10 Years Since I Left School

So, it's been 10 whole years since I left secondary school.

I thought I'd take this opportunity to see just how much i'd achieved and experienced in these past 10 years.

- After School I went to College, achieving a Triple Distinction in ND Photography.

- At the end of my ND course I got my little furbaby, Tim Cat.

- After ND I took a FD Commercial Photography course, I don't actually remember the grade due to the third point below.

- During my FD course I passed my driving test - first time!

- In the Summer between the two FD years I went to my first real (e.g not BBC Weekend) music festival - Leeds Fest! to see Blink 182 for the second time and The Libertines!

- After FD I topped up my degree to a BA, achieving a 2:1 in Creative Practice (Photography).

- Just before graduation I applied for 10 jobs (not photography ones, you needed retail experience for them all!), and within a few weeks i'd started my first job.

- Just before I started my job my first car - Ford Ka - was stolen.

- Just after starting my job I bought a brand new Fiat 500.

- Early the next year we became home owners.

- In August of the same year we visited California for the first time and got engaged!

- Since then we've visited quite a few places, Disneyland Paris several times, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Prague, Barcelona, Walt Disney World, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Okunojima, and London several times.

- I've experienced earthquakes.

- A few days after our second trip to Japan I came ill and ended up phoning in sick for the first time in five years - I definitely made up for it though as I was off for seven weeks! Later being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

- Face my fears at least four times a year now - I have a blood test every three months!

Written down in a list it looks like i've done so little, so I have a new goal for the next 10 years now!

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