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Stopped doing hard drugs. Finished treatment for Hep C (cured). Going back to school for what I love (architecture). Just bought a car and have held down a job for the past year.Moving alone to a city at 21 (grew up in a town of 1300) with almost zero money in the bank for a job slightly above minimum wage as a data entry clerk on a six month contract. Worked my ass off for that six months, as I had no backup plan, and got hired full time. I distinctly remember one night 1-2 years later looking around at my now fully furnished apartment with a meal made by my then girlfriend and realised everything I saw I earned. Fast forward 9 years later and I've worked my way up the corporate ladder and my fiancé and I will be putting an offer on our dream home tomorrow night. It's really hard to feel how much you progress in life until you look back at where you were. The small day to day progress really adds up.Took a tab of LSD, ended up having a terrible night and dissecting everything I hated about myself, quit my job and immediately went back to school, maintained a 4. 0 which allowed me to get scholarships/grants/aid, and within a year Ill be done. Already worked a few seasons in my field and have a job lined up, ready to hit the ground and crush life. Thanks LSD. Your mileage may vary on that one though, I can't help but feel like I just got extremely lucky.My ex girlfriend got hooked on heroin so I broke it off (1). I slipped a Narcan into her bag before she walked out the door (2). Later that week, I heard she tried to purposely OD. someone found the Narcan and brought her back. Apparently, she turned her life around after that. Edit: we were together for almost 10 years. For things to have ended like that. . . it hurts so fucking bad. I heard she sobered up and recently got engaged. Glad I could do her one last solid. Have a nice life, Ape. ❤️It sounds super trivial but - keeping a diary. Even if it's just to keep track of what you did that day, our memories can only store so much. Being in touch with your feelings and exactly how you live your life on a day to day basis makes a huge difference to your overall wellbeing. Writing something down not only makes you realise exactly how you feel, but it forces you to accept something rather than repress it, and that's the first step in tackling troubling thoughts. It's done wonders for my mental health and working out what my goals in life are.Walking out of an easy job. Paid the bills with minimal effort but I knew I was capable of more. Knew if I waited to job hunt and get interviews, I'd just keep putting it off. If I quit, I had to do something. Went to lunch, didn't go back. Two years later, I've doubled my income at a job just as easy except I actually feel like I have a chance of getting ahead now.Leaving an abusive relationship even though I loved them very much. Sometimes you have to put yourself firstI stopped smoking weed. Hear me out. I have nothing against people that smoke weed at all. I just realized that I started lying to myself to justify smoking so at that point I decided I needed to change something. I also thought I could get all my school work done whilst high and almost failed out of college my first semester. Realized that I wasn’t getting the most out of life that I could because I was smoking all the time. Since I stopped I’ve gotten only 2 C’s in two years of school and have found myself feeling much healthier and happier.While in a tumultuous relationship I chose to not be jealous or resentful towards my partner, or anyone else. The biggest thing was realizing that it truly was a choice. When I felt jealous I previously took it personally, for no reason whatsoever, but felt so much more free, stable, and loving when I chose to not do that. It's carried over to a lot of other aspects of my life and has truly helped me to judge and take situations for what they are, allowing me to feel loved a lot easier.This isn't going to sound like much, but I decided to appeal the suspension of my financial aid privileges so i could go to the closest university to my house. I have a wife and kids to worry about so I can't just leave. We are getting by okay but theres no way I could afford to add tuition into my budget. Anyway, after almost 2 years of grueling back-and-forth between us, my renewal of priveleges was finally approved and I start school on September at the ripe old age of 31. Edit: For those asking on how I went about the appeal, I'm sure its different depending on where you plan on going. In my case i had to fill out an endless pile of forms explaining why I dropped out (I attempted to join the military after we went to war in Iraq, but was medically unfit and also obese at the time. I shouldn't have dropped out until after I was sure. ) Then I had to somehow explain how my situation has changed enough to convince them that I wasn't a danger of dropping out again. They "lost" numerous forms and had me restart the appeal like 3 times. I think they do this on purpose to make sure you are committed to attending. I had to fill out an academic plan and write an essay about my plans. I just kept filling out everything they asked of me and 22 months later I got a notice saying they had "expedited my appeal for approval," and my aid package award letter was available 3 days after that. I am an ecology major. My biggest dream in life is to one day set foot on Antarctica, I feel like I just got one step closer (out of thousands. )Getting sober. Absolutely the best decision ever. Never knew life could be this good.Going back to high school. I'm almost done, only 14 years late. Worth it.Having a full hysterectomy, due to endometriosis and adenomyosis, so that I could be healthier for my daughter while her dad battles a very rare form of cancer. We are no longer together, but are best friends and co parent very well!Noticing the guy crying hysterically on the 3rd floor at my old college. Saw him begin motioning to climb over the ledge so I ran up those flights of stairs so fast. Caught him just before he jumped and pulled him back over the railing.Well, I'm heading back to college in the fall to study something different. I just beat cancer and have been feeling bored with the work I do lately, so I want to study something else and make a change. It's exciting and I'm feeling really positive lately :)I met this girl my first year in the Navy. She was Russian and in the US on a work visa (She was studying English and got to spend the summer in the US as a part of her university program). While she was here, she was working as a lifeguard for the apartment pool and I was swimming everyday to I could pass a swim qual for a navy school I was going to. After a few days of flirting and conversation I find out she lived in apartment 101 and I lived in 102 of the same building. She was the girl next door. She told me her dream was to get an American education but unfortunately she would have to leave at the end of the summer. If you know anything about military pay, you get an extra allowance for housing if your married. I married her so she could start her dream and I'd get paid more. We agreed that if it didn't work out, we would divorce when she got her green card. It was risky. I could go to jail, and she could get deported and never be able to return. But, I fell in love with her and she me. This next August will be our 11 year anniversary and