So, what have you done the last 6 years???

In the past 6 years I have done a lot now that I think of it:

Got my first dog on my own

Lost a great friend and riding buddy that brought the rest of us closer.

Trained my balls off, got sponsored and won races. Since then I have quit racing and no longer train

Finally got my bachelor's degree

Became a bike shop manager after years of being a grom before groms existed.

Got an apartment with my gf.

Spent 3 months unemployed, riding, hiking and chilling with my dog during the day and at night with my girlfriend.

Stumbled upon a real career/job that I planned to do for a few months, it has been 2 years and I am still here. Money, company and benefits are great. Hours blow!

Was talked into getting another dog(fag dog) that I fell in love with.

Got married.

Fag dog had puppies.

Went on multiple trips out west with the wife to shred gnar and waist deep POW!

That is all for now.

rescued my current mutt.

continued running my family's charity called Holiday Angels which gives kids in school a opportunity to donate a gift to a child or adult that is less fortunate during Xmas time.(2008 was the first time in 27 years we werent able to do the program)

got a job after almost a year of unemployment
had daughter #1
moved back home from seattle
changed jobs
bought first house
changed jobs
had daughter #2
changed jobs
sold and bought a house

- Finished law school
- Passed the bar
- Stopped being a lawyer
- Started my own race team
- Lived in ten different states
- Saved a man's life
- Saw my wife fly a plane
- Stopped drinking
- Built a house for someone in New Orleans

Positives.....
-Bought a house (the biggest thing we've done over the past six years)
-Got a dog
-Got promoted twice
-Competed in four 24 hour races
-Attended a bunch of Monkeyfest gatherings, meeting a TON of cool monkeys
-Drank a couple of beers
-Started playing deck hockey again after a seven year "retirement" and didn't seem to skip a beat
-Saw the Red Sox win two World Series

Lots of traveling:
-Two Tahoe ski vacations
-Several Florida vacations
-Been to a number of US cities (San Francisco, Las Vegas, Baltimore, New Orleans pre hurricane, to name a few)
-Took an MTB vacation to North Carolina

slept a lot.

Positives:
-Turned 21
-Initiated into Phi Beta Kappa
-Graduated college
-Met BV
-Went Skydiving (twice)
-Watched my brother win his baseball state championship and graduate HS
-Moved to NC
-Got a job and 2 promotions
-Bought my first house
-Started running road races
-Had oodles of fun with old friends, and made a ton of new ones in NC
-Built 3 homes with Habitat for Humanity
-Got 2 new adorable little cousins

Travels:
-Vegas (rode roller coaster atop Stratosphere, won $, drank a 100-oz daquiri) & Hoover Dam/Lake Meade
-Hawaii (biked down Haleakala volcano, kayak trips, lots of snorkeling/boating)
-Bermuda
-Costa Rica (went rappelling, zip-lining, hiking)
-Other US trips (Florida, Smoky Mountains (TN), Outer Banks, Atlanta, Baltimore, DC)

I guess a lot has happened in six years, since that covers all of my 20's thus far. Now I need to do twice as much in the next six!

Traveled to Europe
Graduated College
Built 4 trebuche's
Got my bar tending certification.

I'm sure there's more, but I need to remember them.

- Lived in New Zealand
- Started mountain biking
- Moved to NC because I was playing in a band
- Band broke up
- Started my own business that morphed from a staff of 4 to a staff of 20
- Bought a house
- Got married
- Traveled to Argentina, Brazil, Fiji, Canada and much of the US

Man...come to think of it, the past 6 years have been a heck of a ride.

"If living like this at 29 is a bore then c'mon God please give me 29 more."

- graduated college
- got a job
- bought a house
- got married
- stopped drinking
- turned pro at cross and xc
- been promoted 3 times, took new job for last promotion
- about the finish my MBA (be done in May)

I've done a lot of growing up in the last six years, its been an interesting ride. I'm looking forward to the next six.

