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What has helped change your life the most this past decade?

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Anniebach Mon 23-Apr-18 10:03:22

Rather a grim decade for me Must have been some positive things but all clouded by my darling daughter's illness , ten years of many tears

MawBroon Mon 23-Apr-18 09:53:10

Some decades seem to have more “happening “ in them than others but perhaps we just forget the life-changing decade (not necessarily just a decade, but usually) when we had our children .
For me the last 10 years have seen Paw having to give up work because of his health, a series of illnesses/surgery/hospitalisations, my retirement, my discovery of GN (and my growing “addiction” to my iPad), the marriage of all 3 daughters, the birth of all 4 grandchildren, and lastly the loss of paw himself.
A mixture of sadness and joy, tears of both but life goes on.
I would prefer not to look too far into the future regarding the next decade though!

kittylester Mon 23-Apr-18 09:30:46

Technology has changed my life too but probably for longer than the past decade.

My eldest grandchild was 11 in March and that has changed my life totally. We now have 8 DGC ranging in age from almost 5 to 17 (we have gained 2 step grandchildren in the last decade too!) with another one due in October.

Our son's stroke happened just 6 months after our eldest DGC was born and that had a huge impact.

The most recent thing to impact my life (and probably his!) was DH retiring about 18 months ago. It is great that we have more freedom (if only we had the time to use it) but it also makes me realise that we are getting older and must make the most of our time.

Panache Mon 23-Apr-18 09:06:56

Without a doubt it has to be my computer for me.
Being such an avid writer but with health issues affected my writing and also my mobility, I could see my busy little life getting more and more curtailed.So on looking ahead a few years, the future looked not only bleak but one of dire boredom and misery.
I was not having any of that!!!
On talking this over with my husband (and greatest friend) we decided the way forward would be to join and follow the ever advancing technology age!!!

So with our local College offering all manner of computing lessons, we chose a 6 week beginners course initially, and in a few weeks we were weekly trotting off to join ..........in the main.......folk much younger than us both in our 70`s.
It felt a little odd at first,almost as if going back to school......carrying our notes,pens and sitting at a desk!!
However once those 6 weeks were over our hunger was growing as the more we learnt,the more interested we became.
We have both benefitted enormously in joining the present day and now we cannot envisage life without our faithful P.C`s.

So yes it has totally transformed our lives this decade..........and yes very much for the better.