How have you changed?

Politically, I've gone from being center-right (read: Republican in the US) to being more libertarian and left-leaning.

Religiously, I've gone from non-Catholic Christian to agnostic.

Musically, I've gone from more commercialized country to more traditional, indie, regional country music.

 

Well since my parents said the same thing.

• I have become far more grown up I guess, I have moved out, have my own life etc.
• I have come out, stopped self harming, drinking myself stupid
• Learnt how to fly a plane
• Got 2 degrees
• My Music taste has pretty much stayed the same, always been a huge Pop-Punk and Paramore fan
• Religion - Gone from Christian to atheist with Buddhist ideas like Meditation
• My dress sense has changed alot, I used to dress like everyone else did. Now I go around in punk style cloths to be different
• I actually try to help people now, I volunteer, go to pride etc.
• Politically I have spun off to the left

 

Politically I've drifted a *tiny* bit right, personally I grew a lot more aware of the difficulties life has in store for me (read: quit being quite so much of a layabout), devoted my life savings to education and changed my career path three times, and met/subsequently moved in with my girlfriend. I'm forgetting a lot but it's been an eventful half decade lol.

 

-Thought I was straight in 2008, and now know I'm gay
-Went from Christian to Atheist
-Somewhere around 100 pounds heavier
-Went from apolitical to a proud and outspoken Democrat
-Not as judgmental
-A lot funnier now than I was back then.

 

Ive become more of a smartass. My music is more branched out..a lot. I barely go outside, I rarely talk to people, im not on drugs anymore, I drink a bit more, im not afraid of death.

 

Politically: Went way to the left from where I was at the begining of the year (your everyday left-leaning liberal/progressive) to a full on Liberatarian Socialist.

Sexuality and gender: Went from thinking I was a straight cis male LGBT+ Ally, to identifying as Bisexual, then realizing I am a Genderqueer Pansexual (Queer) who is romantically into guys (tras* or cis) or Genderqueer people.

Religiously: Went from an Atheist who hated religion, thinking it caused all the world's problems to an Agnostic atheist who thinks it is just part of the problem (it sometimes does good) and no longer hating religion.

Not much else has changed about me, but these changes have touched many parts of my life and outlook.

 

Nearly died a few times in the hospital. Quit smoking cigars. Went from being out bisexual to out and gay. Support libertarian ideals rather than republican. Quit trying to date women. I may become Anglican rather than Catholic.

 

Well, considering I'm still young, this post will... well... actually, considering how stubborn I am my beliefs will likely stay the same for a very very long time. But... here we go!

Politically: I am very much a dead center independent and I always have been. I actually don't really like politics that much. So... yeah...

Musically: When I was really young I loved pop-rock. Now, being a semi-professionally trained broadway, classical, and opera singer, I don't really have a favorite kind of music, I like anything that's good.

Sexuality: I started out thinking that I was born to be straight because I am the only boy in my family and only I can carry on my family's last name. And then not so much... I only started thinking I was gay just last year and then knew for sure over the summer. I'm not exactly flaming... but... I do have flamingly gay moments...

Religiously: Oh boy... Well, I was raised as Presbyterian by my Grandmother's iron fist, but very recently, I have completely ditched that. Now, I am a mix between Athiest and Agnostic... with Pagan tendencies (Yay for Wicca! It's fun!)... A very odd mix I know... But I'm weird and I know it!

I'm curious to see how much of this changes with time. Should be interesting.

 

In my opinion:
I've become okay and accepting of my sexuality
I have become much more social. Yet, I've seem to become much more socially anxious.
I started becoming more accepting of myself. Yet, sometimes, not so much....at all
I've gone from like awkward pop music to being a die hard kpopper (liking Korean pop music)
I went from not liking politics to not liking politics and being a libertarian
I lost weight and gained it and lost it, but I look skinnier than I was apparently so that's good.
I've gone from being more not nice and kind of selfish to trying to help everyone and nicer
I've become much more open minded.
I also have kind if struggled with religion. I'm starting to want to connect back with the Catholic church again

That was much more than I thought I was going to write but oh well

 

I was more opinionated. I learned that sometimes it's better to keep my mouth shut and think before I'm going to say or do something I regret. It helps to avoid unnecessary conflicts with others. I also became more open-minded in some ways.

When it comes to music, I got more into electronic music and I listen less to rock type of stuff nowadays. I still like some of the music I used to like years ago, it just seems my music taste is changing over time.

