What were you up to in 2007?
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Recording my third music album in Berlin and it turned out to be the best of all records I have done so far in my life.
Now we need details...
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
Half-way through Sixth Form (end of high school before uni in the UK) and working a retail job.
Was going to gigs in London and local house parties any opportunity I could
Apart from that a lot of TF2
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
Freelance developer and picking up some stray jobs here and there. It was the last year before landing something steady that became my full time career that I still do to this day.
But those debugging hours and stray jobs showed the kind of versatility my next job would need.
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
LAN parties.
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
Started working at the Apple Store. That was a 5 year journey that spanned 3 states.
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In 2007 I left everything and everyone I knew behind, and moved to another country across the ocean
How did it work out for you?
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Started working at the Apple Store. That was a 5 year journey that spanned 3 states.
Why and how did the journey end?
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
I was probably drunk
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I was sailing the North Atlantic and being black out drunk while ashore. I think I had a couple port visits in the states, but mostly just patrols of Canadian waters
Dude, OP was asking about 2007, not 1707...
But, in earnest now, what was the background to this?
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I think I was fresh off my divorce and in my man-whore era. Owned my own house. Had lots of friends and played a lot of roleplaying games. Lots of World of Warcraft.
I guess I'd say I was at peak personal freedom. I had money, time, and minimal responsibility. It felt awesome. Then apparently you were born and fucked it all up.
Kidding. Things were cool for a good while. Few years later got bit by the bug to settle down and have kids of my own, which was a big transition to a different kind of enjoying life. Lots of good memories from 2007. If I could go back in time and live my life over starting at any point, that's probably about when I'd choose.
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Why and how did the journey end?
I got bored and quit
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I was 30 but I remember 2007 about as well as you do. I think indie music was good? You could still go to a bar and see a cool band most nights?
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
Gettin' tortured by my family for the gay, leaving home as a minor, learning to steal, learning how good a liar I could be, losing every person place and pet I loved for the first of several times. Sleeping in a lot of unusual places.
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I think I was fresh off my divorce and in my man-whore era. Owned my own house. Had lots of friends and played a lot of roleplaying games. Lots of World of Warcraft.
I guess I'd say I was at peak personal freedom. I had money, time, and minimal responsibility. It felt awesome. Then apparently you were born and fucked it all up.
Kidding. Things were cool for a good while. Few years later got bit by the bug to settle down and have kids of my own, which was a big transition to a different kind of enjoying life. Lots of good memories from 2007. If I could go back in time and live my life over starting at any point, that's probably about when I'd choose.
wrote last edited by [email protected]lt seems you got lucky. Typical freshly divorced guys one hears about, own half of a house that they can't use any more, but still a mountain of loans to pay, while in parallel having to pay monthly alliments to their ex-wifes.
Happy it worked out for you so well!
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
wrote last edited by [email protected]My son turned 10. I was 1 year into my job that I still have, climbing communication towers. Mostly for cell phone companies. But also state, DNR, and DOT towers.
Wasn't making the best decisions before and was living in my sisters extra room. This is where I turned things around.
Edit: spelling
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
Watching Smosh. That channel has certainly changed.
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
My side hustle website got big enough in 2007 to allow me to quit my day job and go all in with it.
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
My son was 3 and I had recently made the decision to be a stay at home dad. So parks, play dates, and household chores! He’s now in college and I’m working that 40 hour grind and reflect on these as some of my best memories!
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lt seems you got lucky. Typical freshly divorced guys one hears about, own half of a house that they can't use any more, but still a mountain of loans to pay, while in parallel having to pay monthly alliments to their ex-wifes.
Happy it worked out for you so well!
wrote last edited by [email protected]No kids was the key factor. It was amicable and neither of us wanted to fight. Think the whole divorce ran us like $2k or less. Which is more than the wedding. We were also about on par with wages.
I did eventually lose the house because of the 2008 crash, but 2007 was good.
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I was born that year and I’m curious what others were doing around that time.
I was a junior in high school.
