Highs and Lows of 2012 for you?

[pritchp]

Job: Still flying and having such a great time with it, sometimes i miss a 9-5 job but then i think about what i get to see and do and realise i love my job.

Cars: Still in the BMW, had some doubts during the year and nearly changed for a 500 abarth but didn't.

Relationship: Still single and im getting quite down about it now, i really do fancy a relationship and to start something for the future.

Health: On the whole i can't complain about my physical health...sometimes feel i could be slightly depressed though but don't fancy going to the doctors about it for the time being.

Travel/Holidays: I'm always travelling around the world, not had any holidays as i'm always away with work but i'm off skiing at the start of 2013.

Finances: On the up so can't really complain there.

Anything else: My macbook is on the way out after 6 years so im trying to decide between a macbook air + ipad mini or a ipad with retina. Feeling pretty lonely in my life, the industry im in is actually a very lonely one.

Overall: 6/10

 

[133_Ads]

Job: Still sat at my desk, Designing and drawing One-off Office Furniture, 9-5 so can't moan!

Cars: Started the year with a MK3 golf GTI which kept on breaking so gave up with that, got my old corsa back and stuck a 1.6 in it and stripped it completely bar dash and seats ha, now in the Twingo which is still making me smile everyday when i'm driving it, even after 3 months of ownership!

Relationship: Started the year with a girl i'd been with for the last 2 years, went on holiday, started arguing after coming back and split up soon after, now with a different girls and can't be happier

Health: Can't complain, playing 2+ games of Hockey a week, keeping myself fit, even though i have a calf injury atm

Travel/Holidays: Been to Isle of Man with Hockey and also went to Greece with the ex, a few trips planned for next year, including a lads holiday, returning to IOM and also Nurburgring sometime around June!

Finances: Slowly getting money together after a busy 6 months, but on the up!

Anything else: Still jumping about between 3 houses (North Wales, Blackpool, Colne) during the week so really need to settle down somewhere close to work, new phone and gernerally looking forward to what 2013 brings!

Overall: 7/10

 

[Zoe]

I can some this up in smileys ...
Job: :roll: Boring
Cars: Got Clio!
Relationship: very good...
Health: all good!
Travel/Holidays: cruising & Greece
Finances: poor since clio
Anything else: No

9/10

 

[JMR]

Job: Start of the year was bad for me. Stitched up at previous job, ended up resigning from being director and leaving completely at end of March after 6 years.
Had the whole of April off on garden leave (at my request - full pay too)
Started new job in May and havent looked back since. Money is good and theyre a great bunch of guys.

Cars: Started the year with my trusty '05 Civic Type R which I'd had for over 3 yrs. Garage queen and weekend only car. Part chopped the CTR for the Twingo RS when I knew the Renault would have to be used as a daily driver. Puts a big smile on my face, rattly back seat to quieten down but other than that its great.

Relationship: Married...say no more :|

Health: Still vertical, no sick days this year again, so must be ok.

Travel/Holidays: Did Disneyland Paris in Feb, Edinburgh last month.

Finances: Bought Gordini with switch card. :shock:
Bank balance suffered and hasnt increased much since. :roll:

Anything else: Still treating my two dogs better than the rest of the family. Mans best friend etc.

Overall: 8/10

 

[manofhow]

Job: got laid off on friday so looking for new job for the new year as i am employed till christmas hols

Cars: had the twingo just over a year and still loving it

Relationship: Going well

Health: cant complain

Travel/Holidays: dont know what this is, havent had a proper holiday in a long time

Finances: was looking ok, but now have to dive into savings whilst i job search and buy christmas pressies for people

Anything else: have many things planned for the new year so lets wait and see

Overall: 6/10

 

[Lordyb]

Job: is ok, has its ups and downs!
Love what I am doing but just don't like the company owners that I work for, and there is no other place to do this job where I live!

Cars: had my Twingo RS Silverstone all this year, and it's always put a smile on my face! It only gets used for fun so it's sitting on a low mileage! Great car!

Relationship: in December this year I will have been with my fiancé, 10 years! So all is good!

Health: has gone majorly down hill! Used to play football 4 nights a week, then 10months ago I got injured, and haven't played football since! My injury got ignored by the doctors and has not healed properly! As I sit down all day at work, my fitness has disappeared, put on a lot of weight, and generally feel run down all the time! This will all change next year!!

Travel/Holidays: didn't travel too much this year. Had a weeks trip from Inverness too Manchester too st Neots, visiting friends! That was fun. Then in November I went on tour with my brothers band. Played the bass for them in Paris, Amsterdam and Manchester! Was such a great experience!