I experienced love, not mutually, unfortunately. I understand my sexuality a lot better now and have accepted it. I used to be confused and questioned it all the time. Went from thinking I was bisexual to not putting any labels on it to realizing I'm a lesbian.

 

Politically I have gotten way more liberal than I thought I could be. I used to be pretty moderate and prided myself on being in the middle. Now I find myself way more charged towards the far left than I have ever been.

Religiously I have somewhat wavered back and forth. I consider myself Christian with Agnostic tendencies. To be honest the whole gay thing never really played a part in that. It was for other reasons I moved away from being so gung-ho Christian. My parents don't know that part of me, but they know I have moved away from the church somewhat.

Sexually I am coming to terms with being gay. I'm new to this, so forgive me. But I am surprised at how open I have become without actually accepting being gay. I used to be really shy about my true personality, but in the past five years I have found friends who enjoy me being somewhat of a dramatist and liking a wide variety of subjects like fashion, sports, cooking, architecture, etc. Recently though I am surprised how un-stereotypical the gay culture is. Sure there are some people who are a bit extreme, but it's the same in the straight world too. And for that matter, should there be a difference between the two?

Musically I went through this big folk phase my senior year of college. Some of it was not a good place to go. Then I went to pure Broadway and nothing else. Now I have found a nice mix between all genres...except "screamer" music.

I have grown pretty comfortable with my loneliness. Do I love it? No, but I figure, I have to be ok with myself before someone else can love me. So...there's that!

 

Overall, I have become more honest and more direct. I know that I'm gay now, I've lost weight and kept it off, I've aged also, but somehow gotten healthier and more relaxed. People have noticed that I have changed a lot, and for the better.

These things are quite apart from the massively changed circumstances of my life, but I myself have not changed all that much, I've just become more of what I always was...

 

Well i don't have incredible anxiety anymore.

I have a new job which I love and am finally out of school for myself.

I have accepted myself truly at this point.

Politically the only real change I've had is more support for anything LGBT.

That's really it.

 

politically - I've gone from no political voice to democrat to aware that both sides are full of crap and no one is on the side of the people ( at least in America )

Music Tastes - I used to like rock/pop more, but now I really jam to decent rap music. I'm talking Eminem, Hopsin, and George Watsky

Religion - I went from agnostic to atheist. I'm fairly convinced there is no god.

I'm much more vocal about myself these days, but there are many areas where I'm still not comfortable in my own shoes.

I'd love to get comfortable enough around someone to maybe trust them to talk about stuff that I've never told anyone about. That'd be nice

 

I think the most important for me is that I came to terms with me being gay completely, since I met some gay people over the net and talking to them and stuff like that, kinda makes me feel I belong

 

I haven't much, really.

I made a big loop from being withdrawn shortly before college, to being somewhat extroverted and more confident by the end, to doing things I liked and enjoying my friends, to seeking new friends, acquaintances, and trying other places to live, and in the last few years I've turned inward, and have become more introverted all over again, minus the shyness at this iteration. Maybe I've always been an introvert that became a closet extrovert. And, through it all, the depression has always been there, so that never changed. I think that's the case.

In terms of some ancillary changes, I no longer practice the religion I grew up with to any great extent, I will tell people off if an altercation begins or they are rude, and I am more content to fly solo and do stuff on my own, yet manage to enjoy doing so.

 

I've expanded my musical taste a lot. 5 years ago I was deep in my RHCP loop but now I know so much more. I even started to appreciate Bach (which I used to HATE) and found my favourite symphony of all time (Brahms 2nd symphony). And! I've started to actually enjoy what the radio has to offer. So currently I like everything from the Carpenters to Kanye West to One Direction to Daft Punk to Tears for Fears to Beyonce to Portishead to Finnish folk to Chopin to Erykah Badu...

I've become way more outgoing. I've learned to greet buss drivers and I can almost say goodbye to salespersons and look them in the eye. 5 years ago I had two good friends and a bunch of people I didn't speak a word to. Now I have six best friends and a bunch of people that I enjoy to hang around, even though I'm still not sure that they find me interesting. I'm outspoken and straight forward, like I've always been, but now I'm starting to found the ground between being real and still being able to small talk without just tossing it off as 'being fake'.

I'm a better person in many ways, but I still have a lot to improve. I'm happy that my love/hate relationship towards other people is more on the love side these days.

 

I'm more outspoken on the evils of religion, gotten into politics (I used to think they were boring), I'm a humanist and an activist.

Other than that most other things have stayed the same, like music and what TV shows I'm into.

 

I've become way more outgoing, and developed an awesome taste for 80's music.