we have 2 kids. I can't imagine my life without her now. Sometimes the risk is worth it. Just plug your nose and jump. Edit: Ok I've learned from you guys that the story about my Russian spy wife would make for a great movie and your all crying. Thanks guys. I've literally read every comment and responded to a couple because you guys are rad. Also, reddit gold? wtf go donate to a charity.Breaking up with the emotionally manipulative girlfriend. I think we’re all in that situation with a partner at some point or other and finally taking the step to get away from them and realise you don’t need them is a big part of emotional maturity.I quit drinking soda as a sophomore in HS. To make a long story short, it was an awkward and sad time in my life. I had a horrible diet and was very scrawny and pale. I would get home from school and just game and drink a ton of soda. I looked ill, and was bullied by my own “friends” that I would hang out with daily. They didn’t believe I could give it up, but I did. My skin got clearer, my life got happier, and I began to excel in track. Now I’m fit and they’re overweight, funny how that works. There are a ton of details I’m leaving out, but I would never be who I am today if I never gave it up. It was less of just soda, and more of the bad habits/lifestyle that came with how much I consumed. TL;DR - Gave up soda and shitty lifestyle choices, became the person I always dreamt of beingEdit: Thanks for the responses everyone, it brings a smile to my face hearing similar stories and asking further questions. I wish you all the best!Stop stressing about school and grades so much. My whole life I've felt like it's been a swirl of ABCDF and GPA. When I realized I wanted something else after school, my entire outlook and motivation to exist changed. Late Edit: I understand reasons that people have to stress about grades such as a competitive major, graduate school or scholarships. I should have emphasized being disillusioned with a chosen major and the pressure of having to decide your life's career so young.Got off my prescription anxiety medication (first Valium, then Klonopin), which I was on between 10th grade to my freshman year of college. I got hooked on the shits, started abusing them to get high, experimented with other prescriptions, stole prescriptions, stole money from my family. . . . I was a major scumbag to be honest. But after drugs lead me to dropping out of college, I decided that was it. All they did was make me tired and lazy, and I turned into such a bad person. But upon getting off them (with the help of my psychiatrist) I started a regular gym routine, got my first job, enrolled in EMS classes and got back to community college. Now I’m a nursing student with a job in EMS, and I look and feel better than I ever have before in my life. I have no regrets and I feel fortunate that I got to get my life back on the road it was meant to be on because I know a lot of other people have not. Edit: Thank you for the gold friend!!!!! First gold ever and im happy its on a post like this :)Finally getting onto antidepressants and anti-anxiety medication. Legit a night and day difference after several months and changing of dosage. Therapy was helpful but mine was bad enough to merit medicine and I’ll never go back.Moving 2,000 miles away. By myself.Marrying my wife. Along with being a loving, hilarious, gorgeous geek, she had the emotional intelligence to help me go to therapy and get past decades of baggage from my family, because she had done the same to get through her childhood issues. I love seeing how she is as a mother to our two kids. I'm so glad they'll never have reason to fear their mother like I did.When I was in kindergarten if you did stuff well and didn't get In trouble you earned points that you could buy a reward with. I saved mine up for a long time to get a mini gumball machine, but when I finally went to the get it I made a split second decision to buy a glass rose that was another one of the prizes because I was about to visit my grandma and I wanted to give her something. Now every time I visit my grandma for years I get a little warm feeling seeing that rose sitting carefully in her living room above the fireplace.Being patient and listening before I respond to issues.To move to Ireland. Yeah, emigration is not for everyone, but it helped me build a life for myself.Probably my decision to go talk to a therapist about my stress issues.Losing weight. Skin got better, easier to find clothes, better social interactions, lesser judgmental commentsCutting out the toxic people from my life.Transferring from University of Tampa to CU Boulder. I was terrified to tell my parents I hated it there, and I didn't think they'd let me leave, as they were helping me pay for college. I was in such a deep depression and I didn't know if I'd come out of it. I told my parents, and I ended up moving to the place I feel like I belong. I love CU, and I love Colorado. It was step one to getting my life back on track, making that change.Recently, it was choosing the professor that I did to be my mentor (or however you call it in English) for my Bachelor's thesis. I am fairly certain I managed to complete it on time solely based on this one professor, who both motivated me (wrote to me and regularly asked how its going), and also gave suggestions on books and a lot of other help. I know some of my classmates who didn't make it. . . . . and unsurprisingly they had mentors who pretty much gave no help and left them on their own.My husband.Quitting my last job. I was burned out on it. Physically, mentally, emotionally. Every morning i woke up looking for reasons i could call out. Every night i tossed and turned, dreading the next day. I found myself hoping someone would hit me on the way to work, just to have a valid reason not to show up. Then due to safety issues i broke my foot at work. I was out 6 months recovering. When i came back to work, the burn it was worse, not better. So one day, i just. . . . quit. We did our morning huddle and stretches. The supervisor talked about how it was going to a busy day. And i just didn't care. I walked off. Went to the outbound supervisor, turned in my badge, and straight up told him those job wasn't for me anymore. Despite not having another job lined up, despite wiping out my savings and maxing out 3 credit cards to stay afloat while i was out recovering from my broken foot, I felt like I'd just fried a large weight. I smiled for the first time in months. Went and said goodbye to my co-workers, then went outside and waited on my ride. I'm much happier now. I found another job about a month later. I got my GED. I started paying attention to my relationship and saved it when my fiancee planned on ending things. Now I'm applying to colleges to get a computer science degree and working on a book that has been bouncing in my head for decades. So yeah, best decision i ever made. Edit: To clear some things up, since this post blew up. I worked at a distribution warehouse similar to Amazon, but NOT Amazon. I didn't wipe out my savings in the month I was jobless. When I broke my foot, I was out of work for 6 months; workers comp was only paying me 60% of my salary. It covered most bills, but I still had to pull from savings and use my cards during that time to cover unexpected expenses and groceries. And these weren't high credit line cards; each of them had like $300 on them.Solving problems