I think people got to burned out on Y2K hysteria they are not even marking the end of this decade but I think I'd like to.

I spent the decade writing this blog and believe it to be the astrology blog of the decade.  Better yet, I think it will improve over the next decade!

What have you done for the last 10 years?

The first half of the decade, I partied like a rockstar. 

The second half, I took care of stuff I should have done in the first half. 

This decade was hard, astrologically, for me.

A Pluto transit conjunct my Sun.

And Uranus transit conjunct my Ascendant and square my Sun.

But things were WAY better starting late 2008.

Pop culture wise I think mainstream radio music sucked and movies the second half of the decade were stagnant. Hollywood was really jaded this decade and had a huge brain fart this decade. I mean what is up with all the movie remakes?

Jeez what a question! The decade of my 30's--

I would like the NEXT decade to be different and better. I'd like to finally figure some stuff out. Like how to get myself where I want to be -- with dogs.

Alicia: that's just what I was going to say.

Solidified my stance on a lot of things.

Worked hard on my craft.

This decade was hard on my relationship.

This was the decade I became a grown-up.

I developed self-esteem in the last decade and it's something I'm proud of.

Killed time, picked up everybody's mess, parented my parents. Ugh.

The past ten years I finally got my shit together as a human being, and the rest of my life I will be improving on who I am and what I do.  The skeletons are all out of the closet, the regrets and guilts are purged, it's time to march forward and take the reins.  Hope I don't get stampeded by my horses while I'm trying to do this.  :D

Finished my BA and my MBA. got married, got divorced and am now engaged, moved to England and back again (marriage and divorce), lost and gained the same 40 lbs (on the losing end of that again now), saw 5 nieces and nephews born into this world, lost a part of myself that I liked a lot but am now finding it again, etc. etc. etc.

It's amazing to look back over a decade and see what you've done with it.  Kind of like looking at your taxes every year and wondering where all that money went!

This decade has been all about motherhood.  My oldest was born January 12, 2000.

Being a mom combined with rediscovering/reinventing myself will be the theme of the coming decade.  I'll be a mom of three teens come 2017.   

the beginning of the decade heralded the birth of my last child, the end heralds the end of the my childbearing years.  the past ten years have been about parenting in many different circumstances.  it's been the one clear thread, tho it didn't always seem so clear.

the end of the next decade will be at the end of my child-rearing years, but presumably not the end of my parenting (as far as I can tell it never really ends, it just morphs into something new).  I hope to spend the next decade enjoying my children while they're still at home. 

So, as an aside: what are people going to call this decade anyway? People have tried to coin "The Oughties" and even "The Noughties." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s I personally think those sound weird, but there don't seem to be many alternatives yet. And saying "The 2000s" sounds like it could refer to the whole millennium.

Perhaps they can try Turn of the Century again, but that sounds so old...

Wow!! This past decade I have become aware of my love of being a mom. I also became a shop owner and kinda come into my own. I too have become aware of the end of my child bearing years which is kinda sad for me. I became a mom for the second time in 2008 when I was told I was too old for more. I also got married for the first time at the ripe age of 38,lol. Lot of stuff has happened in the 10 years it goes by extremely fast anymore.

I like the Naughties, but I would.

A decade ago I was knee deep in Saturn Return stuff.  I'm actually pretty proud of how I got through that, and how I've reaped the seeds sown then.  I've grown up, taken a lot more responsibility, learned how to cut other people AND myself a lot of slack, and generally become a lot more like the person I want to be.

The past decade... self-imposed a lot of solitude, tried on a lot of costumes, chased death then decided I could do without it, grew into myself over and over and over again and still growing.

Manifested my career vision.

I am the same as InteriorCastle.....my relationships went through the meat grinder.....I have learned so much this past decade about relationships and like Kashmiri, I have found my self-confidence in them, especially these last 18 months.  I know what I want now more than ever and definitely what I don't want.  More about how I deserve to be treated and what I will not tolerate, from siblings, to friends, to children, to partners.....every realm of relationships. My parents were both gone by late 99' and this decade has been about learning to live without them....whew!, it has been a ride, I was so close to both of them....I didn't think I would ever be without them, but I know so much more about myself now.

everything in the world happened. my father died. I stopped talking to my mom. Whole towns stopped talking to me. I got married, had three kids, divorced. Moved prob. 20 times. Helped my younger sibs growup. Got my heart stomped nearly to death, barely made it out alive. Realized how important astrology is too me, started learning for real,  elbowing out years of being a palmist. opened a biz. Got very serious about my parenting, esp. as relates to one of special needs kids. Saw Soooooo many bands in the first half, and threw more parties than I will ever remember. Traveled to Sicily, Bali and France, and finally woke up in a way I haven't since I was a kid.

