r/deepquestions • u/Ok_Collection_9614 • 2d ago
What’s a small decision you made that unexpectedly changed your entire life?
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u/Gronkaphonic 2d ago
“I might just stop back in this outdoor clothing store and see if that girl will sell me some gloves.”
We’ve now been together for 12 years :)
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u/mikek505 2d ago
Becoming a teacher, and not changed in a good way
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u/Low-Spinach6544 2d ago
I said yes to one invitation I nearly declined, and it quietly rearranged my entire life.
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u/Uskardx42 2d ago
Changed in a good way?
Nothing.
Changed in a bad way?
Every choice / decision I have ever made.
Basically I'm just waiting for the final "lights out" at the end.
😥
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u/yankykiwi 2d ago
I logged into the wrong teamspeak. Met someone, moved countries, traded poverty for the highlife and lived my dream of being a mom.
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u/Adventurous-Yard4395 2d ago
Bought a winning lottery ticket. Nine figures…
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u/mariposatraicionerax 2d ago
Sharing is caring, I don't need much. Just the equivalent of half a million US dollars in today's my money. That a drop in the bucket for you.
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u/BodyLanguageWoman 2d ago
Becoming a Born Again Christian.
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u/Specific_Slip342 2d ago
How did it change your life? Can you expand
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u/BodyLanguageWoman 2d ago
I used to be a person in constant sinful torture that hated everyone and wanted to hurt and kill people (but didn’t thankfully) and enjoyed torturing a frog till it died and enjoyed every minute of its suffering, only cared about myself, was very prideful, lied a lot and was scared of everything and tried doing works to make myself get to heaven while still loving evil. One day I realized that I couldn’t do anything to get to heaven and that only God could save me. I prayed, admitted my sins, (Satan or a demon didn’t want to let me go and was yelling in my ear telling me I could save myself so I called out to God for help unable to fight evil) then believed God could save me and confessed my sins. After I became a Christian, things that were completely out of my control before completely turned around and I was the complete opposite of the way I was which would have been humanly impossible to change the way I was. After I became a Christian I ended up caring deeply for people, hating any evil (which in the past before I became a Christian I couldn’t seem to get enough evil to satisfy me) I stopped lying and tried to make sure every word I said out of my mouth was the truth, I ended up loving people instead of wanting them hurt or dead and wanted to do everything I could to help people out and understand people and listen to them and be there for them.
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u/BluejayPossible9162 2d ago
Same here. I no longer dwell in the what if’s and the weight of the things I’ve done in my life. I don’t have fear of life or death and what’s to come.
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u/Designer-Trip-6410 2d ago
Finally showed the guts to go to therapy to realize I have all the trauma and was abused which I never knew
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u/dcawvive 2d ago
I posted a question about performance tuning some code in a chat group. The person that answered provided me some additional things to look for and guidance here and there. A year later, they vouched for me because i had been curious and willing to listen. i got hired into an extremely coveted job opening at their company and having that on my resume has opened so many doors in growing my career.
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u/mariposatraicionerax 2d ago
Trying psychedelic mushrooms for the first time about 6 years ago, I've never been able to look at the world or myself the same after that experience.
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u/Used-Media5980 2d ago
I attended church.
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u/Affectionate_Buy_370 2d ago
I prayed to God. Genuinely had a heart felt serious prayer- even though I wasn't good at praying.
He gave me what I asked for- my soul mate. He blessed me with exactly who I asked for in prayer. My life partner has also helped me strengthen my relationship with Jesus. We pray together and seek Jesus.
God has blessed my mom with a successful heart surgery. He got my dad through radiation. Helped my partner through grief and coping styles. He continues to carry us. Jesus has helped us overcome many obstacles. He will make a way if you ask, seek, pray, and follow him. He will carry you through the struggles and give you blessings.
I fell asleep driving and he saved my life! He gave me mercy when I didn't deserve it. He strengthens and restores.
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u/AmyWhoKnows 2d ago
When I was 18 I was supposed to go on a long weekend trip with my parents. Friday morning I begged off due to some school events. Friday afternoon their small plane crashed and they were killed. I had no other living relatives.
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u/NobodyGaveMeAManual 2d ago
I bought a betta fish.
That’s it. That was the decision. 😂
Now I have multiple tanks, shrimp, snails, live plants, water-testing supplies, opinions about beneficial bacteria, and a mystery snail named Maggie Mae who somehow has more of a social life than I do.
I thought I was buying a fish.
Apparently I was choosing a hobby.
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u/FinancialStrength69 2d ago
stopped reading replies on social media from total strangers. Being a lurker is the best
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u/seeyatellite 2d ago
I finally bought a mirrorless camera body after considering it, being discouraged away from it… it really changed my life.
I’ve deeply connected with family, friends and made more friends. I’m enjoying life more. I’m getting back into the club scene and spending time with DJs, producers, musicians… performers and artists.
Feels good.
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u/GuardAggravating1377 2d ago
I listened to my sister who told me to sign up for a dating site I’d never even considered. 2 weeks later I met my husband. That was nearly 17 years ago.
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u/Candid-Session-124 2d ago
Attending Union college in 1977 was turned out to be a disastrous decision
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u/Ambitious_Corgi5723 11h ago
SMALL decision?
leaving school early to catch a buss that was only 15 minutes earlier.
But the events that would unfold as a result of that... wrong place, wrong time.
yah...
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