with witty humor rather than my fists.Applying for a callcenter job on craigslist. Stay with me, folks!So I got this job in 2013 and within 1 year moved up the ranks all the way to supervisor. The company has a "remote worker" option but they wouldn't let me, because they needed me too much in the callcenter to supervise. So I decided it's time to move, and forced their hand. Then I became the first Remote Supervisor ever, and pretty much pioneered the processes for monitoring people remotely. I am now happily working for a . . mediocre wage, from home. Working from home was the dream, and I was able to make it happen :)Going "minimalist" with my possessions, it's just simplified a lot of things in my life and given me focus.On a lark, joining speech & debate while in college. I was really lacking in self confidence and dealing with a lot of trauma when I first arrived. I went to university just to get away from the mess of some family issues going on. I didn't have a clear vision of where I was going or why. Joining the team helped me in unexpected ways. Having something constructive to do that allowed me to meet good people, gain confidence and presentation skills, and travel around was exactly the experience didn't know I needed. I'm grateful we didn't have to try out for the team because I didn't have any particular talent or charisma for speaking - it was a matter of "if you're willing to put in the work and keep your grades up, you can be on the team". Having your ideas valued, learning new things, and talking to different people across the nation about their perspectives was intrinsically motivating. I became a much better student because of that, and also arguably a better person.Quitting smoking, I smoked for 9 year and quit 2. 5 months ago. One of my favorite things I can do now is run. As a smoker I could never run for more than 2 minutes without dying, now I proudly have a 7 minute mile. I wish I could go back in time and undo all the damage smoking did to me, but all I can do is push forward from here and be glad I don't smoke. Screw cigarettes!!I had a rule: don’t flirt if there is no possibility of a relationship. My thinking was if this go badly you’re just embarrassing yourself, and if things go well you’re just setting up for disappointment. While at my college roommate’s wedding I broke that rule to flirt with the maid of honor, even though she lived three time zones away. Yeah, we’re married now.Still waiting to make one. I'm 34. Edit: holy crap y'all!!! This one comment has more than double the karma I had before posting it. Couple of things to point out. My wife has a doctorate and that's how she has maxed out her student loans for life. I so so so appreciate the support and I am taking the advice given to heart and really putting something together. Edit 2: I guess my best decision I have ever made was this post. I have never in my life seen so much support and kind words. Btw: for everyone that says I should return my pot. I love that damn pot I can't give it back. Thank you so much everyone. This shows me that there is hope that something somewhere sometime will be life changing and I think the support shown here proves that is possible just by taking a chance.When I stopped self-harming. I don't know what compelled me to do it, but I just realized one day that it wasn't something I should keep doing. It took a while, and I am still fighting the urge to do it every day, but I am so glad I stopped. If anyone here ever needs to talk I'm here.I quit facebook long time ago. Even through all my family and friends are still there and updating regularly.Signed up for Facebook in 2005 when you were required to have a . edu email address. Went through the lengthy process of closing my account in 2015 and have enjoy all my extra free time since. . . . which I now use to reddit.Broke up with a crazy ex and decided to go study abroad in France for half a year. Backstory, one night I got jumped by a group of people walking back to my house late at night. End up getting pretty roughed up so my buddies take me to the hospital. I called my then girlfriend at the time about what happen and all she said was oh okay Il try to maybe visit you tomorrow then. Well I was pissed that she didn’t seem to care about how I was at all so I decided to break up with her the next day and told her to not even bother “maybe” coming to see me. As I was looking in the mirror at my broken nose, two black eyes, and a busted tooth for some reason I said screw it im going to study abroad somewhere to get away from my horrible ex for awhile. Ended up studying in France where I traveled all over Europe while meeting a great group of friends I still talk to to this day. Living in another country changed my perspective on the world and made me a better person all because I got jumped and my ex triggering me to do something extreme.Going travelling on my own. Easily the best experience of my life, though now all I want to do is keep travelling and I don't have the moneyThis is cliche and cheesy as hell, but who cares - I chose not to try to kill myself again after a failed attempt when I was 19. When I woke up in that hospital bed, surrounded by friends and family, it was the wake up call I needed. Up to that point, I hadn't realised how my death would affect those around me. I honestly thought I would just fade away, leave no void behind me. Seeing how many people wanted me to recover showed me that my death would hurt more people than I knew. It was the hardest thing I've ever done, but I dragged myself out of that depression without any medical help, having exhausted all the options available to me, and now it's 7 years later. I'm not recovered, and things will probably always be difficult, but I will never try that again. Not now that I know what I'd be leaving behind.Joining the gym and focusing on my form, no ego lifts.Buying a guitar and learning to play. No matter how tough the days get, how lonely it feels to be away from the people you love or how upsetting it is to not have your love reciprocated, music helps you find serenity and peace. The learning process can be frustrating at times but the results are tangible if you keep at it and the sense of satisfaction is unparalleled. It is an escape from all trivialities and it's time for you.Deleting all my social media (I don’t consider reddit “SM”), it’s helped a lot with only concentrating my time on people who I care about/care about me. . . also you lose FOMO.Lasik. Got my eyes done four years ago, so happy I did.One of the worst periods of my life was when my ex left me out of the blue and hit me with the worst comments about me and my personality, possibly to distance us more but I honestly don't know why. In my anger and sadness, I could've told everyone who knew us, all our classmates, his brothers (who had a negative opinion of me) all the shit my ex did and said, all the screenshots where he left comments on my instagram photos out of anger knowing I got upset. I could've aired our dirty laundry, I could've said hurtful things back- like I never loved him or he never made me feel happy (all untrue of course), I could've slapped him because of the amount of shit I got from him. I held my tongue, cried my ass out but I still held my tongue. And I think it's one of the best decisions I've made. That I didn't stoop down to his level, that I didn't hurt him the way he did. I'm a lot more at peace with