Found love, lost love.  That's the most important, I think.  *looks at halo*

Also figured out what I want to be when I grow up and started working on that, finally.  This past year has been grieving and rediscovering myself after losing myself.  I think that's going to be the theme for the next decade: rediscovery, growth, and forgiveness.

finished a lot of schooling.  became a mom.  learned to respect and take care of my Self.

found myself put together well enough that i'm actually, finally, managing to have a healthy longterm relationship...

This decade was my decade spent as a teenager and the past few years I have been transitioning from that to an adult. I can't say I am at the adulthood point now but this new decade will be all about that transition. This decade, for me, has been marked by me spending quite a bit of time REBELLING against... everything! I am learning now that I may never change but sometimes rebelling against everything is a lot harder to do when you learn that some things are more complicated than we once thought. What a strange decade to grow up in, but I guess you could say that about any decade? This new decade will start slowly for me, that's for sure.

Well, technically, a new decade always begins with a 1, not a 0. So 2010 will still be this decade >_<

Just a pet peeve of mine...

Well has certainly been a rollercoaster of a ride - the start of the decade was my last three years of high school, and definitely the hardest most depressing years of my life so far, and I've had a lot of struggle with anxiety and such since, but I look on it as a learning process - my naive view on the world and of others certainly got tested and opened up to reality instead.  Plus the Pluto square to my Mercury in the last few years was also very difficult causing a lot of control and obsessional issues - but again even though it was hard at the time, it has provided me with more learning experiences which I can now be positive about instead.

On the general good side though, this has been a wonderful decade for technology and learning, as well as entertainment.  The number one of that being the internet which is the true wonder of the decade (although obviously took off back in the 90s - but became more widely available by the 2000s).  It has provided for so many opportunities for sharing knowledge and such: it's been so wonderful to have a question and be immediately able to look it up and get so much information and shared experiences and thoughts all in the comfort of our own homes.  Plus when I say entertainment, again it has provided for the ability to discover so many other stuff and alternative stuff we would probably not have come across before - such as last.fm - type in a band you like and get a list of others that are similar, or do a search online for a tv series or film you like and get recommendations from others about other ones that are similar that you might like.  Plus it has also provided for cheaper shopping as well such as Ebay and Amazon.

Quote "Well, technically, a new decade always begins with a 1, not a 0. So 2010 will still be this decade >_<"

It would make sense that a decade does start on the year 0 not 1, as when we are born we are 0 years old, we have been alive for a whole year once we reach 1.

last century the first decade was called the "noughties."  grandma remembers her parents talking about it.  but people don't use the number "nought" for zero much anymore...

Hmm a thread that causes deep introspection.

I was 17 when the decade began...now at 27 I see I was constantly chasing my impluses letting them control me. I needed to make out with that guy, travel to that country..and haha conquer that career. I DID IT! I accomplished all of my ambitions, desires, and although I didn't come out unscathed (whoaaaa take about burns and bruises) I came out more beautiful, unique and comfortable in my body.

 2010 is where I get to inspire, show it off  and lead others into new and exciting territories. How's that for a sagitarius stellium/aries moon and pisces MC mantra.

I read this article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8419756.stm

The biggest conflict then in the past decade has been between You and Your expectations. If the Noughties have been unnerving, what can we expect from the next decade? They will after all be called the Teens.

 

and thought it was perfect. Is this Neptune in Aquarius? 

I started working for myself and built a small business. I lost a hundred pounds and came out of my shell in more ways than I can imagine. I grew up a lot.

I raised my daughter from 10 to 20 - she'll be moving the day after Christmas. So next decade will be my husband and I together, just us, I guess. Definitely a new era for my life.

Next ten years, I want to find new, wonderful ways to participate and contribute to the world.

goddess, I need to lose 100 pounds! Lol.

I hope my 2010's will be what the 00's was to you.

not necessarily in order: 

got a job and moved up the ladder (not always fun, but needed the money for the next two items on this list)

got married

bought a house and paid it off by living on the cheap and refusing the advice of so called financical experts

turned 30 (saturn return)  

learned to snowboard, mountain bike, rock climb, ice climb, scuba dive and surf (and actually became proficient at all but surfing)

learned astrology

learned how to program computers

traveled to australia, live a winter in British Columbia climbing and snowboarding

Next decade (get off the ladder and live closer my heart and spirit), live outside the USA for at least a year, gain dual citizenship in another country, surf, climb, and dive more.  Write a book.  Learn to play at least one musical instrument well enough to perform it in public.

Great list!  Welcome, Joules! :)