Have you changed in 2010?

[ceh85]

OK so I know Jennie did a similar thread to this but I am too lazy to go find it, and also the question is slightly different. So yeah

I was reading through some old threads and was really surprised at how my old posts read. It made me realise I've become much more serious this year, and that's reflected in the way I post. I've also become less open both here and probably IRL too, a large part of which I think is not being able to talk about my faith that much.

Oh and I used to be way funnier!! :o

On the positive side I think I have gotten my priorities straighter this year, and I've become calmer and more 'real' with people because I am more confident in who I am in the Lord.

Edit: that sounds contradictory but I mean that I don't always share as much with people, but I will be more honest with them when I do share. I knew it was too late to be posting this lol.

How about you guys??

 

[Edwards1984]

How about you guys??

Besides a major theological shift from Eastern Orthodoxy to Reformed Theology? Probably not much...

 

[broken_one]

Short answer: yes.

I've changed so many ways in 2010 that it's crazy. I'm more bitter and sarcastic than ever before, picked up and recovered from a major mental illness, been involved with a few girls but nothing came from it, and well.....I'm more and less religious than I am ever. Hate the church, love the faith I suppose. And yet still I'm about as nominal as they get, and that is not likely to change until I'm dating or I've lost every thread of coolness I have left. Because faith does not mean spoken faith, dear people.

 

[Mess]

According to one of my friends I have changed a lot for the better, and have become more loving. So I'm going to say, yes, yes I have.

 

[MehGuy]

I've probably learned more about myself and as a consequence have more confidence in who I am. It's been a tough year though, so I seem to be a little more selfish and unsympathetic towards others. I also am beginning to strive to be a little more rational and more worried about what is true rather than what makes me feel good.

How I think I'll change in 2011? Probably more confidence, shyness completely goes away and probably more unsympathetic towards others, I guess more of the same.

 

[elephunky]

Definitely and for the better I think. I don't take things so personally, I have matured professionally, I've started to learn where I want to be this time next year. I have also gotten to know myself.

 

[Blank123]

I think I've probably become a stronger person. I tend to just kinda go with the flow which means people think they can walk all over me, but I'm learning how to stand up for myself.

yeah. but you didn't expect that in a tigress

oh. and ceh. you, my friend have a wonderful sense of humour

 

[Im_A]

The short answer? Yes I have. Better or worse? Probably both equally. I'm kind of apathetic to the worse side simply because, without the bad there won't be the good and it just shows how human I am in which I love it. The better shows that I'm living the way I want to...progressing. The rest is semantics that I just don't feel like getting into details about at this current time.

 

[memoriesbymichelle]

NO......
But I plan on making BIG changes in 2011 and am quite looking forward to it. I actually have a hope for 2011 to be better for me and I haven't had that (hope) in a long long time...at least 6 years since my husband died, so 2011, I'm not gonna do what I've always done and right now its exciting. I'll get back with you later on how it all actually turns out, but I do have plans, goals, and hope for the future.

 

[mina]

offline: i've become more loving and more compassionate and make more of an effort to reach out to others.

online: i've probably become more cynical and more closed off :\

 

[Riddik7]

I'd say i have changed a whole lot. I have matured incredibly as a person. Oddly enough seeing people with certain behavioral traits (granted on a larger scale than yourself) makes you realize how bad they are and forces you to change yourself so you no longer have them yourself.

 

[Steffenfield]

I'm now listening to Christian music exclusively except for a few tragic love songs.

I usually cry now before eating... So weird.

Gave up TV including football. Go Steelers, tear their freaking heads off!!!!

I finally started to sleep in the middle of the bed just a few days ago. Still doesn't feel right.

Made my first ever cyber friends online, all of which are here at this site, and I couldn't be more thankful for them!

Love giving money to the homeless and church now.

I've never been more happy and more sad than this year.

Next year I'll be dumping all of that sad junk!

 

[l0v3n]

I believe that I have become a better person. Obviously I am still not where God wants me to be at because I am still alive. I hope to not live my life so passively in 2011. 2010 has been an HUGE growing experience for me. I have learn to love myself more as well as receiving love from others. Gos is more real then ever.