Finances: HAHAHA! Started saving for a house (very slowly) and don't get payed enough for what I do!! We still feel like were living like students! Pretty much sums it up!

Anything else: Not much else to say!

Overall: 6/10

 

[Dubz]

Job: No job currently as I'm studying business at uni. But I will most likely be getting one in the new year promoting for the SU

Cars: I've got my beautiful i-music even though I tried to buy a GT but my local car dealer who was going to sell me one never got back too me even after chasing him up.

Relationship: Umm still single but I'm happy with that still. However there is a someone but undecided to go for it atm.

Health: My health has gone through the roof! Starting running 10 miles twice a week and im rock climbing 5 hours twice a week. I'm getting muscles where I didn't know I had muscles

Travel/Holidays: I went to Bilbao with my friends for a music festival. Was an amazing experience! also the first time away from home without the family which was also nice!

Finances: Umm Uni. Need I say much more :lol:

Anything else: I've met a lot of new people this year and gain some friends I think I will have for a long time so I'm really happy about that

Overall: 8.75/10

 

[Martin_172]

Job: Still working in Retail Management, love every minute of it, start in a new store on Monday with another pay rise so happy about that

Cars: start of 2012 i was so happy with my new pride and joy clio 200, end of 2012 im so glad to see the back of it, most unreliable car ive ever owned, however it was just "that car" id have another in a heart beat, but must confess... i love the twingo, and now that cars are not my 1st priority, i can live with that!

Relationship: sounds cheesy, but with the girl of my dreams! after a few years of ups and downs with past relationships

Health: no issues really, could do with being a bit fitter and eating better though!

Travel/Holidays: the usual yearly holidays of Lanzarote in winter and Ibiza in the summer, cant see any of them happening in 2013 though which takes me onto the next point...

Finances: 2012 brought 2 pay rises, but it also brought the "urge" for our own place for me and my mrs, so we both had to clear our debt and then start fresh with savings so that has just recently started and will be throughout 2013 too!

Anything else: a while back after a previous relationship ended out of the blue, i ended up in a pretty bad way and even with my job i liked, family & friends, money and nice cars about i felt lonely and everything else suffered, i didnt want to go to work, out with friends etc and as things started to go up again i always said i would never go back to moaning, being unhappy and grudge work, friends, going to the gym etc and 2012 was the year that i never done any of that!! i was pretty happy throughout so hopefully it will continue

Overall: 9/10 (only thing that stopped 2012 being a 10/10 was my clio troubles!)

 

[yotah1]

Job : gone stupidly bad this year, ended up quitting very pissed... Currently getting a new which involves moving to the other side of the world, but motivating.

Relationship : can't find a decent girlfriend, not sure i want one though but tired of f...ing around for one night stands

Car : well, loads and loads of problem, but when it works 100%, it's just so much fun that i forget about all the crap it makes me go through. But the RS is finally finished so now it's onto the next one.

Health : a dead knee, another one on the same path. Two worn out shoulder joints, a broken toe. But no sickness so i'm actually quite happy.

Holidays : climbing in the Alps in the summer (ok, ended with a destroyed knee, but still, was epic), 10 days of jetskiing and flyboarding, tested the free fall thing also this summer, and going onto 16 days pf snowboard this winter, so can't complain.

Finances : well, i'm getting to the end of my buying spree, so they are getting better

Other : got my new glasses, my new digital camera with a new lens, rebuilt my mountainbike with some really good parts, did the StrongManRun and finished it under 3hrs, did and finished the 24hr Nürburgring bike race with my brother, got all the furniture i need.

Overall : apart from the job and the knee and the car problems, it's been a pretty epic year, so a good 8/10 for me. Looking forward to the next years!!!

 

[gavin-h]

Job: Interesting. I'm currently working on a contract with daily contacts across Europe and Asia - for example, I was in a meeting with 20+ people the other day from Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Bulgaria and India, and I was the only Brit there!!!
Cars: Twingo is maturing nicely - engine loosening up and feeling more responsive by the month. Just as I'll be thinking about trading it as it comes up to three years. Current thinking is maybe a change of style - I love the shape of the Kia Optima at the moment....
Relationship: Celebrated 15 years of marriage this year. After all the kidding about it, I'd have to say it was the best thing I ever did!!!
Health: Don't want to tempt fate, but pretty good considering I turned 50 this year. Probably couldn't run quite as far quite as fast as when I was half my age, but I'm not TOO overweight - and I've still got all me own teeth :lol:
Travel/Holidays: Pretty much "staycation" this year. A few short city breaks and country house weekends. Quality rather than quantity!
Finances: Steady - pretty much insulated from the economic problems at the moment.
Anything else: For my 50th, my daughter and son-on-law took me to Southport airshow with the full VIP treatment - what a great time we had!!!
As it's mid-December and I'm still here to tell the tale, I'd have to give it a full 10/10

 

[nick7]

Job: got made Redundant in October due to lack of work. was a Painter and Decorator done it for 5 years steady now just trying to find something new but struggling. really hard in my area as very limited.

