I suppose any decade has the capacity to bring about MASSIVE CHANGE due simply to its length, but this past decade has definitely brought many changes, both worldwide and personally.

For example, 10 years ago today was December 30, 2009. Things that were true on that day include:

• I was 21 years old
• I had a BS in psychology, a BS in philosophy, and had just finished my first semester of grad school at UBC for an MA in psychology
• I was 100% miserable in my grad program and did not want to go back up to Vancouver after visiting Moscow over Christmas break
• I had no desire to ever become an instructor/professor (or whatever the hell you want to call it), especially an instructor/professor of math
• I was not yet walking for pleasure/exercise/sanity
• I suspected I’d never find anyone I wanted to actually legitimately marry. People I liked? Yes. People I thought would like me and would tolerate my nonsense? Nope
• I had 1,340 blog posts on Eigenblogger

Now, on December 30, 2019, the following things are true:

• I am 31 years old
• I have a BS in psychology, a BS in philosophy, I (somehow) finished my time at UBC to get an MA in psychology. I also now have a BS in math and an MS in statistics
• I love living in Calgary and always enjoy going back after visiting Moscow over Christmas break (even though I miss my mom when I leave Moscow!)
• I have been working the past six-ish years to get to where I am now career-wise as an instructor in math/stats
• Walking is my JAM, yo
• I have found my soulmate and love him more than I ever thought I could love someone
• I have 4,992 blog posts on Eigenblogger

Wild. What has changed for y’all over the past decade?

I hope the next decade proves to be even better to everyone.