will be in July. She has enriched my life in so many ways. I can no longer imagine life without her. And don't want to try. I have become more responsible with money as well. It is amazing how quickly things do change.

It sounds like you've done a lot to make your life better. For me, it seems like I'm sort of stuck in a rut. I think I need to make a better plan.

5 years ago, my life was a real failure. i failed in my math subjects and most of all i am not content with what i am and what i have,,.. but now, as i look back, i was gald that i experienced those because it made me stroger though.. 5 years ago, i also received JESUS CHRIST as my Savior and Lord. He then is patiently guiding me all through out.. with my past experience, i was able to relate to students who were suffering of the same that i was suffering to.. Praise GOD!!!

It shows you how much stronger you are, than you really think huh? I'm glad I'm still alive, I believed it wasn't going to last that much longer, because I really didn't care anymore. I mean, I always knew I cared, but it just hurt too bad to feel anymore... Good for you, getting your GED, you need to do it for yourself. Even though you still don't have much money, your efforts will pay off, people will reward you for the time you invest in yourself....sometimes it takes longer for others....:) good luck... "Everything's perfect in the end, if things aren't perfect, then it's not the end" ;) there's always something we can do better for ourselves, good to know you and your best friend are now together the way you both probably were meant to be... At least you know you have someone on your team now...:)

This discussion is so good. Five years ago I was working and enjoying myself until I go into a abusive relationship becomes sick and now I am unemployed, loss my mother and staying far away from any intimate relationship. But there are person who tried to encourage me and reading your topic above let me see that once we have the determination to achieve we will. This is a motivation Thank You so much.

it has changed a lot. five years ago i was still i student. what i earned was just from scholarships. now i am into a job and work for a MNC. so it has changed a lot.

Yes, indeed. my life is a lot better now compared to what it was like five years ago. I guess 2006 was my banner year because I got promoted and I was able to travel outside my country. My promotion ushered new opportunities for me as well as new privileges. i was able to buy a car and moved to better residence. Life is good. But then there are still obstacles along the way. I just face them head on,coz i know and I believe I will be able to overcome them. I feel that I am really blessed now. I am happy for you aw well.

I am glad to hear that life has turned around for you as far as relationships go, and you are happier for it. The money situation can always be improved when you keep working on it. When you are happier in life, other things will fall into place over time. Five years ago, I was still working in an office, a job I held for more than 20 years. I was a senior project manager, but decided 3.5 years ago today that I will make a change in my work life by working from home instead. It wasn't that I disliked my job. I was earning a good salary then, but I didn't like the pressures of the rat race, the stresses we have to go through and the great expectations management usually demanded of their higher-paying employees. So I parted amicably on a very good note and the company gave me extra salary for my voluntary exit. Now my life is a happier one without the stresses of working for people, and I am having the time of my life earning through my own means. Many of my friends envy me and wish they could do the same, but they didn't dare make the move because of commitments they have.

Five years ago I was in Highschool and wild. Ik drank daily did other things I shouldnt have done didnt care about my grades or where life was going to take me. I finally got tired of this lifestyle and I went to treatment when I was 20. I got pregnant out of rehab, and my daughter has saved my life! I never knew I could love the way I love her. And not only that she keeps my head straight! God does things for a reason!

really a lot of changes.. since i was doing my engineering for the last 4 years and now it feels like everything has changes.. my new friends.. new environment etc.. these all adds to a greater change..

I guess I've always had this drive. I've always tried hard and never give up on things that I believe in. I now have a good job, I am finally getting hold of things I've always wanted. Some plans remained unattained, but I know it wouldn't take another five years. I know things happened for a reason, and I have now learned to accept things as they are, to make the best out of it.

i no longer work outside the home and my son is less dependent on me as he is getting older. my marriage is not what it used to be and i feel older and more tired than i used to but all in all my life is fina and i am grateful for all that i have.

Five years ago, I was in a suffocating relationship with a crappy person. He was emotionally and mentally abusive. I didn't have any friends or couldn't do anything. The only thing great about my life at that time was that I was good at my studies and I graduated nearly with a 3.75 GPA for my postgrad. It was a roller coaster year...I was also trying to look for a job after graduation and went through a small bout of depression because I had to move back to Malaysia. (Long story there.) Now I'm married to a good man and we are extremely happy; I migrated to Switzerland to be with him coz he works here and even though we are relying on one person's income, it doesn't matter. That can be fixed. We are also trying for a baby... Like you, five years ago, I thought I would end up single and basically a workaholic. I'm glad that I've never been so wrong! :)

five years ago, i am still working as an assistant lecturer back in my home country with poor pay and i don't have anything yet... now i am already married and live in another country (Australia) and i already own a house and a nice car (even though they are still on loan)... these are the things that i had never thought about in the past... having a nice hubby, house and car... really a blessing from God... take care and have a nice day...

I just dont know how to explain how has my life changed in the last five years. Even I'd finished my study, I havent get a good job yet, its make my life bit stingie and money is always not enough. Five years ago, I thought Im very tough to face any challenges in life. Now Im a litle bit lost that tough maybe because Im staying far away from family.

In 5 years I have had a lot happen. I had my oldest son, who is 5. My now ex husband and I moved to an apartment. I had my 2nd son who is now 3. Got divorced. I studied for and got my GED. Recieved scholorships, to go to college, which I will be doing in the fall and had my 3rd and last son, who is 9 months old. I am in a little better place than I was then, hopefully it will get even better.