Not too crazy but i have acrophobia. On my visit to prague last week, i was at the castle. They have this tower you can go up. Since the city looks so beautiful i just thought “Fuck it, i have to see this from above”. I got pretty scared and almost panicked a few times but the view and the pics i took were totally worth it.
But can i tell you, i never was more happy to be back down in my life.
everytime that I do something scary and new, but not something illegal😅 I always tell to myself “nothing that you tried bravely fails you” so that’s how I make it😅
I was supposed to spend my summer after grad school working on a farm in the south of France, but then COVID destroyed my plans and drained all my savings. Last fall I decided I can’t wait forever and booked the solo trip that changed my life. Can’t wait for perfect timing to choose yourself.
Hopping on a plane and going halfway across the country to see my favorite band. I’m an extremely anxious person and had never travelled alone before. Best weekend ever and I plan on doing something like that at least once a year going forward.
Taking that plane for a 5 weeks travel in New Zealand, never thought I could discover my inner child carelessness again en the feeling of not caring about anything but being in the moment
I was made homeless due to a situation with an ex friend, and one of my options was – moving miles away from my family with a guy I had known for less than a year, and we had only been dating for six months at this point / or / moving back in with my parents and being in a toxic and manipulative environment where I suffered with emotional abuse for years.
We’ve been happily together for 6 years and still live in the city, best decision I ever made.
Leaving my abusive ex for the man I’ve been in love with for almost ten years. Found out he felt the same and bam, that was it. Moved in after 4.5 months and just having the best time together. ❤️
Staying in Amsterdam when I lost my passport and got stuck there on new year’s eve. Woke up in a Christian youth hostel, lived there for three weeks for free, found a job, found my career, bought an apartment, lived there for five years.
When I heard my company was doing a joint venture with a Japanese company and would be sending someone to Japan, I asked my manager if they were taking volunteers. When he asked me if I was serious, I called my wife to confirm she’d be OK with it and then told my manager I was. That’s how I wound up spending over a year living in Tokyo, which was a really great experience.
Buying tickets to see a musical artist I have always loved and wanted to see perform on a whim for a show in Mexico City, D.F. two weeks from when I looked it up.
It is one of the best trips I’ve ever taken. The artist was Hiromi Uehara, a virtuoso jazz pianist who plays at really prestigious venues all over the world and was never somewhere I could easily visit. I was sitting in a cafe working on some project while a jazz band played the night I made the impromptu decision because their keyboardist was channeling big Hiromi energy. Looked up her concert tour, saw she was playing in 2 weeks in Mexico, looked up flights just to see how affordable it might be and found I could do the whole trip for maybe $500 which was actually doable for my budget. Bought the tickets on an absolute whim. The concert was unforgettable, and D.F. turned out to be one of my favorite cities I’ve ever visited. It helps I speak reasonably passable Spanish but it isn’t that good and as a tiny young woman traveling alone I had some hesitations. But it was one of the best trips I’ve ever taken.
In high school I was so scared that I was going to be one of those people who had no direction in life and never find what I wanted to do. I always loved acting and performing but it never really occurred to me that I could just study it to become a professional.
The realization came to me when I found a film school in my city on YouTube and they had a bunch of their productions uploaded which were absolutely incredible, I was hooked on watching them! I knew I had to attend after realizing an actress I loved growing up graduated from there. When I told my mom, she wasn’t very supportive and thought I was wasting money on an unobtainable dream. I actually had quite a few people tell me I was wasting my time or that I needed a backup plan, plus it was very expensive. But I saved everything I could earn from work to help pay and I was accepted after auditing near the end of my high school year.
Cut to 15 years later, I am a professional voice actor full-time for video games and animation; I have talent agents in Canada, LA, and the UK, and I couldn’t be happier with my career.
Went back to college. I had 3 kids and a job. I graduated Summa Cum Laude, gold medal and numerous awards. The school is a prestigious Jesuit University. It took a while because of my life commitments but I treasured every single minute. Go Royals
Every manic episode I have basically. Good time when you are in it, not so fun when you come back to reality with an empty bank account, speeding tickets and realizing you put yourself in some really dangerous situations (and their consequences)
Getting my teeth fixed. I have an autoimmune disease and it ruined my teeth. Because of stress and pain I also grind my teeth to the point they are gapped and crooked. I was to the point where I never smiled or covered my mouth when I talked because I was embarrassed. Just got crowns and implants and I love them. They look like my teeth before I got sick. They’re a natural color and look real. They cost a fortune though but I don’t care. Worth every penny.