myself, knowing I didn't hurt someone else in my pain and suffering.Fighting cancer despite my ex fiancé leaving in the middle of it. Finished my medical residency, and moved 300 miles away to start a new life; just me and my pup!Edit 1: Pics of the doggo, Jessie! And another! One of my faves! **Edit 2: I did not expect this to blow up like this. Thank you so much for the kind messages!For those that are wondering what happened with my ex, we didn’t realize how viciously our “small” problems in our relationship would come back and bite us when shit got tough. He had a tendency to bury his problems in the ground when he realized how overwhelming things got. Then he would explode when it was too late. He sadly lost many job opportunities this way because he would wait for things to get better on their own. As I got sicker, he retreated further away. Things that we ignored earlier in our relationship started becoming bigger. We both just watched our relationship drift away and then our families got nasty with each other and I would try to be the middleman and make sure everyone was getting along but I was crumbling inside. I just wanted him to step up and take control but that’s just not who he was. I made mistakes too. It was and is the most painful thing I’ve been through. Sometimes, love does not conquer all. But I learned a lot about myself through it and came out stronger. He always will be one of the best people to come into my life and sometimes I still grieve for him not being in my life anymore. But tragically I think it’s better this way. Thank you for all the love. **Quit drinkingMoving. I had serious addiction issues and if I had stayed in the area I was (Anaheim) I would probably be dead right now. Place is just a meth infested dirt hole. Moved away, got clean, and am living happily ever after since. My biggest piece of advice to anyone who has addiction issues who is ready to quit is get the hell away from where you are and start over“Hey do you want to get dinner or something?”To my current girlfriend about 4 years agoI also quit smoking 2 weeks ago. I have been a smoker for 11 years and although it is still difficult I don’t see myself ever going back!Turning my back on my racist ideals. It’s a lot harder than you can imagine. It’s never fully healedDropping out of college to accept a once in a lifetime job offer.Finally finishing my masters thesis. Vivid procastination and low motivation caused me to almost fail so many times. After an extra year of work, I am finally done with it and can proudly tell myself that I did it!Quitting a corporate job to go to college at 26. All I could think was, "shit I'll be 30 when I finish! " Then I realized " you're gonna be 30 anyway. ". I'm 54 now and happy for the choice I made half a life time ago.Said no to marriage. While I understand marriage is a great thing, at that point in time it really wasn’t the best thing for me. Called it off and decided to invest time in myself. Now I feel happier and I’m more confident I can take on the responsibilities that marriage brings.Start dancing, boosted my self esteem a bunch plus i got to meet a lot of nice people.LASIK! Living with terrible vision was solved within 10 minutes! Life changing moment and my greatest decision of my life!Pursuing a career that I enjoy over one that pays a lotThe girl I married and whose companionship I enjoyed for 57 years. The love of my lifeThis will likely be buried and never seen. As a paramedic living in a remote community in northern Canada; getting a black lab as a companion was my best decision. Howard is 2. 5 years now and is the best thing to come home to after a bad call. Helps me through a lot!!Spending ~100 dollars on a cheap midi keyboard. Went from a lazy teenager who didn't know what he wanted to do with his life to a teenager with a new passion and the goal of a career in music. Edit: since people have been asking, my soundcloud is soundcloud. com/yungclearance :DThough this is going to be controversial, I think the best choice I’ve made is that I’ve grown cold. I grew up in a very toxic environment and was always either crying or miserable. I started to cut off my emotions, getting cold and relying on my friends for the closeness I yearn for. Without doubt, it has made my life so much easier and peaceful. Clarification: When I say “colder” I mean something more along the lines of shut off feeling towards certain people. I sort of became an onion, having layers of personalities in a way, displaying certain personalities to different people. I don’t know a good way to describe it :/Not committing suicide and going to talk to therapists and taking meds. Edit: Not following through wasn't my choice but I'm still here and haven't been planning nor really thinking of suicide. 2nd edit: It really wasn't an option for me to not talk to anyone. The cops dropped me off at the hospital where I spent 24 hours in a secure room then got transferred to the proper psych hospital. Under section 1 of the mental health act I could have been held for 30 days. So I talked. Finally got a proper diagnosis for myself instead of just knowing I was 'depressed'. Hyper vigilant narcissism disorder, borderline personality disorder and dependant personality disorder. I'm starting to see the patterns of thought that arise from and feed off of each disorder. Good times. Builds character. TLDR: Was planning suicide for Saturday May 19. Am currently alive.Joining the Army and sticking with itBriefly considered aborting when my wife (now ex-wife) and I found out she was pregnant. Decided against it and now I'm a dad to the most amazing little girlEx fucked up majorly on multiple occasions. I was scared to leave her for my daughter's sake. Eventually went through with it and came out the other side with no monetary obligations and full custody. Plus, I didn't realize how much being in an abusive relationship had affected my daughter and me. We're both much better nowGot a tattoo. Love it! Getting more soonFinally quitting drinking/drugs 7+ years ago & staying sober. Finally got out of restaurant/ bar industry, went back to grad school & began a much more gratifying career. Finally got into a long-term healthy relationship with great communication. No longer revolving my days/nites around acquiring booze/drugs. Being able to feel all the feelings and not just trying to make myself as numb and oblivious as possible. Finding real joy in life without having to be under the influence 24/7. Waking up every morning with no regrets/no hangovers. Feeling more physically and mentally healthy than I ever imagined could be possible. Its definitely not always easy staying sober, but it is so worth it.switched majors, i no longer wish to kill myselfLong ago and far away; after agreeing with my partner that it would be best for us to terminate her unexpected pregnancy, I changed my mind, and chose not to. That night I lay awake, wrestling with our decision and its implications- projecting the 'what if's?' and the ‘maybes’ into the future as far as I could. Finally, I realized two things with absolute certainty: that I loved my partner with all my heart and that the plan we'd set our minds to before going to bed, would slowly erode our relationship until it was no more. In the morning, when she woke up - I kissed her gently – told her that I loved her deeply – wanted to have the baby – and asked her to marry me. Here, decades later, having raised and loved the