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[boodie]

Can you pinpoint one time in your life, where you look back now and go, 'yes that was a pivotal moment' where you made a decision, or said or did something, that changed your life.

I know when mine was, it was 1987 and I decided that I would go to Brisbane, to move in with L, don't get me wrong, my children are the best things to have come from that decision, and I wouldnt change that now, as it is.

If I had been thinking more clearly back in 1987, I would have stayed in Hobart, finished my diploma, and probably by now, been well on my way to having my string of child care centres, with emphasis placed on respite care for special needs children and adults.

So, whats yours?

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[hpnotiqa.livejournal.com]

Do I REALLY have to answer this? :P

[aibhinn.livejournal.com]

2002, when I quit my teaching job near Seattle to be with the guy I was in love with in Vancouver, BC... only to have him break up with me on July 4. I had to scramble to find another job. Though actually, that's turned out for the best; I'm MUCH much happier in this job, which I probably would never have looked for, and I'm much much happier out of the SCA, which was draining my emotions and my pocketbook. :)

[shivwuffy.livejournal.com]

2001: Quitting Highschool, tired of that BS. Went to Europe WOrked a bit and did some schooling there.

2002: a)Returned to asutralia Enrolled in TAFE did damn year 11 and 12 in one year. Passed.

b) Moved to Brisbane to be with friends.

2004: Stop menial shit job as telemarketer brewak the grind, Move tot hailand studdy to achieve qualifications and grasp the opportunity staring me in the face.

Those are the pivotal moments i wont indulge in what would have happened had i not taken those choices.

[lorriejharris.livejournal.com]

Probably when I decided to move to Michigan to get away from an abusive, and stalkerish ex. Unfortunately, Leon decided he wanted to go with me at the time, and I was too wounded to say no.

But, had we not gone to Michigan, and Leon had not gotten "homesick", we would never have moved back down (but to Oklahoma, rather than Kansas), I never would have gotten a computer (because I wouldn't have gotten the job I did, that required me to use one, and allow me to discover I like the infernal things), discovered Elfwood and met the people in #loth who actually had ALOT to do with who I am now (stronger, assertive, etc). And had that not happened, I would have never left Leon, moved to Tulsa, and met Sam.

So.....Thank you! :D

(Kansas, if you're not familiar with US geography, is the state directly north of Oklahoma. Michigan is the "mitten" looking state far north, by the Great Lakes. Leon would have had to get that far away from Oklahoma, in order to get homesick enough to mend fences with his father, and want to move back down this way.....did that make sense?)

[crims0n-tears.livejournal.com]

1986: Moved from my mom's house to live with my dad and the bitch from hell. Ruined my life. How did I know at 10? I won't go into how it actually ruined my life.