How have you spent the last decade?

[dmcummins]

42-52

Kids went to college, moved out around 2007.
Paid off all debt and kids college.
One son married and have grandson
Other son bought his first house
Retired in 2007
Married for 29 years.
Everyone has been healthy.
Have watched investments and savings grow, hit 1 million, then 2, and still growing.
Since I retired my golf handicap has gone from 12 to 4.
taken some nice vacations.

2000-2010 was very good to me.

From here on out my wife and I plan on taking it easy. Golf when the weather is nice. Take more vacations, especially during the winter. Still tinker on the longhoods. I like restoring things even if it doesn't make sense financially.

[BK911]

31 - 41
Worked full time.
Graduated after 10 years of night school with BSME from MD
Divorced
Moved to FL for grad school
Did another 5 years of night school for a masters degree.
Passed the FL PE exam
Bought a couple of houses
Moved to TN for the mountain roads
Bought house 15 minutes from The Tail of the Dragon
Bought and sold about a dozen Porsches
Had twice as many girl friends.

41+
As soon as housing increases, sell my houses and retire in Philippines.
Should retire by 45. Not bad for high school drop out!
Take 70T Targa and 71E Coupe with me.

[m21sniper]

I've spent the last decade getting older.

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

I've spent the last decade getting older.

Better than the option my friend!

[fastfredracing]

Professionally , I seriously downsized my buisness, went from 4 techs, me, and two counter people, to just me. Bought a commercial building, with a house on the property, moved in my parents. Bought 5 houses, and started a rental buisness on the side. When my new buisness location was slow, I flipped probably about 30 porsches, and had a side buisness of selling porsche parts.
Started the decade at 29, almost got a dui in a hot rod 81 Z 28 coming home from a new years eve party, cop was gratious ,and let me go.. Ended the decade at 39 driving with my kid in the backseat of a bmw station wagon,
For myself, bought a 76 911, sold, an 86 951, sold, a 76 930, and an 88 turbo S , I still have both. A bunch of other bmw's and volkswagens in between as well
Moved into my girlfriends dad's home, took care of him untill his death two weeks ago.
Had a son 4 years ago, quit drinking and drugs. I feel as if I really grew up into a good responsible man in the last decade. I went from being a party boy to a good family man. Working hard, and taking good care of my family. Still with the same girl, 16-17 years now, not married yet, who knows when?
I accrued a ton of debt in the early part of the decade, and it nearly took me down, but have gotten that under control, and my goal for the next decade is to finsh it off, and start working on a partial retirement by the end of the decade.
Have been on a ton of good vacations, took a month off and drove across the country with the gf, spent many weeks at the beach, surfed, ski'd, autocrossed a ton, went to a bunch of track days, exploded the motor in a 911, jumped out of an airplane. Been to two funerals of good friends
All in all, was a good decade for me. tough financially, but I have lived out most of my childhood dreams in this era.

[kach22i]

Started my own architecture firm in 2000 and bought an old Porsche a few years later.

The first seven years of business or were okay, the last three years poor.

I thought 2008 was bad but I kept busy, 2009 was a total joke.

Guess it is time to reinvent myself.

[rcm]

40-50
Got married, stopped wasting money on German cars, got laid off, started my own business, found out I'm going to be a grandfather, downsized the house, made money last year and will make more this year.

You know even with all the shiza going on around us...we rocked it. Very happy being 50+ and going into the new decade.

[BeyGon]

Hope this isn't a repeat but

I just spent the last decade.

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by Joeaksa

Better than the option my friend!

True enough.

[johnco]

a new decade already? damn... missed another one. I need to start paying more attention.. maybe start keeping notes or something,

[Wickd89]

Originally Posted by 924slover

Man i feel for the both of you I lost my grandmother to Alzheimer's. It's a VERY painful thing to watch happen to someone.

Thanks 924slover.. It is very hard, harder than when my father passed from cancer, but thank God I am older, wiser, and stronger...

I still have many good times with my mom, they are just bitter-sweet...
My kids love hanging with her and boy do they all enjoy cartoons..