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This is my first thread here (...bit nervous)

My life timeline seems to go like this:-

Age 22 months - Potty-trained
Age 30 months - Started preschool
Age 4 - Started school
Age 8 - Got diagnosed with AS
Age 11 - Started puberty
Age 13 - Started periods
Age 16 - Left school
Age 17 - Started college
Age 18 - Left college and claimed unemployment
Age 20 - Got driver's license
Age 22 - Got first paying job
Age 24 - Met love of my life
Age 26 - Got engaged
Age 27 - Moved out of parent's house and started new job
Age 31 - Lost my mother
Age 32 - Got diagnosed with ADHD
Age 35 - Here I am now...

I'm interested in seeing your timelines, if you can remember roughly. You can put whatever milestones you want or anything that you call milestones even if they aren't to others.

Do I have to do it all in one post

Maestra Tamaya,

I like your first post here, but I am a bit anxious to put milestone detail here.(perhaps one of the downsides of working in ict security) my apologies. If we ever meet up (virtual or otherwise) I'll gladly share.
My sincerest condolences for he loss of your mother.

I'll share some highlights:
My dad left when I was 5
My Mom lost herself to alcohol
and passed away when I was 18.
Soon after my brother lost himself to drugs.
I crashed hard several times in my life, to the point that at one time I was job-, home- and penny-less.
but 3 full blown burnouts, a wife, 3 amazing children and a lot of time later I'm still here.

Kind regrads,
Kada

hi Tamaya, i'll try a very short version

@4 - school/KG
@6 - do not go to grade 1, go to 2
@11- 'bridge'class, then prep highschool for going to uni
@16-18- problems at home, thrown out
@18-24 - balancing act between quiet life and drug life
@24 - drivers licence & work
@25 - baby (planned, but things got again out of hand in the process, woman shelter)
------ hub out of institute, work, first in the parking lot then truck/lorry driver
@35 - move to house in france (cash)/fixer upper -luckily the house in nl got sold quite profitable
@40 - start of farming (sheep) before that and overlap; goats and cheesemaking, &&&&&

now ---stopped commercial farming, only can't get it officialized(yet), legal hoops & obligation of smartphone,

5: entered Kindergarten
11: finished elementary school, entered junior high
14: finished junior high, entered high school
17: first girlfriend
18: graduated from high school, entered community college
19: got cheated on by aforementioned girlfriend, first summer job
20: moved to current house, second summer job
21: got drivers' license
22: internship, second girlfriend, got 2-year technical degree
23: hired back full-time from internship job
24: bought first car in my name
26: second relationship ended (she and I are still friends)
27: left job, returned to college to work on my bachelor's degree
27-30: Most heartbreaking romantic pursuit of my life.
29: lost virginity in FWB situation, got bachelor's degree, began job search
31: second full-time job (first in private sector), let go after two weeks
33: third full-time job, again, let go after two weeks. Swore to never apply to contract work again.
35: took Java class, got an A in it
39: adopted Penny (my dog)
39-45 (current age): began studying data science and AI technology independently, received four certificates thus far.
41: long-time friend cuts contact over politics

Well if I could put all that down here even, It would be very depressing,still trying to get better and get a higher perspective on my life. That might allow for more miles of smiles ahead.

Age sixteen: Moved to a new town. Fresh start. Made new friends. Started BTEC college. This is really the point where I start to break out of my depression. I start to take better care of myself and my life. However, progress is not a straight line and I am still struggling at this point. I start to care about things though, I'm not just in survival mode anymore.

Eighteen: Started University. Foundation course before starting my degree.

Nineteen: Moved out to live closer to University. Joined an improv comedy group. Made friends with people in the LGBT uni society. I haven't quite mastered the art of independent living but I'm taking my first steps in that direction. I confront my inner demons and overcome my aversion to physical contact.

Twenty: Unfortunately, my time at uni is cut short due to the rise of Covid. The rest of my degree is taught via zoom and we communicate with each other by using sticky notes to write words on the windows. Time blurs together as I spend most of my time in lockdown in bed, somewhat listening to my lectures.

Twenty-two: I graduate on a random Thursday. Then I move back home.

Twenty-three: It no longer feels like home. I start my first job and then leave my first job. Depression starts creeping in again.

Twenty-five: After a really bad time job searching, I find a new temporary job. I start driving lessons again but this time with a good instructor. The urge to move out is stronger than ever.

Twenty-six: I start a new job. Another temporary role. I map out a detailed plan on moving out and continue looking for work. I start making an effort to get out more.