Cars: Still driving my Audi A3 which i considered selling and had priced at garages last month but value really wasent what i wanted for it and still owe finance. the money i was offered to get another car would have been a massive step down interior wise. its still in great condition inside and only done 36k miles for a 07. few bits on the outside i would like to sort if i had the money to do so. just repair the alloysonly 2 are damaged and touch up a couple of chip marks.

Relationship: Depressing to say the least. really need someone to come along soon

Health: since ive left work ive gained a few pounds as just sitting at home eating all day as just not in any mood what so ever. still play football once a week but it aint enough. would got to gym but no motovation.

Travel/Holidays: When to Florida in May. was absolutely Fantastic loved every moment until i got back to UK and my job turned to ****.

Finances: Were looking good at start of year now i have next to nothing and for first time in my life im struggling.

Anything else: Started Coaching at a Local Football team in April which takes up my daytime at weekends. love every minute of it when they listen and you see them getting better as players and enjoying the game. I loved football so much i have always wanted to coach i just wish i could progress and make it a job and get paid for it. Only gained my SFA Level 1 Badge so far. hoping to get more in 2013.

Overall: 3/10

Only the trip to Florida and my Car saved it from a Awful year. hoping for a massive improvement next year.

 

[twingo133]

Job: Just started my first full time Job as a night waking officer for a care company for young adults with asperges and autism, actually really enjoy it.

Cars: I have renault twingo which is currently in the garage being repaired after failing its MOT. I am currently driving a vauxhall combo van in which i have borrowed and quite frankly loving the fuel economy on it! 45+ MPG!!!

Relationship: I am now single after things not working out with my missus, I really hate it and especially with winter being here i have no one to hibernate with.

Health: Just starting my new gym membership at David LLoyd tomorowo, suppose to be the best around so im looking farward to that.

Travel/Holidays: Done naff all in regards to traveling, im naturally someone who cant stay in one place for to long but apart from a couple of little trips to cardiff and london a couple of times, its near on killed me staying in one place.

Finances: I now have a new job so things are ALOT better, starting to enjoy the more expensive pleasures of life.

Anything else: I definately do not feel thart i am making the most of my life, i put this down to being on my own and not being able to make the most of every oppertunity that arises as i dont want to do it on my own. This will change in time.

Overall: 6/10

 

[JMR]

Health: on antidepressants, heart palpitations, stressed, insomnia. All due too work.

Overall : 3/10

This is when you know work is the wrong place to be. I was in that place last year and the start of this. Working with muppets.

Changed my job in April and havent looked back.
Amazing how fast things improve!

Take your time dec and stay as calm as you can.
Doc told me to lay off the coffee for a while and that certainly helps if you drink a lot like I did.

Hope you feel better soon fella.

 

[JMR]

Only problem there is paying the bills without my job :/

Mmm, not exactly the hospitable climate for job searchers at the moment either...

 

[BlackTwingo-i]

Only problem there is paying the bills without my job :/

Mmm, not exactly the hospitable climate for job searchers at the moment either...

On the plus side, fairly certain I ruined my relationship too.

Cant you sew for **** like this? Theyve like wrecked your life, caused major life issues!

 

[class31]

Job: Well, I can't complain there. It's what I want to do, and everyday is different. So long as my nerves hold out every Autumn I should be OK.

Cars: Swapped the badly screwed together Twingo for the even more badly screwed together Clio. Doh! I think I'm past the boy-racer stage now.

Relationship: Nope, you've lost me there?

Health: Cleared the garden of leaves yesterday, now my back doesn't work Other than that, I'm average.

Travel/Holidays: Again you've lost me?

Finances: Decent money from work, even though the government are determined to change that. Bought my house a year ago, and so far everything seems to be ticking along nicely, so long as I can keep off Ebay.

Anything else: Joined a couple of car groups (here being one), it's an interest I've never really delved too deeply into before. There's other issues too, but I've bored you enough already.