beautiful daughter that was that baby - it was, and remains, the single best choice I’ve ever made in my entire life.I went to college for Elementary Education. Taught 5th grade for a year right out of college, but it didn’t make me happy like I thought it would. Got out of it after the first year - it’s not fair to the kids to be in that profession if your heart isn’t in it. I manage / partly own a craft beer bar now. Much happier.Getting a dogMy kids. They’ve saved my life multiple times and they keep me going.Adopting my cats when I saw them starving on the streets.Coming out of the closet and living my life honest and openlyDrinking more waterI chose to stop watching porn. That stuff screws with your brain.I got a dog off of Craigslist. Any other time I would have kept scrolling. I don't know why I chose that particular dog, but I did. He had a nasty skin condition and was more expensive than I really wanted to pay. Again, I chose him. Eight years later, he's beautiful and healthy and has brought us nothing but joy and comfort.Going on a two months trip to the other side of the world. I met so many awesome people, this travel has affected so many life aspects. I'm still here wondering where it will lead, but right now, I'm thinking about living this international life forever. Where, when and what job exactly? I don't know yet, but the answer will show me the future. . . Edit: Got an internship offer. . .Trying at a time I had all the reasons to give up. Please never give up on something that you’re passionate aboutGoing to university as a single parent. Really hard to balance everything, but hopefully being a positive role model for my kids.To stop caring about what others think. As cringe as it may sound it solved most of my problems and made me infinitely more happy. As an 18 year old most of the people I’m surrounded by are too busy focusing on trying to impress others than improving themselves, succeeding and generally enjoying life. So yeah, you do you, people because the irony is that people are too concerned about trying to impress you to notice you.Making the decision to stop eating like a dumpster and lose weight. Today I hit 100 pounds lost, and I'm only 25 away from my original goal. Since I have started losing weight, I feel so much better and my life has coincidentally gotten a lot better as well. I got a better job, I got my first girlfriend who is an amazing person, and overall I am just a lot happier with myself and who I am.Marrying my wife. I love the woman, and love our kids!Stopped holding in farts. Seriously, stop caring and let the intestinal aroma free from the bounds of your anus; your life will be immeasurably better.Taking psychedelic drugs, specifically psilocybin and Lsd. They have changed me in so many positive ways and helped make me realize who and what I want to be. It's been 5 years since I've done any and I'm not sure I'll ever do them again. I just don't need to.Joining the military. It’s nice to have a sense of belonging for once in my life, after living in a religious household that I never felt comfortable in, and not being able to make friends normally.As a tradition, I was attending an elite school in my area. One of the best ones. From kindergarten (1 year old) to 3rd year (15 years old) I was there, it was my home. It drained me mentally, and stress consumed me so much that I was a person that could only feel sad, anger, depression, I was evil to the weak and a disappointment to my family. After years of misbehaving, after one minor event that school kicked my ass out of there. I got expelled. I know that isn’t right but getting expelled made me went to other schools, mostly poor ones, and showed me another side of life. I’ve met wonderful people and I was able to lay down and rest in this new school that had a very light exigency. I started to let the anger and sadness out and let the joy and happines come to my life. So, doing that minor thing that got me expelled. Boy if I was still there I would had gone mad. Seriously, I would’ve lost my mind at age 17.I once decided "fuck it I'm going to treat myself" so I cooked an entire pack of bacon and ate just that. BEST choice of my life to date.learning to play the violin as an adult who never played any instrument. quitting smoking.After three years of study and still a year short of my BSc, I abandoned physics, a field in which I was rapidly losing interest, and transferred to a professionally-oriented fine arts program at a distant university. My parents told me I was crazy, and that I'd never be able to make a decent living, working in the theatre. I think they had visions of me still living in their basement at the age of forty-five. But I started my first theatre job literally the day after I wrote my last exam. Within a few years I had progressed to working in television, which paid much better - then on to small films. I eventually became a department head on features with budgets in the hundreds of millions. Although there have certainly been spells of unemployment - some of them quite lengthy - I've been privileged to work with producers, directors and performers whose names are household words. I've worked in six countries on three continents, and shot film in some of the wildest, most dangerous, most confusing, and most beautiful places in the world. My decision, which I took against all family and professorial advice, has allowed me to go home at the end of every working day feeling that I've accomplished something worthwhile and substantial. No two days have ever been the same, and I have always been able to learn something new from each project. It has allowed me to earn a very good living. Next year I will be able to retire in security, if not exactly in the lap of comfort, and to bore my fellow retirees with all my scrapbooks and photo albums.Working harder than my peers at every job I ever had from rural convenience store up to int'l software company. Learning financial good habits. Quitting the party lifestyle. Identifying my values and living by them. Cliche as it may sound. . . above all else: working through the challenges of marriage with someone I love, and who loves me, and building a family. A long term solid relationship and children are so much Awesome, even though they suck up all your time, energy (and arguably, money )Nothing worth doing is easy.In January I broke up with my girlfriend of 7 years. I should have done it sooner but I'd moved down to the other end of the country 5 years ago to live near her family. I was scared of being stuck down here and having to either start again or move again. I had never settled and always dreamt of moving back home. She isn't a bad girl, she wasn't cruel or anything, she just wasn't what I wanted or needed from a relationship. Immediately after we split up I felt a weight lift off of my shoulders, and within weeks I felt suddenly settled where I live. I think I needed to feel like I was living here for myself and not for someone else. I've never been happierThe best choice I ever made is that I took a chance and moved 4. 