Well for me thankfully the New Year is filled with a lot of hope. No intensions of jumping off the train. I'm quite happy with the progress other than my ability to get my weight down. I think another year of HRT is going to be great . I just love the metamorphous .

2014... the year I got my name changed
2015... the year I got my gender marker changed!

I'm sure there's much more in store for me in the next year, but I'd rather take it as it comes. SRS maybe 2016 :/

for me 2015 might be a big year,

but this could change as a finding a job is gonna be paramount in making sure i can support myself
financially more so than i can atm, just in case things don't go as i plan.

Things for me will hopefully include

Coming out to immediate family (regardless of what happens this will be my last christmas presenting as male)
Coming out to friends (most of my friends are online tho so this may not be so difficult)
starting to present publicly as my true gender

anything else that may come up i will take as it comes

Assuming all goes well I'm getting my marker changed tomorrow. Hopefully, it will also be possible to change my birth certificate and name this year.

I decided I am going to transistion.... much later into the future. Finances, is the number one reason. Follow by, my education and my career will come into question. I want to be feminine.... but I am going to let "her" go into a "coma" so I can live my life without wondering about love guys and beauty.

How? I am going to focus on my self. I am going to cut my hair to a very short version of what I have. No more colognes or pheromones (after this week).

One day she'll be free. My priority is financial stability, losing weight, and education.

2015 will be a very nonromantic black and white... professional year.

2015 will probably include filing for name change sometime in Jan or Feb. Only other major thing is I'm debating between purchasing 4 more laser sessions or waiting for tax refund and doing E3000. I've had 7 or 8 laser and my hair is already pretty sparse, so I almost wonder if going to Dallas which is less then a two hour drive might kill it all off. Rest of the year is pretty much live life and let HRT work, while I save money to hopefully do GRS summer of 2016. I plan on starting college Fall 2015 at the young age of 30, well I've technically completed 2 years worth already so it's continueing, but it might be more then 2 years left because I have to hit pre requisites for nursing. I'd start now but tuition is much cheaper if I live in the state for a year.

2014 - Started HRT, came out to almost all of my family and friends (still waiting to tell my boys since the oldest is having a hard time with the divorce).
2015 - Get name and gender change done in Jan/Feb. Come out to my boys. Go full time at work. Publicly come out to everyone else. Hopefully finish clearing facial hair--currently at about 80 hours of electro that's been done. Get rid of extra fat on my tummy.
2016 - GRS, trachea shave, and maybe breast aug (I'll be eligible for insurance to cover it, but I may want to give HRT more time).

Well I was hoping for SRS in 2015, had plenty of sick leave saved up would probably be able to cover the costs without breaking the bank...all good except my position is apparently about to become redundant and I'll be out of a job. So my priorities for next year may be different now, securing a regular income will be top of the list, getting myself veejayed will have to wait until that is sorted.

GCS in February. Recover and then just live my life, which will be campaigning for the rights of transgender men and women. If the pollies thought I shook their tree last year, Goddess help them next

I am going to test the waters and see if I can find myself a boyfriend. Because I still have a grotesque monster between my legs I am insecure wirth the whole intimate relationship thing but we will see.
Oh, and I am going to plan out getting SRS and research doctors and such. I am an ozzie and would prefer to be australian made.

Quote from: DanielleA on December 26, 2014, 02:39:29 AM
I am going to test the waters and see if I can find myself a boyfriend. Because I still have a grotesque monster between my legs I am insecure wirth the whole intimate relationship thing but we will see.
Oh, and I am going to plan out getting SRS and research doctors and such. I am an ozzie and would prefer to be australian made.

I being recreated downunder, downunder

Quote from: DanielleA on December 26, 2014, 02:39:29 AM
I am an ozzie and would prefer to be australian made.

Yay, another Aussie! And yeah, I know what you mean, I'm wanting an Oz doctor too.

Kinda wishing things could move along at a bit quicker pace but happy and thankful for the progress I have made thus far

I'll probably get MADE IN U.S.A. tattooed on my bum but will be quite happy with any qualified and reputable surgeon

Began transitioning around Aug. 2005, started HRT in Oct. 2009 and will have SRS if and when able but right now it seems so far out of reach like it would take a miracle or something

I'll never give up hope though 

Good cheer and hugs

2014: The year I came out, started full time, started HRT, name and gender marker change. All legal documents updated.
2015: , consult for SRS, add second therapist, Letters for SRS, relationship with a guy although this might end up starting this year still.
Theoretically SRS is possible in 2015, but I'm not betting on it tell early 2016.

I feel bad now about not clicking "More Questioning then I thought I'd be" since that is how a good part of this year and most of last went. Coming to really accept myself for who I am. Finally feeling good about being in my own skin (Large thanks to HRT and working on my emotional health) only led to more questioning. Which I think is great. Face it, transitioning ain't for weenies; and my stage name is Oscar Myer 

However mid year or so I came to the point of knowing I NEED to do some sort of transition. Back to part time at the very least. My current life circumstances put a temporary hold on that. Plus me being a weenie (see above), procrastinating on key things, putting off the inevitable for....?

OK, I still carry around some shame.

The one thing I totally embrace, even more today then when I first started this process six years ago is "I know what does not work". I spent 30+ years trying an alternate route. My current one may not be optimum, but it works for me today. I always remind myself of the old sailing adage "It is not about the destination. It is the voyage that counts"

Hmmm, I was really lucky to get lots of checks into lots of boxes during 2014, but here are a few for 2015:

I'd like to knock off all the remaining bureaucratic hurdles so that all my documentation is female.  Driver's license...healthcare card...foreign residency card.

It would be nice to meet a cute guy who could handle being with me now, and after July once I get snipped and tucked

The rest?  After a frantic and full transition in 2014, which I confess totally exceeded my wildest expectations, I'd just like to return to a more boring life - maybe take a course in something, just be a regular girl.

Oh, and finish up with the &%$)¿¡ electrolysis 

Great topic!

I'm very, very early in my journey - started HRT a week ago. I'm still trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong with sublingual intake of my Estrace, so mastering that is my top priority haha. Tried buccal method (between my front bottom gum and lip) this morning and after almost two hours, it was a slimy mess and I just swished it down with water. I'm a total mess!

Other than that, I can't wait to see and feel progress...and to finally match my outside with my inside. I'm being a total hermit right now and not making an effort to see friends...and be social...which is so awful. I have this weird concept of cocoon-turned-butterfly which is unrealistic and damaging, to say the least. I'll just have to find a way to hang on to my woman self so I don't lose her while still in this transformational stage.

My ID will expire in March and I decided that there is no way I will renew it with my old name. I swore 10 years ago that my next ID will have a new name and gender marker on it.
I have a job offer after 4 month of unemployment(which slowed things down considerably), the details will be discussed with the company at the beginning of the new year. I will work my ass of to prove that I'm someone who is worth keeping. If that works out I will come out at work and use the money I earned to change my birth certificate and all my other documents and to start HRT. Until then I work on my voice as much as I can because at the moment that is my biggest problem.

  Have gender change letter ,gcs letters, name change right after first of 2015 , marriage after name change then a short stroll down the path to gcs.

I think I can get my name change pretty easily. I think all I need is a letter from my therapit