2014: A Reflection
Feb 2, 2019 22:42:00 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 2, 2019 22:42:00 GMT 10
All of my previous "reflection" threads have been based on 2000s years, so I thought I would change the pace a little bit and focus on a year from this decade instead.
What was your personal life like back in 2014? What are your memories of it and what did you think of the pop culture at the time?
I was 15 years old and in Year 9. In retrospect, 2014 was the year where I really started to feel cynical about the world. It was as if there was nothing to hope for or look forward to. The world seemed to be deteriorating at such a rapid rate. For instance, terrorist attacks and ISIS be-headings were being reported on the news almost every night, there was the Ebola Outbreak, the Top-40 charts were the worst they had ever been during my lifetime (which was frustrating for me, as a music fanatic), people had become unhealthily addicted to smartphones, and there was also the disappearance of MH370 and the MH17 being shot down. I felt completely alienated from the world around me.
My personal life wasn't particularly great either. Around the middle of the year, I had developed really bad acne. Not only did I have pimples on my neck/cheeks, but I also had them on my shoulder blades and on my back. Going to bed each night was a painful experience, as lying on my back felt like laying on a slab of sharp rocks. I found it hard to fall asleep and as a result of that, I would often wake up feeling really fatigued. My depression started to get worse around the same time.
Despite my personal life being far from great, my time in high school was generally good, for the most part. The only thing I didn't like about Year 9 was the health/fitness class I was put into. None of my friends were in it and the rest of my classmates were trouble-makers. As a result, I had no one to talk to in class and we never got to do P.E. properly because everyone would just boot soccer balls around and not follow our teacher's instructions. One positive thing to come out of 2014 is that I became friends with someone who was in my IST and Visual Design classes. That person has since become a best friend and they're one of only four people from high school who I still keep in contact with.
What was your personal life like back in 2014? What are your memories of it and what did you think of the pop culture at the time?
I was 15 years old and in Year 9. In retrospect, 2014 was the year where I really started to feel cynical about the world. It was as if there was nothing to hope for or look forward to. The world seemed to be deteriorating at such a rapid rate. For instance, terrorist attacks and ISIS be-headings were being reported on the news almost every night, there was the Ebola Outbreak, the Top-40 charts were the worst they had ever been during my lifetime (which was frustrating for me, as a music fanatic), people had become unhealthily addicted to smartphones, and there was also the disappearance of MH370 and the MH17 being shot down. I felt completely alienated from the world around me.
My personal life wasn't particularly great either. Around the middle of the year, I had developed really bad acne. Not only did I have pimples on my neck/cheeks, but I also had them on my shoulder blades and on my back. Going to bed each night was a painful experience, as lying on my back felt like laying on a slab of sharp rocks. I found it hard to fall asleep and as a result of that, I would often wake up feeling really fatigued. My depression started to get worse around the same time.
Despite my personal life being far from great, my time in high school was generally good, for the most part. The only thing I didn't like about Year 9 was the health/fitness class I was put into. None of my friends were in it and the rest of my classmates were trouble-makers. As a result, I had no one to talk to in class and we never got to do P.E. properly because everyone would just boot soccer balls around and not follow our teacher's instructions. One positive thing to come out of 2014 is that I became friends with someone who was in my IST and Visual Design classes. That person has since become a best friend and they're one of only four people from high school who I still keep in contact with.
