And I thought the 90s were bad...

First of all can I say how grumpy I am about the phrase 'noughties'. I've never liked it.

What a horrendous decade... I began it at the age of 21 and exited the other end 31. Says it all really. I've lost most of the hair on the top of my head (nice) and I'm 15 and a half stone.

I'm still single and I've had to watch most of my friends either marry or settle in long-term relationships. Brilliant.

I've gone from crap job to crap job- oh and I was punched in the face when I was a teacher. Now I'm 31 and am still a long way away from getting a new career sorted.

Perhaps the only positive thing to come out of the decade was a year I spent travelling around the world. If there was any light at the end of the horrfically long, badly-lit tunnel this was it.