5 hours away from "home", a place that was draining me of my energy. Away from people who was "family" but only made my life a living hell and away from toxic "friends". I had no job, no money, lived off the state and had no education and on top of it all I was so close to rock bottom that the stones where touching my nose. Today I live in a awesome house that I own, have two beautiful daughters, a bf that loves me, friends that is really there for me and love me. And I have the luxuary to be working my dreamfield. I wouldn't change a single thing ❤I found out that my Father was molesting both of my adopted baby sisters. It began when they were in kindergarden and stopped when I called CPS. That was last summer. My husband and I are adopting them both, so now we have 3 kids. Some of you reading this may think that that was the obvious thing to do, but I had my whole family (brother, sister, their SO's, and my mom) telling me to keep quiet. It was hard. None of that matters though. I see how well my teenage sisters/daughters are doing now with therapy and I'm so happy that I found out about the molesting. I just wish I knew much earlier.Started intermittent fasting 4 weeks ago. Lost nearly 2 kg and I'm feeling much better for it already. Can't wait to see myself in a year time and compare it to when I startedThis has to be one of the most positive posts ever.This comment isn’t as serious as the others but. . . Last week, I bought an inflatable pool (3ft tall, 8 ft in diameter) for only $35. It is currently 95°F outside, and I’m relaxing in my pool. This is by far the best decision I have ever made.Made a Reddit account exactly 6 year agoHad so many good laughsGetting divorced. It was a long, drawn out, and financially devastating decision, but ultimately led to me being happier, and leading a better, more fulfilling life as a result.Getting a dog. The fluff ball makes me smile and laugh every day.Agreeing to send a friend my resume when his IT workplace was hiring. I was in a state of "retail will be my life" and never thought I'd go further. Took about three years to triple what I was making at a big box retailer with significantly less stress. And I haven't been spit on once by a customer since!Marrying my wife. I was 21 and she was 22, and we started our lives together in a different city. We have spent 8 amazing years together and have two awesome sons. Couldn't be happier.I took LSD 2 years ago. Best risk I ever took. It made me start going to therapy. I'm not suicidal anymore. I'm back in school and getting my life on track. I'm still down about being 30 and not having done anything significant in my life, but every day is getting easier and I'm feeling more positive about life.Writing my first ever comment on reddit, or any social media platform for that matter. (This comment) it's a big step for entering and adapting to modern societyWhen I was a teenager I had major problems with depression and anxiety and had self-destructive tendencies, like self-harming, to help me manage my emotions. Best thing I did was finally get the courage to seek help instead of hiding it.To stay single and childless. I'll be 84 in a couple of months, and happy as a clam.Let's see:-Stop worrying about news: There was a time where I could spend hours just getting mad of what Kim Jong un was doing or some nazis even though those were problems outside my country. Well I took the news and the comments too personal that I even got anxiety on world events. I just got tired and said screw it and stop watching any news unless it's very, strictly important. It's the best, to be honest, now I'm less worried on that stuff and think more in my life and what to do with it, besides fighting my depression-Stop being an arrogant intellectual: It's my experience but most history or so called intellectual groups that I've found on the internet are just so arrogant. They think that every modern music is bad, every movie is the worst unless it wasn't made before the 1980's or that watching sports it's part of the big conspiracy to make us stupid. And let's not talk about history where nationalists fight each other on see which country is better, people who think they're modern crusaders and people that take personal things that happened centuries ago. I still like history and I love it but I don't like the people that talk about it. I was like these people a few years ago until I said screw it and then I started helping people to read more without telling they were stupid , watching and hearing things without worrying if it were intelelctual enough. I still like a good BBC documentary but that doesn't mean I won't hear Troye Sivan or watch 13 reasons why for example. And the third oneConfessing my feelings to my crush: It's been sad to get the rejection specially in a story so strange that seemed possible but deep in my heart I know that I have one secret out of my body and that gave me a huge feeling of liberation. Love's weird but it would have been worse if I never would have told him.I’m currently on a vacation by myself in a city that I love. Absolute bliss. I’ve had an amazing time doing whatever I want to do, when I want to do it. There’s a weird social stigma around doing things by yourself but fuck that. If you’ve ever considered it, I can’t recommend it enough.editI haven't made a ton of good choices, but the best I've made was to get help for my depression/anxiety. I went through school being the shy, antisocial type. I lost my mom at a young age and spiraled downward from there. It hit the point where I was cutting myself and looking for ways to die instead of ways to live without her. My friends and family tried to help of course, but I pushed them away. Fast forward to me being a 22 year old single mom with a razor in one hand and a bottle of pills in the other. I was writing my suicide note when I realized that my son would be going through exactly what I was if I killed myself and I decided to go get help the next day. I haven't looked back since and I'm so much happier than I've ever been knowing that I will see my son grow up and he won't suffer through losing his mother like I did.To clean my roomMarrying my husband, hands down. He and the life we’ve built together are a dream come true.Studying hard when it mattered, getting into a great university, and having employers clamor for me when I graduated.Settling for a job at my company’s corporate office. Worked a job from high school all through college. Moved up in the company from a basic floor staff to manager. And swore I’d leave as soon as I got my degree. Resume got turned down by 80+ companies all within an 8 hr drive from my home city. I was tired of rejection and decided to see what my company’s corporate office had open (it was in the same city as me already). Got the third position I interviewed for and have been there just over four years. Made really great money and if I stay with it, I could likely have a long band lucrative career.Comimg out of the closet and living life for me and not for my family.Marrying my husband :) also losing weightLeaving my abusive parents. My parents doesn't believe in mental illness. I was severely depressed and apparently has severe borderline personality disorder too. And being raised in Asia, abusive is not generally taken seriously -- they think it is just a different form of parenting - one that teaches fear and 'respect'. My father's anger issues and bipolarness was not taken seriously. I tried to commit suicide. So many times. My parents know im suicidal but does nothing to actually stop it. I cut myself daily. I try to overdose on pain meds all the time. Not a single day I dont look out window from the 7th story apartment and not wanting to jump off and end it all. At one point I stopped caring about anything. I trash my reputation and