Raced professionally!!!
Sold a house
Quit our jobs
Moved to Bend
Bought a house
Got new jobs
Mountain biked in New Zealand
Mountain biked in Switzerland
Mountain biked in Chamonix
Mountain biked in Germany
Mountain biked in Southern France
Mountain biked in numerous states
Met quite a few monkies
Bought a rental house
Bought another rental house
Sold a rental house
Bought 3 new bikes
Bought a franchise

I like positives, great thread to read through.

-started riding BMX
-started racing DH
-started getting tattoos
-graduated college
-got first job, moved to california
-traveled to Hong Kong & China
-quit first job
-learned to control my drinking
-realized how much of an angry a-shole I was, and did something about it
-became closer to my family (immediate and distant)
-talked a lot of sh*t on the internet

Great to see some positivies from everyone!!!

For me:
Had my daughter (exactly 3 years ago today)
Changed jobs
Started Team LUNA Chix NY MTB
Made my first visit to California
Met a hero (Marla Streb)
Organized the first Women's DH MTB Clinic (w/Tara Llanes)
Hit my first real drop (successfully and meant to do it)
Raced my first 24 hour solo
Raced 2 more 24 hour solos
Raced a 24 duo with my hubby
Raced 3 24 hour team events
Met lots of monkeys
Purchased a new car (twice actually)
Watched my sisters graduate HS
Watched one of my sisters graduate college
Participated (in the party & cake maker extrordinaire) in one brother and one sister's wedding.

Wow!!! A lot has happened in just 6 years time! Thanks for the reflection.

-Girlfriend moved in with me
-Changed careers to something I love
-Got a new job
-Moved to LI
-Moved up to Expert in DH
-Got married to said girlfriend
-Changed jobs
-Moved to WI
-Bought a house
-Adopted 2 kittens

-Got married
-got a decent car
-bought a house
-got divorced
-had to sell the car
-sold house
-got a nice raise
-built a cheap mtn bike and started riding with my brother and dad
-met some really cool folks
-lost 20+lbs
-raced the sea otter
-raced a 24hr (huge team though)

I know the whole divorce/loosing the house thing only sounds like a downer. In reality it's probably the best damn thing that could have possibly happened to me. Seriously, I'd recommend it to anyone.

Worth thinking about.

- graduated college
- didn't want a 'job' so built a few houses
- rode bikes lots
- got a 'job', rode bikes less.
- watched sister get married.
- 'job' let to excellent promotions and money
- started riding bike excessively
- watched several friends get married.
- raced a decent amount of dh
- raced 3 24 hour races. 1st in two, 2nd in one.
- got 3rd in an 8 hr solo on my SS
- got a nephiew and a niece
- quit racing and now just ride for fun.
- bought a house.
- bought a brand new truck.
- met a cute girl at a bike race.
- pos truck broke on a bike trip in Oregon leaving me and 4 others stranded.
- sold pos truck for a 10year old car.
- got married.
- got a really cool dog.
- visited: whister x3, moab, michigan, florida, texas, arizona, ny, oregon & washington, the bahamas, vegas a few times. All over CA. Rode my bike in most of them.
- learned a lot.
- learned that debt sucks.. the hard way.
- learned money does not = happiness. Freedom to make your own choices and live your own life = happiness.
- in the process of patenting an idea and starting a business.
- constantly resisting wifes maternal instincts.

Looking forward to the future.

Good thread.

its been a very good six years for me:

Got married
bought a house
Got our Chocolate Lab, Lucy
sold a summer house
Bought a condo in Costa Rica
sold 3 old bikes and broke one
bought 3 new bikes
found out mom has cancer
found out she beat it
Travelled to Costa Rica, Oregon, arizona, jamaica, Brazil, Argentina , mexico , PA , Washington DC , Vermont and probably others i forgot.
did 4 centuries
rode 334 days last year
became an investor in a bike shop


and had our beautiful baby girl Juliana

bought a house in the mountains
Became a Firefighter
got 3 dogs
became an EMT
helped my wife overcome issues with MS and Melanoma
got to be part of a team that has helped a lot of folks get to see their loved ones make it to, and come home from the hospital

graduated highschool
got a dog
went on a road trip by myself to oregon, washington, and whistler
spent a month in oregon at UBI
changed my major 3 times in college
got my first cad job
graduated college with an a.a.s. degree
got my first big somewhat high paying job