There’s still a month and a half left until 2020, but people already want to know what you’ve accomplished in the past 10 years. This time, though, the pressure isn’t coming from your parents or boss. This time it’s coming from Twitter, a force more insistent than any one person could ever be.
The meme took off after a man named Tony stated (more or less accurately), “there’s only ONE MONTH left in the decade.” He followed it up with a simple question: “what have you accomplished?”
https://twitter.com/stfutony/status/1193954501620690944
Tony, of course, had his own answers ready to go.
https://twitter.com/stfutony/status/1194419591469887488
For whatever reason, his tweet hit a nerve and everyone seemed excited to look back on the last 10 years of their lives.
https://twitter.com/ONeillFallon/status/1194329489204858880
Stopped working jobs I hated. Overcame depression. Got good at a craft. Talked a mile of shit. Met a lot of people I love. (Lost a lot of people I love.) Met a lot of people I respect. Burned some bridges. Accidentally created a few. Learned not to cuss everybody out…. https://t.co/7NJV02QYMu
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) November 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/hollyshortall/status/1194682210349178880
I beat homelessness.
— Amene (@Ange_Amene) November 13, 2019
I became self a sufficient provider.
I bought my own car..
I traveled out of the country.
I turned 30.
I set boundaries.
I became an educator. https://t.co/ja3u0bZCBP
i moved to new york and then came home, bought a house, got married to my forever fav, cared for wild brooklyn street cat during a snowstorm & now for life, rescued a 10 year old dog / actual angel, adopted the world's most beautiful puppy, and founded a magazine. :) https://t.co/Atio7xBf3c
— summer anne burton (@summeranne) November 13, 2019
-Grieved the loss of my partner
— Karen M. McManus Updates (@writerkmc) November 13, 2019
-Raised a great kid from toddler to teen
-Decided to try writing again
-Sold 4 books
-Spent 2 years on the NYT bestseller list
-Translated into 40 languages
-1st book greenlit to TV pilot
-About to visit that set
You just never know. https://t.co/6vKvIPMrio
Although a lot of people seem to be taking the question pretty seriously, it’s also generated a lot of sarcastic responses.
I have taken many excellent naps https://t.co/FMbT8aBmVY
— Daniel José Older (@djolder) November 13, 2019
– acquired the one ring of power from my uncle
— karen han (@karenyhan) November 13, 2019
– left the shire with my best friend
– was pursued by nazgûl
– got stabbed
– went to a council meant to give the ring to someone else and ended up having to keep it
– went to mordor
– destroyed the ring
– traveled into the west https://t.co/9veeGsL5zt
https://twitter.com/iamTannenbaum/status/1194683806185402370
Learned competitive Smash 4 completely from scratch purely motivated by my hatred of a single man and to one day defeat him which took several years to finally attain the skills necessary to do so. After defeating that man I immediately quit.
— ApologyMan @ Berlin 🇩🇪 (@ApologyMan) November 13, 2019
Also I learned how to cook pasta. 👍🏾 https://t.co/7hYzcSbjTW
There’s still time.
— FugueKate🏳️🌈 (@FugueKate) November 12, 2019
It’s natural to want to look back on your life at certain milestones, be it a birthday, graduation, or the end of a decade. If you haven’t accomplished everything you wanted, or expected to, in the 2010s, there’s no need to feel bad. There are 10 more years coming up starting in January. Maybe get some good naps in now so you’ll be ready this time.
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