do whatever I feel like as long as i'm out of my parents sight. I very strongly believed that I am going to die soon. That one day I will just succeed in my suicide attempt and be gone, so i'd live life mainly carefreely. My parent's abusive for the most part stopped bothering me. I remember still taking off my glasses when my dad beat me out of nowhere. Picture a 5ft tall petite asian girl, just taking off her glasses to protect her face from glass shattering, while her dad punches her in the head over and over again, 3am at night while she was doing homework. I never thought i'd felt happiness. But I met my now -husband when my family moved to the uS to start my college. I wanted to live so bad. (Meeting my husband is not my choice so I cant say it was the best choice I made)Alittle after I tured 18 my then-fiance picked me up at 3 am with pillowcases and a ladder. I put all I can in the pillowcases and left my 2nd story bedroom that my dad locked me in. Life was rough. I thought god or mother nature would finally spare me from pain. My childhood was full of abuse and bullying and sexual assaults. But life stayed quite rough. I never thought I'd taste happiness but I learnt to. I can make my own choices. I am alot more capable than my parents make me think. I saw psychologist and they diagnosed me with bad anxiety and ptsd too. But with my diagnoses I no longer hate myself. I no longer blame myself for things Ive done and things I havent done. I no longer think that I am a dumbass for hating my wealthy parents, that Im spoiled and was just rebellious and emo and looking for attention. The struggle I went through was real. I'm out for alittle over 2 years and life is great. I am far away from my parents and has a son that gave me a reason to live. A reason to not let ptsd take over me. A reason to be better. Alot of friends from asia question my choice. Thinks Im crazy. But this is my Best choice ever.Not snorting cocaine when a coworker offered me some for free.Living within my means (debt free) since mid twenties.I decided to stop hating everyone and everything. It helped me realize the problem wasn’t everything else, it was me and how I chose to feel.Going to South Africa to study for a semester during college. I had been homeschooled all my life, so when I went away to college, the whole scene just shocked me and I retreated into my shell. Experienced so much anxiety and a little depression. I eventually was presented with an opportunity to study abroad, and I took it. It was the hardest thing I ever experienced, but I learned so much. I am so grateful to have gone.Going vegan. I lost a ton of weight, have exponentially more energy, constantly feel good and healthy, feel solid about my impact on the environment and animal welfare. It's made me put more effort into to living a healthier/more sustainable life in all aspects. My only regret is not doing it sooner.I used to have really toxic friends. They would often discourage me and make fun of everything I said, and they would often put me down whenever I tried to say something. Even though I often acted kind to them, they still acted like jerks to me. I left them for a new pack of friends, who were much more welcoming and kind to me. I was happy that I left my old friends, as they always made me unhappy. My new friends helped me make my day and encouraged me to be the best of myself.I drove 550 miles to meet someone I had only talked to on the phone for 4 days. I haven't left and never will.Going to see a doctor about food getting stuck in my esophagus. It had been happening for about 15 years and I thought it was just a symptom of eating too big of a bite of something. It caused me to eat less because I was afraid of food getting stuck and dropped an unhealthy amount of weight. It turns out it was because my esophageal width was at 11mm instead of the normal 20mm. I was diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis. A few procedures and some lifetime meds later I can eat normally again without fear. Not a lot of things in this world worse than being fearful of eating!Stopped using heroin. Heroin free since May 12, 2012.Smoking weed. Rapidly cured my depression, and it's left a long-term positivity in me that wasn't there before.Quitting an addictive MMORPG (Runescape). I played for 11 years and when I quit my life got 100% better. Lost weight, made new friends, went out more with friends, got a job, moved out of my parents house and I got a dog!Life feels better not wondering what to do on a videogame as soon as you wake up.Married the man, my narcissistic mother was so against me marrying because he wouldn't allow her to abuse me or demean me. Best decision of my life.To bring fanart to my favorite band consistently. I’ve seen Motionless In White about 10 times now, and I’ve been giving them fanart since 2012. Last year, their lead singer contacted me and asked me to design a shirt for them. They sold it on tour and everything. One of the most surreal experiences I’ve ever had.Learning about the stock market. It’s amazing how much income I’ve generated just setting aside an hour or two a day studying, reading, and trading stocks. While it’s not for everyone, if you take it seriously and treat it like a second job, the pay off is great.Never giving up on my dream of becoming a YouTuber. 4 years ago I almost quit making videos because I was an idiot, even though I had 50,000 subs. I was 18 and wanted to party away my first year at university, but I decided to keep uploading. Today I have over 2 million subs!Breaking up with a bad SONot killing myself when I was 18. I had just failed my first semester of college and thought my life was going nowhere. Just two weeks ago I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in information systems and interviewed with all of the Big 4 accounting/consulting companies. I’m in shape and more confident than ever. If I could go back in time and tell myself everything would be okay I wouldn’t. Because then I wouldn’t have learned anything about dealing with hardshipNot having childrenI was living at home working customer service at a Big Electronics store when I found out I was pregnant. I had been dating my, at the time, bf for about 4 months and we were in our early 20s. Without telling him, I had an abortion. I was scared he was going to try and talk me into keeping it but when I told him months later, he nodded and said it was the right decision. 8 years later, we are about to have our baby girl, living in our dream house, making a combo income of over $100k, and can provide for our future family. Would the baby from years ago have been loved? Absolutely. Would I be where I am in my dream job, dream house and “easier” life? No way. . . I was still in school and would probably have had to quit and might be still getting paid $9. 