When i got a smaller somewhat an argument with a teacher in my college who i hate, and then on the next day his lesson was first in the morning, so i just said “Fuck that guy, i am not coming.”. And it felt so good. I know it’s nothing much, but still felt great.
Got fired from my TA job for not respecting the professor and sleeping in class. Was offered a different TA position but turned it down even tho i was broke because my buddy Mike from my floor had a family shack on the Canadian side of Lake Michigan. Got on a bus to Toronto instead.
Had a great trip. Its was one of the few times in my life when simple things were a delight. I still remember how much we loved finding Sleemans lager. I think its just a regular Canadian beer but we had never heard of it.
Mike and his brother grew up going to the lake house, and were good water skiers. I couldn’t, so they pranked me; told me that i could just hold onto the tow rope and they would drag me around the lake and id love it. After like 6 minutes of hoping my arms didnt pop out of their sockets i let go. Im treading water while they circle back to me. And they’re laughing and laughing at me.
The surface friction of me sort of bouncing off the top of the water pulled my swim trunk’s off. Im treading water naked, and theyre laughing and trying to pull me up into the boat. Obviously, it was a great trip.
The coda on all this is that about a month later i had a dream that i was walking down 4th ave in manhattan. And on the corner of 10th st, what do i find lying on the sidewalk? My swim trunks that i had lost in Lake Michigan.
Tell my then friend that I had fallen in love with them.
I figured if we stopped being friends then I would at least not regret telling them how I felt. I thought I could make them happy and love them the way they wanted and hoped for.
Now he’s my best friend and my partner. My life doesn’t work without him, he’s why I get up in the morning, can laugh and eat and go outside and enjoy life. Telling him was the best thing I have ever done. If I do nothing else in my life but love him, I would still be happy.
Getting my skydiving license. I did my first jump with my best friend and we both decided to get our licenses. My friend kept putting it off over and over and I finally realized that if I waited for him I may not ever go through with it.
It was the first time I did something completely on my own like that. I took a few days out of work, booked the course and camped out at the dropzone. Did my course on a Thursday, and was cleared for solo jumping by Sunday. Earned my license a few weeks later.
That was 19 years ago. I have 1300~ jumps now and have worked as a parachute packer, instructor and videographer over the years. My friend has still yet to make another jump.
Bought my dream car. Waited decades and saved. Ummed and arred. After one year, the chain needed replacing (jag xe) costing near 3K, and a few months later, it got stolen. I wish they stole the car just before it got fixed. That would have been a win-win.
Breaking up with my ex-fiancé; the final straw was a pretty small thing but I can honestly say that I wouldn’t change a thing 3.5 years on. My mental health, physical health, lifestyle, and general happiness is so much better now.
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Investing in the SP 500
Attending Assessment and Selection.
Quitting comfort for passion, never looked back.
When I had the last money left and then the game I was waiting for comes out in Steam with a 70% discount
Falling in love with the stranger
Ending the abusive friendship
Zip lining from one tower to the other at the Rio in Las Vegas.
Ladyboys.
Not too crazy but i have acrophobia. On my visit to prague last week, i was at the castle. They have this tower you can go up. Since the city looks so beautiful i just thought “Fuck it, i have to see this from above”. I got pretty scared and almost panicked a few times but the view and the pics i took were totally worth it.
But can i tell you, i never was more happy to be back down in my life.
Quitting a job I hated without a backup plan
Quitting my job and moving to New Zealand from Europe
everytime that I do something scary and new, but not something illegal😅 I always tell to myself “nothing that you tried bravely fails you” so that’s how I make it😅
I was supposed to spend my summer after grad school working on a farm in the south of France, but then COVID destroyed my plans and drained all my savings. Last fall I decided I can’t wait forever and booked the solo trip that changed my life. Can’t wait for perfect timing to choose yourself.
Hopping on a plane and going halfway across the country to see my favorite band. I’m an extremely anxious person and had never travelled alone before. Best weekend ever and I plan on doing something like that at least once a year going forward.
Getting married.
Investing in Bitcoin.
one of them was a good decision.
Taking that plane for a 5 weeks travel in New Zealand, never thought I could discover my inner child carelessness again en the feeling of not caring about anything but being in the moment
Getting Pokemon Violet. 4 yrs passed. I now brag abt my lvl 100 full stat team.
Putting in an application to adopt my foster dogs , they’re now my everything 🩵
I was made homeless due to a situation with an ex friend, and one of my options was – moving miles away from my family with a guy I had known for less than a year, and we had only been dating for six months at this point / or / moving back in with my parents and being in a toxic and manipulative environment where I suffered with emotional abuse for years.
We’ve been happily together for 6 years and still live in the city, best decision I ever made.
