It does seem slightly insane that we’ve already reached 2009. Hard to believe we’re already nearly a decade into the new century and millenium.
So, let’s talk about 10 years ago – 1999.
In 1999, I turned 16 and got my driver’s license as well as my first car. It was a 1994 blue Toyota Tercel, a manual 4 speed and I loved it! I bought it myself and paid the insurance myself. I worked at a retail store while I was in high school so that I could have spending money, pay car insurance and maintenance and when I was 17, pay my mobile phone bill.
Have times changed? For sure. Now, I’m almost 26 and work as a business systems analyst for an e-commerce company. I live in my own apartment, where I have been for nearly five years now. I have a different car, which I bought at 19, and is paid off. I still pay car insurance and a mobile bill…but now? I pay a whole other slew of bills too. And it is SO worth it.
Now, here I am looking out into a new year – 2009 – with a renewed sense of confidence and hope.
Filed under: Holidays, Life, Teenager | Tagged: hope, new years, Teenager
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