 

[SweetDee]

Yes I have...some for the better...some for the worse. I am more sure of myself...confident and I tend to stand up for myself more. As for the worse? Well, I will not get in to that

 

[Thunder Peel]

In many ways I'm more confident, though it doesn't manifest itself in too many outward forms. For the first time in my 25 years I forgave myself, something which I've never done before and may never do again so that was an interesting experience. It's also the first time where I've looked in the mirror and felt like a man instead of a boy. That wasn't a conscious change so I'm not sure where that came from.

However, I was also hurt, betrayed, and lied to so many times this year by people I loved and cared about that my hatred for myself is at an all-time high. I've come to truly regret my existence and I feel like God must have made a mistake in putting me here because I can't seem to please anyone or make anything good last. It's a burning hatred for myself and my failures that defies words and that same man I see in the mirror also raises a hatred and anger inside of me, like I want to shake his hand and kill him at the same time. It's a weird duality but it's doable.

I still have more changes to make and I plan on completely revamping myself for 2011. I have a goal to rebuild myself from the ground up, especially in the personality department. I hope by the end of next year to be unrecognizable to myself and those around me; I feel like I'm not likable or taken seriously and that's why so many bad things happened to me this year. Hopefully changing the fundamentals of who I am will make me more attractive and more successful. We'll see!

 

[Wren]

Yes, I've changed quite a bit. I'm much more confident. I faced a few fears and feel stronger as a result. Also, the year has been a rough one and I think that sort of thing tends to shape a person. And I'm much more open than I used to be. I still have some things I'm private about (especially online), but I feel a much stronger need for openness and honesty with people. Previously I had a bad habit of being maybe too agreeable, but now I'm more confident about myself and my opinions.

 

[ceh85]

In many ways I'm more confident, though it doesn't manifest itself in too many outward forms. For the first time in my 25 years I forgave myself, something which I've never done before and may never do again so that was an interesting experience. It's also the first time where I've looked in the mirror and felt like a man instead of a boy. That wasn't a conscious change so I'm not sure where that came from.

However, I was also hurt, betrayed, and lied to so many times this year by people I loved and cared about that my hatred for myself is at an all-time high. I've come to truly regret my existence and I feel like God must have made a mistake in putting me here because I can't seem to please anyone or make anything good last. It's a burning hatred for myself and my failures that defies words and that same man I see in the mirror also raises a hatred and anger inside of me, like I want to shake his hand and kill him at the same time. It's a weird duality but it's doable.

I still have more changes to make and I plan on completely revamping myself for 2011. I have a goal to rebuild myself from the ground up, especially in the personality department. I hope by the end of next year to be unrecognizable to myself and those around me; I feel like I'm not likable or taken seriously and that's why so many bad things happened to me this year. Hopefully changing the fundamentals of who I am will make me more attractive and more successful. We'll see!

I'm glad you forgave yourself

I just wanted to say the idea that you should regret who you are or where God placed you because others have rejected you this year is a total lie from the devil and I pray that you would believe and know that. It wasn't just you involved in those situations, and it's not fair to blame yourself for something when you weren't in control of everything in that situation. I think you take too much on yourself. If God's telling you to make changes, by all means do that, but remember who you are in His eyes too - He thinks you are beautiful, a gift and a blessing. And He knew exactly what He was doing when He made you - He made you a certain way because He had specific things for you to do that your talents and character are suited to. There is NO ONE who can do the things God has for you as well as you can. You are the best person for the job. That's kind of awesome!!

It's true that everyone makes some mistakes, but the good thing is that having enough awareness/revelation to see that means we hopefully won't fall into the trap again. I mean, we can look at it as a failure and use that to trap ourselves in condemnation, but that is predicting the future based on the past - it doesn't have to be that way. We can also look at it as a learning experience and a springboard from which to re-evaluate, develop and become the person God intends us to be.

Sorry for the essay lol.

 

[Oddish]

Not much.

 

[songz777]

More confidnet in Gods power and sing praises on my car whenI feel down always cheers me now ) other changes just suptle ... I think we all change for the better through every sad or happy time but we are just not aware of it

 

[scraparcs]

I've become less serious. Life's too short for serious.
I've learned to make lemonade out of lemons.
I live simply.
People I would think were beneath me a year ago I know quite well aren't now. We're all human.
I've danced in the rain and drank sunshine.
I've made healthier choices.
I've made an effort to make faith a higher priority and to find a way to integrate faith with my skeptical nature.

Yep. Things change.