But I was young and foolish then I feel old and foolish now

Boy I'm a different person now than I was when I was a frequent livejournaler.

I'm more confident in a lot of ways. I guess hitting 50 does that to you.

I'm much much better off financially, thanks to a shit-ton of hard work, luck and knowing when an opportunity was a good thing to take. We're all debt free now.

I have a good therapist

Our household is pretty stable

I'm a dad. That's awesome and terrifying.

I'm a dad of a kit with a disability, which is also terrifying and awesome.

I have a wonderful does-not-live-with-me romantic partner who I see a nice long future relationship with

I like most of my job

I've been going to physical therapy for back issues, and it's been helping

I'm still working on a lot of things about myself.