50/hr. Now I can provide so much more to my daughter and she is now the BEST choice among many “best” choices :)Coming out as gay even though I knew I'd lose friends and family. I tried it their way and it didn't work for me, I couldn't lie to myself anymore. And now I'm happier than ever and my mental health is much better.Trying for my daughter after losing twins at 22 weeks. . . she's the love of my existence. Writing a random ad on Craigslist. . . Led to me meeting somebody I really fucking love(even when he irritates the shit out of me by going quiet for days I still love him like a fat kid loves cake!)Switching to Kat von D eyeliner cos it doesn't budge until I want to remove itLearning to love myself,despite my flaws. . . until a few years ago I hated myself, I woke up every day Thinking "ugh,great I'm still here". . . The world isn't a friendly place for women who aren't what society deems to be the ideal standard of beauty (please note: I am a mixed race curvy girl and since learning to love myself life has gotten easier,I dress better than I did and have some confidence)Taking better care of myself. . . because self-care is a good thingtransitioning! I'm trans FTM and finally living, not acting.Drop a very toxic friend.Reading instead of spending time gaming, recently.When the girl of my dreams broke up with me last year decided to not get all sad and mopey, started hitting the gym. Lost 45 lbs and got a decent amount of muscle.Lifting weights & quitting smokingI was very directionless in life and genuinely did not care about anything for a looooong time. I decided one night to watch a random documentary about Japanese Women's Wrestling and as ridiculous as this sounds it gave me something to live for. I am invested in these women and the direction their characters take in the overall story of their journey in wrestling. They win and i am happy, they lose and i am sad but the key thing is i care. I watch it every single day. Its fantastic.Getting into theatre my senior year of highschool on a whim. I was borderline suicidal, but being in a stage performance had been on my bucket list for a while at that point. I figured, "if I really am gonna end it soon, I might as well go to auditions. What have I got to lose?" So I did, and actually landed a pretty important role. I wasn't a main character or anything, but I was thrilled. Being in that environment did a number on improving my outlook on life. The people, even classmates I had previously thought negatively of, were so amazing. They helped me come out of my shell and laugh while doing it. I can say, with complete sincerity, that theatre kept me from going through with my original plan.Stopped smoking cigarettes and switched to weed.Getting high and watching Planet Earth in 4k.Quitting drinking and taking my mental health seriously. It was a long process but living without depression and alcohol has been wonderful.Breaking up with my abusive boyfriend. We started dating when I was 14 and he was 19. He was sweet at first, but started berating me, insulting me, and made me feel guilty for not having sex with him when he wanted to. He got mad at me when I wore "revealing" clothes (aka shorts), when I didn't text him back within 30 minutes, when I hung out with my friends instead of him. It was disgusting behavior. I broke up with him a couple months ago and I feel lonely but free. I'm picking up old hobbies I abandoned after he demanded all my free time. I am finally looking forward to the future again.Taking Computer Science in college in 1972I remember talking to a friend's mother who said. . "there's no future in computers". She worked in old-school data processing, and her shop had just been hit with a round of layoffsMy crystal balls saw a different futureMarrying my wife. Almost 10 years now, and I still love that sexy beast to bits.Coming out! Im so happy Im not lying to myself or others justt to please my family. I also have a wondeful partner and 13 lovely pet-children!VasectomySaving up and dedicating a large part of my salary to a personal trainer. 3x a week and 2 months late I'm a different man.Having kids. Never though I wanted kids when I was younger. We miscarried twice, which was really hard for my wife and I to handle. My oldest is now 2, and my youngest is 6 months old. As soon as I get home from work my oldest runs up to me asking how my day was, and my youngest has the biggest grin on his face when he sees me. Makes any tough day at work go away in an instant.I brought ten pounds of chocolate to work at a new job and they immediately began chanting "One of us! One of us!"Dating my last boyfriend. Even though we didn't work out, he taught me that I deserve to be loved and deserve a good man. I think I will forever be grateful to him. He's still the best man I know.When a person threatened to kill themselves as emotional blackmail, I gave them a bullet (that they gifted to me before ) and told them to ensure that their life insurance was paid so their kid could have a decent payout. and I never had to deal with that emotional blackmailer again. I called their bluff, they're still alive. Calling that bluff was the best decision of my life , they stopped wasting my time, trying to control me and I got to live a life free of that level of nuts.Giving up lactose and gluten. It’s only recent (well, with gluten, been lactose free for years) and probably sounds stupid to most, but after going through years of digestive issues and tons of tests coming back negative, you have no idea how freeing it is to figure out what the problem is. (Just to be specific, I’m heavily intolerant to both. Not allergic, not coeliac. Figured out through adjusting diet multiple times over the years. )I can work more. I can leave the house. I can socialise. I can eat other things without worrying. I can get weird looks in restaurants because wait staff assume I’m being trendy. I’m not always in pain, I’m not always uncomfortable, I’m not always paranoid. I can tell you it is NOT fun to make your way to work in the morning and never know if you’re going to make it before the bowel bomb goes off. It might just be food but it affected my entire life, and I’m so glad I don’t have to deal with my GP just saying “it’s IBS” anymore.Moving from Southern California to North Eastern Wisconsin. Southern California is overcrowded and stupid expensive. We were just treading water and barely keeping ahead of our bills. Several hours a day were spent just commuting to work. Schools were garbage and overcrowded as well. Here, we are actually able to save and get ahead. Fewer people and less traffic means so much time cut from our commute, leaving more time with the family. Schools are much better.What the heck, i post some little question on Reddit, put my phone on dont disturb, Play some Settlers. Hours later i open my phone to see my phone absoloutly destroyed with notifications, thanks for the gold! You've made my Day!So, this is a bit of a weird thing, but- snooping on the computer of my friend while I was visiting. I was sitting next to her and she hid her screen from me. I thought, "suspicious", and when she went to the kitchen I looked at the Skype conversation she was having. She was talking to her friend about how she should probably give up on her crush on me. Now we're getting married in a couple of months. Getting with her also made me care more about my education, so now I'm in a super fancy posh university getting the equivalent of a PhD in my field. Incidentally: best choice I made when applying to this university was to send an excerpt of a fan fiction I never published. Thank you, queer amateur works (=gay fan fiction)!P. S. She does know I snooped, and finds it cute. I will never look at her stuff again without her consent.In October 2016 I decided to get health insurance since the tax fine that year would be more expensive than the actual health insurance. Also I wouldn't go bankrupt in case I got cancer or some shit. I was diagnosed with cancer or some shit 5 months later. So it saved me some $400,000 dollars.