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Artist: Metallica Song: Wherever I May Roam [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS" Prompt: Write about a fork in the road in your life, and how you made the decision to go the direction you did. What would have happened if you chose the other path? I've gotten a little busy. Hope I can still keep up with the challenege! I won't write about going to school for this one because I've written that entry before. Here's that entry in case you find yourself with a few extra minutes: "Invalid Entry" . I still stand by that response because that was probably the single most life-changing decision I made. It took a huge leap of faith. It's interesting though. I don't really see most decisions as major "fork in the road" choices. But they still end up having the effect regardless. For example, when I graduated university, I could have easily taken a different job. The market was really good for my degrees and there were a lot of job openings. But I chose to go with the company I'm at now and that could easily be a "fork in the road" decision with the hindsight of years passed. With that hindsight, I can see now that moving back to the area where I live now was a huge fork in the road for my life. I would have had a completely different life if I'd stayed in Houston. I wouldn't be anywhere near my family, so I'd likely be a lot closer with Kira's family. Would I have even been in the position to go to school? If so, which school would I have gone to? Would I have still majored in accounting and finance? Even if I did, where would I be working now? You see, our move to our current part of the country wasn't really based on much. We were struggling to get by in Houston and I had some family in this general area, but more importantly, I had friends in the city. It was very much a, "screw it, why not?" kind of decision. Very little thought went into it. We were on a month-to-month lease in Houston, so it was easy to leave. We didn't have very many belongings, so it was physically easy to move. Yup. "Whatever, let's try something different" led me to knowing like 75% of the people I know. Crazy to think about. I would know totally different people. I'd have different friends. Different job/coworkers. Different family around. Pretty much everything about my life would be different. In hindsight, almost every decision you make alters your life, even if they're throwaway decisions. You can't ever know what would happen in the alternate universe where you made a different decisions. It is interesting to think about though. I'll take my time anywhere Free to speak my mind anywhere And I'll redefine anywhere, anywhere I roam Where I lay my head is home |