• grew comfortable with myself (April)
• went full time (March)
• legal name change (October)
• learned to like myself (grew slowly all year)
• Breast Augmentation (Halloween)[\li]
  
  • see female in the mirror (December)
  • unfortunately: Divorced (December)
  How about you?

• got sober
• finally accepted myself and my need to transition
• started coming out to some select friends
• started seeing a therapist
• started HRT!
• started electrolysis

• Started HRT (Jan)
• Started electrolysis (Jan)
• Went full-time (Apr)
• Legal name change (Jul)
• First public speaking as myself (Jul)
• Began process to get approved for GRS (Nov)

• Discovered Myself
• Told my wife
• umm, yep, that's it

• Met my Girlfriend
• Had my SRS in Thailand
• Tights & Underwear shopping!

Quote from: Faith on December 08, 2017, 03:03:24 PM

• Discovered Myself

• Started HRT (Jan)
• Came out to a bunch of people
• Came out at work (June)
• Started living full time (June)
• Turned 45 (June)
• Told my parents (August)
• Started facial hair removal (December)

• Jan/Feb: Hit rock bottom, hard
• Finally got help in February
• Convinced myself that this was actually possible
• Hair removal (nearly done now)
• HRT
• Voice training
• Out to friends and family in July (I can still smell one bridge burning)
• Part time in late August
• FFS consult in August
• Learned to not run my chest into things any more 
• Name change in September
• Out at work and completely full time 27 October (ironically my first full time day at work was Halloween)
• Checking with more FFS docs and running out the clock for GRS now

• Gave up   

• Started HRT (Feb)
• Met Laurie (Jun)
  
• Orchiectomy (Sep)
• Met Kendra (Oct)
  
• Changed gender on identity documents (Nov)

• Started hrt (June)
• Went homeless (July-September)
• Went back to living with my parents
• Still on hrt despite being back in the closet
• Got a job finally (October)
• Came out successfully at job

• Got my driver's license at 35
• Lost 40+ lbs (about 80 total, the rest was in 2016!)
• Discovered a love for Panera's Orange Scones that threatens the weight loss
• Completed a good 50+ credit hours towards my degree
• Oh, and did the whole came to grips with being transgender thing and am about to start HRT as soon as my shipment arrives in a few days and came out to family and all that stuff. You know, a typical year.
• Ate more orange scones

• Lost 20 lbs
• Started electrolysis
• Started dressing androgynously at work to prepare for coming out there
• Stated dressing as myself at home and for errands 90% of the time
• Came out to a very select few friends
• Celebrated 3 years of sobriety
• Realized that my emotionally and financially abusive wife leaving me in 2016 was the best thing that could have happened to me (I know, I was a little slow on the up-take with that one)
• Rediscovered a love of cooking and baking that I thought was long dead

Quote from: EmilyRyan on December 08, 2017, 09:02:58 PM

• Started hrt (June)
• Went homeless (July-September)
• Went back to living with my parents
• Still on hrt despite being back in the closet
• Got a job finally (October)
• Came out successfully at job

Quote from: JoanneB on December 08, 2017, 08:26:33 PM

• Gave up