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What decision that you made originally seemed insignificant but then turned out to be life-changing? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by snek_boi@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] iamhazel 32 points 3 months ago

I did a show at the local theatre when I was 17. First time doing theatre. I had been homeschooled and sheltered my whole life for religious reasons.

Since then I've deconstructed my faith, learned I'm trans, have had sex without getting married gasp, tried drugs, came up with my own values and beliefs, all the usual stuff, and it can all be traced back to that small impulsive choice to do something that intimidated me and try theatre.

I mean, I'm sure I would've got out eventually but I'm happy things happened the way they did.

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 3 months ago

In a D&D game that I got in through Roll20 matchmaking. One of the players asks if I want to join another campaign with his friends, said yes.

One of those friends is now my fiancee that I moved states for. The original guy ghosted all of us in a harsh way but I'll forever owe my new life to him.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Asked my boss jokingly and nonchalantly if they would relocate me. I didn't expect an easy yes and full support. Then I asked my boss' boss, and he said yes too. 2 years later, I uprooted my whole life and moved across the world to a new country with my wife. Biggest life changing event I've had so far.

[–] abos@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That sounds very familiar. Made a comment to my department leader back then that we should have someone to keep an eye on the quality of our partners in Asia. About 2 months later all my belongings where in a suitcase and I was on the plane with a one way ticket. That was nearly 10 years ago. In hindsight the most important decision in my life (so far).

[–] Loulou@lemmy.mindoki.com 4 points 3 months ago

What was the countries if you don't mind?

I moved from Sweden to France and that started out with a girl friend asking me out of the blue if I wanted to do a (studying) year in France? Sure why not?

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When I was 9 or 10 I decided I wanted to dress up as a character from a show I was watching at the time for carnival.

Together with my mom I performed a web search in order to find images of that character.

We found a website specializing in that show and after a while I found out it had a forum attached to it. My mom allowed me to register there and I started to participate in it.

Most of my social contacts during my teen years were in online communities I found indirectly through that forum.

[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nice! I still communicate daily with a small community who found each other in a paid forum of a gaming magazine 20 years ago. We also have meetups sometimes. Initially, when the forum dissolved we created our own little forum but switched to Slack at some point.

[–] raunz@mander.xyz 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Playing Outer Wilds ::)

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

It's so unbelievably good

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

I got my pupper thinking I was babysitting an invasive species (not in the classic breed list) and now I'm three generations down the doggy lineage.

[–] AnokLola@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Getting a haircut

[–] I_am_10_squirrels 3 points 3 months ago

Care to expand?