Overall: 6/10

 

[Phil]

Job: Fun, but my boss is getting worse every day and didn't get a thirteenth salary this year. :/

Cars: Twingo RS and except for a lambda-sensor change everything is working fine. Supersprint catback may not be the loudest, but the sound is simply awesome!

Relationship: Well, still happy together after seven years.

Health: Always something hurt or damaged, from knee to back to chest to knee and so on, but I guess that's the nature of powerlifting. Would've been too easy without getting hurt all the time!

Travel/Holidays: No traveling outside the country this year.

Finances: Hm, not great but not that bad either. Hoping to have the twingo all paid end of 2013 (bought december 2011 completely new) and then saving up for a Clio 197 F1.

Anything else: Few things could've been better... My sister had way too much trouble with her ex, diabetes is still not curable, I didn't win the lottery and so on!

Overall: 9/10

 

[Peter]

Job: still studying business administration at the uni. Working part-time at a recruitment agency, unfortunately that inudstry is as dead as Michael Jackson, so not really satisfactioning. Working at your local Tesco equivalent in the weekends. Working with a lot of girls, so pretty interesting at times.

Cars: going from the 1.2 to the 133. so that's a positive!

Relationship: Single. Dated a colleague that I've known for 2 years. She then decided to have fun time with others. So i'm done with her...

Health: I'm ok. Feeling exhausted at times because of the killing combination of 2 jobs and a study.

Travel/Holidays: Few small trips to Belgium, Germany, Luxembourgh and France in the 133.

Finances: A lot of fun at times means no money at times..

Anything else: I've a date lined up with another colleague for next friday :lol:

Overall: 5/10: And the feeling that it can only go upwards from here!

 

[funky_d]

Job: Still with the same company however, rather that working in the call centre for the first half of the year (which I hated), I'm now doing a job I enjoy in the Client Services team, QC'ing calls from the centre and doing reports etc! Also still at uni and I got good grades for my previous semester exams and all my essays I've handed in for this semester have been marked well so far, so fingers crossed!

Cars: Still had the Clio for the majority of the year which I got stuck into modifying for a bit, then I went off it, put it back to standard and now I have the 133, and never looked back!

Relationship: Still single (not been in a "proper" relationship for 2 years) however I was seeing someone which I fell pretty hard for at the beginning of the year. That ended badly and I've been pretty much 'out of the game' since, mostly out of choice.

Health: It's pretty fair to say I have put on weight however I've been hitting the gym again and getting motivated to shift it. Trying on jeans that fitted me this time last year which don't anymore is depressing :lol:

Travel/Holidays: Had an absolutely brilliant holiday in Malia, Crete this year with my best mate and was the time of my life. So glad I went away too, and would love to go back next year, ideally with more people this time round.

Finances: The only issue with the new job is that, whilst it's a higher hourly rate, I no longer get performance bonuses like I did on the phone. Upon saying that though, in August, both my phone contract expired and I moved to a £10 a month rolling contract, and my car insurance halved! However, since then, I now have an iPhone 5 with the £36 a month contract, plus I'm now paying more to insure the Twingo on top of the payments on the car itself

Anything else: At the beginning of the year, my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. However, she's made a great recovery so far and her and my grandad, along with one of my aunties, have bought a house nearer to us so she can be closer (the motive of which is still unknown to us, but we're not complaining...!)

Overall: 9/10

 

[Chicken]

Job: Been working for over 4 and a half years now and still enjoy. Sometimes gets repetitive and get annoyed with who I work with but who doesn't?

Cars: Brought the twingo this year and love it. Got the thought of mot's and no warranty worrying me a bit though.

Relationship: Been with my gf just over a year and were happy so no complaints there.

Health: Knee op just before fcs hasn't worked which is rather annoying. Physio has helped it a little but still "clunks" as the doctor calls it when I straighten my knee.

Travel/Holidays: Went to Ibiza this year with gf and a couple of friends. Ha an absolutely amazing time and wish I didn't come home. Might have to go again in 2013. Kind of killed me for Trax though as many found out :lol:

Finances: Brought the twingo so finances are rather s*** as keep meaning to save for a house but fail. Kinda regret buying the twingo some times. Motorbike is paid for next year though so hopefully will be able to pay the twingo off early.

Anything else: I'm happy with my life and can't complain. Managed to get to Trax for the first time which was fun. Fcs was ok but not the greatest ever.

Overall: 9/10. The only way this can improve is a nice lottery win