Best 3 decisions you have ever made

GoingToLukins
GoingToLukins Posts: 232
edited April 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I couldn't sleep last night and was in a rather contemplative mood. I narrowed it down to these three;

1. Deciding to swallow my pride and be the one to actively persue my (now) fiance, a rather shy guy. Until then I had never asked anybody out before and never thought I would/should have to.

2. Spending all my birthday money on a discman and the No Code and Down on the Upside album when I was 12, thus beggining a lifelong love affair.

3. Investing my entire life's savings in Apple stock at $55 a share (now at about $175). I'm usually not a money driven person, but this move has given me opportunities that I would never have had otherwise. It's allowed me to buy a condo, funded quite a few concert-related road trips, and will pay for my wedding to aforementioned guy <3

What would be your 3?



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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    off the top of my head, not putting too much thought into it:


    1. marrying my husband. :)

    2. studying abroad, 2x...and traveling as much as possible!

    3. changing majors, changing careers....just those big *changes* in general....learning and living, going a different route...has ALWAYS worked out to be so GOOD for me!



    :)
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  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    1. choosing my college

    2. choosing my grad school program, though I'm still not sure if this will pan out as a good decision in the long run

    3. ????
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    My top three have all involved telling people to fuck off. :D
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    1. Not getting on tour bus, and cleaning up instead.

    2. Trusting my friends and signing the legal documents they presented me with.

    3. I have decided to bear a child. I'm pretty sure I will not regret this decision.
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle
  • rearviewmiror
    rearviewmiror Posts: 894
    3. Finally admitting that I was unhappy and getting divorced.

    2. Moving to Boston

    1. Sticking by my family when it was easier not too.
    9/7/98, 8/3/00, 9/4/00, 4/15/03, 7/1/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 6/17/08, 6/22/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 5/17/10, 10/15/13, 10/16/13.
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    erm... the only one that comes to my head is

    1 giving £5 ( which is very little amount of money, but it made me feel good anyway ) to help pets

    and that's about it, my every other decisions hasn't been life changing or great

    i'm gonna have to grow some balls in future ;) that's my decision for making future decisions :D
  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    1) Got the courage to open up my own store.
    2) Chose an engineering degree over a technical diploma.
    3) Chose turning left over right down a road one night (my personal story with someone and I will not say anymore :))
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    ~saying goodbye to a HUGE part of my life

    ~writing a message :D

    ~making a really big choice.
    ~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
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    EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!

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    It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    1. Getting divorced.

    2. Quitting a job that was killing me.

    3. 3rd decision is yet to be made, but when I make it... well, anyway, I'll keep you posted. :)
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • GoingToLukins
    GoingToLukins Posts: 232
    SENROCK! wrote:
    ~saying goodbye to a HUGE part of my life

    ~writing a message :D

    ~making a really big choice.
    Sen; you were there when I met my fiance; after the Kissimmee show. Just thought I'd share. :)



    Three crooked hearts, swirls all around

    You can't spell Gossard without G-O-D
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    My top three have all involved telling people to fuck off. :D
    :D

    quite the misanthrope aren't we Fins?
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    GoingToLukins wrote:
    Sen; you were there when I met my fiance; after the Kissimmee show. Just thought I'd share. :)

    yes i remember you posting about it! That was one damn good weekend! :D
    ~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
    Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
    EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!

    "Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95

    It takes balls to put out a UKE album!
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    :D

    quite the misanthrope aren't we Fins?


    I am, today. ;)
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I am, today. ;)
    One of my good decisions, not necessarily top 3 ever but still a good one, was to download John Martyn's Solid Air the other day. I am very much enjoying it. Over the Hill and May You Never are brilliant. It is abundantly obvious where you take most of your musical influence from.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    One of my good decisions, not necessarily top 3 ever but still a good one, was to download John Martyn's Solid Air the other day. I am very much enjoying it. Over the Hill and May You Never are brilliant. It is abundantly obvious where you take most of your musical influence from.


    Not his lyrics, though. They are poo.
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    1. Coming to Manchester. It's really allowed me to come out of my shell in a way that was never socially acceptable in my hometown. It's let me be myself and let me follow my goals. If I didn't go to uni I would have been an introvert recluse with no friends, no doubt about it.

    2. Going travelling last year. Made me realise how easy it is to travel and it doesn't have to be really stressful.

    3. Finally getting the confidence to approach girls. before I always came from the perspective of thinking the girl could do better than me, which obviously got me nowhere. Okay, it took a few psychopaths to boost my confidence, but I now feel a lot more comfortable in my own skin.



    General coming of age stuff I guess. I'm sure it's the same thing for everyone escaping teens, but oh well.
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    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
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  • urbanhippie
    urbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Resuming my education.

    Asking for a divorce.

    ....................
    A human being that was given to fly.

    Wembley 18/06/07

    If there was a reason, it was you.

    O2 Arena 18/09/09
  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    fowls wrote:
    1. Coming to Manchester. It's really allowed me to come out of my shell in a way that was never socially acceptable in my hometown. It's let me be myself and let me follow my goals. If I didn't go to uni I would have been an introvert recluse with no friends, no doubt about it.

    2. Going travelling last year. Made me realise how easy it is to travel and it doesn't have to be really stressful.

    3. Finally getting the confidence to approach girls. before I always came from the perspective of thinking the girl could do better than me, which obviously got me nowhere. Okay, it took a few psychopaths to boost my confidence, but I now feel a lot more comfortable in my own skin.



    General coming of age stuff I guess. I'm sure it's the same thing for everyone escaping teens, but oh well.

    Been through and past number #3 buddy!

    Good stuff to hear.....makes me feel like I wasn't the only guy with some self confidence issues back in the day....amazing what confidence can do for you with the ladies....:)
  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Not in order...

    1. Leaving my first wife.
    2. Deciding to never have kids
    3. Reading that first Edward Abbey book at an early age...
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,168
    1. deciding to father children
    2. going to college and grad school
    3. refusing to grow up aside from caring and providing for said children

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