Born 1974, Married 2003
2010’s - this is easily my favorite, but only because it represents the period where all three of my kids where younger than 10 and we have so many incredible family memories.
Pre-family I’ve got to say the 90’s. My life in my 20’s was exciting. Managing two major Indy clubs at such a young age was like dating the hot girl you didn’t think you could get. Working with bands at Deer Creek and every major concert venue. Being able to be out all night without any responsibilities other than myself. This decade of the Pacers was thrilling to watch. Living on my own for the first time. Traveling the world, because I could, less technology = more fun.
As for the worst. So far the 2020’s is off to a rough start. Family issues have been tough. Raising teens is mentally draining. Covid, politics, culture wars, mental health, the economy. Ironically I’ve made more money during this decade than all the others combined. Just goes to show money doesn’t bring you happiness.
Born 1974, Married 2003
2010’s - this is easily my favorite, but only because it represents the period where all three of my kids where younger than 10 and we have so many incredible family memories.
Pre-family I’ve got to say the 90’s. My life in my 20’s was exciting. Managing two major Indy clubs at such a young age was like dating the hot girl you didn’t think you could get. Working with bands at Deer Creek and every major concert venue. Being able to be out all night without any responsibilities other than myself. This decade of the Pacers was thrilling to watch. Living on my own for the first time. Traveling the world, because I could, less technology = more fun.
As for the worst. So far the 2020’s is off to a rough start. Family issues have been tough. Raising teens is mentally draining. Covid, politics, culture wars, mental health, the economy. Ironically I’ve made more money during this decade than all the others combined. Just goes to show money doesn’t bring you happiness.
90s. I was incredible. Gorgeous. Built like a statue. Pro athlete scholar and professional. Last 25 years more shitty than not. Spikes of good but so much aggravation. Mostly self induced. The last five years horrible
@mcm666 sorry the last 25 have been so rough. What about non-personal reasons? Is it also the 90’s?
@eppy99 yeah man the 90s was just super fun in all ways. lived all over the country. did super fun shit. it was a blast. and eppy despite so many shitty years i'm still happy and having fun. always. life favors those who don't get bored. i can only do something for about 7 0r 8 years and then i get super super bored. job. gf. and i have to have and do something new. i think htat's been my downfall. but yes the 90s was the last great decade hell maybe in america!
2000s.
The fun of being on my own for the first time. Met my wife, had some children.
Fun times for sure.
I don't know that I have an actual favorite, but will list them in chronological order based on importance to my story.
1980's: Came of age, got married, had kids and started a family, started our careers. Everything was new and exciting and a whirlwind of learning about who I was and who I would be.
2020's: Started having grandkids, semi-retired coasting into full on retirement, all the bills are paid off with money to spare but also dealing with the creeping health issues borne of half a lifetime of living for the now and instant gratification while treating my body as if I were on a deferred maintenance plan. Pandemic just adding to my overall distrust of people in general and our institutions.
1990's: Youngest kid born in 91 and this was the magical time when they are still young and actually like us, started making real money as the wife and I establish ourselves in our career endeavors, buy our first house and experience many other firsts. These are also the years where I started losing people (the wife and I lost all our grandparents, wife's step father and my father). Made me start to rethink work/life balance.
1970's: Ah the formative years. Everyone was still alive. Innocent times where everything was black and white, good and bad, right and wrong. No choices to really make, just existing and being part of the center of someone else's universe.
2010's: The kids coming of age and eventually striking out on their own. Me redefining who I was and who I would be from the standpoint of career, husband and father. The wife taking on the role of stability in our family and me eventually taking a back seat as the breadwinner and becoming more of a behind the scenes contributor while learning to take care of the domestic part of keeping a household running. Still working (hell working even more hours in the first half of the decade than I ever had, 2 FT jobs simultaneously for the better part of 3 years) with a focus on paying off our debt and rebuilding our savings and investment accounts so that by the second half I could work more on my terms.
2000's: Between the dot com bust, 9/11 and the 07/08 financial crisis my career in banking and finance came to an abrupt end. The 9/11 attacks broke something inside me. So did the volatility in my industry and the institutions that backed it. The loyalty I showed my last several employers being paid back in the form of layoffs or closures. The realization that nothing was forever, nothing and nobody was safe left me shaken but also made me much more self reliant and driven to devote myself to my family unit first and everything else comes after.
A good friend will bail you out of jail, but your best friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying "that was f***ing awesome"
I think there have been some pretty high highs and low lows in each decade for me. At the time, I felt like I was on top of the world for most the 90s. I graduated from college, and save for '97-'98 most my friends and my brother were all within driving distance and I could genuinely have a lot of fun with little to no money.
I've had fun in each decade since.
That said, if I could go back and relive any portion of time knowing what I know now, I'd go back to the late 90s to the early 2000s. After college I continued to be a goofball getting drunk a lot and all that culminated with living in Long Beach, CA from '97-'98. I decided to move back to Ohio and get serious about things (career, etc). Turns out my goofballness and penchant for getting drunk wasn't location dependent. I've done well enough and things have turned out more than fine, but I could have definitely set myself up better in my 20s.
I won't say that was the 'worst' time, but I think if I had to do over again, I might have been at least a tad more responsible in my 20s.
Built like a statue
A statue of jello? 🤣 🤣 🤣
There are 10 types of people in this world, those who know binary and those who don't.
@ohio-guy Yes, yes and yes, but I think it's better to eff around in your 20's than teens. Screwing up too much in high school and mess up your opportunities for college. At least when you're drinking in your 20's it's legal and you're no longer having to hide it from parents, school & the law. Bars and clubs and chicks are all part of that experience too. Realizing when it's time to shut it down a bit, find the right job, a woman to stabelize your life that's when you've figured it out. Seems you're doing well now.
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