Leaving my abusive ex for the man I’ve been in love with for almost ten years. Found out he felt the same and bam, that was it. Moved in after 4.5 months and just having the best time together. ❤️
(Also, mounjaro… 😂)
Packing up and moving to a new city with no plan
Marrying my wife.
Staying in Amsterdam when I lost my passport and got stuck there on new year’s eve. Woke up in a Christian youth hostel, lived there for three weeks for free, found a job, found my career, bought an apartment, lived there for five years.
When I met your mom.
When I heard my company was doing a joint venture with a Japanese company and would be sending someone to Japan, I asked my manager if they were taking volunteers. When he asked me if I was serious, I called my wife to confirm she’d be OK with it and then told my manager I was. That’s how I wound up spending over a year living in Tokyo, which was a really great experience.
Buying tickets to see a musical artist I have always loved and wanted to see perform on a whim for a show in Mexico City, D.F. two weeks from when I looked it up.
It is one of the best trips I’ve ever taken. The artist was Hiromi Uehara, a virtuoso jazz pianist who plays at really prestigious venues all over the world and was never somewhere I could easily visit. I was sitting in a cafe working on some project while a jazz band played the night I made the impromptu decision because their keyboardist was channeling big Hiromi energy. Looked up her concert tour, saw she was playing in 2 weeks in Mexico, looked up flights just to see how affordable it might be and found I could do the whole trip for maybe $500 which was actually doable for my budget. Bought the tickets on an absolute whim. The concert was unforgettable, and D.F. turned out to be one of my favorite cities I’ve ever visited. It helps I speak reasonably passable Spanish but it isn’t that good and as a tiny young woman traveling alone I had some hesitations. But it was one of the best trips I’ve ever taken.
Dragging my ass to the gym. Should have done it 20 years ago
Traveling solo to a country I knew nothing about
In high school I was so scared that I was going to be one of those people who had no direction in life and never find what I wanted to do. I always loved acting and performing but it never really occurred to me that I could just study it to become a professional.
The realization came to me when I found a film school in my city on YouTube and they had a bunch of their productions uploaded which were absolutely incredible, I was hooked on watching them! I knew I had to attend after realizing an actress I loved growing up graduated from there. When I told my mom, she wasn’t very supportive and thought I was wasting money on an unobtainable dream. I actually had quite a few people tell me I was wasting my time or that I needed a backup plan, plus it was very expensive. But I saved everything I could earn from work to help pay and I was accepted after auditing near the end of my high school year.
Cut to 15 years later, I am a professional voice actor full-time for video games and animation; I have talent agents in Canada, LA, and the UK, and I couldn’t be happier with my career.
Went back to college. I had 3 kids and a job. I graduated Summa Cum Laude, gold medal and numerous awards. The school is a prestigious Jesuit University. It took a while because of my life commitments but I treasured every single minute. Go Royals
Every manic episode I have basically. Good time when you are in it, not so fun when you come back to reality with an empty bank account, speeding tickets and realizing you put yourself in some really dangerous situations (and their consequences)
Getting my teeth fixed. I have an autoimmune disease and it ruined my teeth. Because of stress and pain I also grind my teeth to the point they are gapped and crooked. I was to the point where I never smiled or covered my mouth when I talked because I was embarrassed. Just got crowns and implants and I love them. They look like my teeth before I got sick. They’re a natural color and look real. They cost a fortune though but I don’t care. Worth every penny.
When i got a smaller somewhat an argument with a teacher in my college who i hate, and then on the next day his lesson was first in the morning, so i just said “Fuck that guy, i am not coming.”. And it felt so good. I know it’s nothing much, but still felt great.
Yeah, why not travel to the other side of the world where I can’t speak the language for a job I acquired using my PSP and Skype?
None of it was planned but it changed everything.
Starting a new hobby I’d been putting off forever — it ended up being way more fulfilling than I expected.
Got fired from my TA job for not respecting the professor and sleeping in class. Was offered a different TA position but turned it down even tho i was broke because my buddy Mike from my floor had a family shack on the Canadian side of Lake Michigan. Got on a bus to Toronto instead.
Had a great trip. Its was one of the few times in my life when simple things were a delight. I still remember how much we loved finding Sleemans lager. I think its just a regular Canadian beer but we had never heard of it.
Mike and his brother grew up going to the lake house, and were good water skiers. I couldn’t, so they pranked me; told me that i could just hold onto the tow rope and they would drag me around the lake and id love it. After like 6 minutes of hoping my arms didnt pop out of their sockets i let go. Im treading water while they circle back to me. And they’re laughing and laughing at me.
The surface friction of me sort of bouncing off the top of the water pulled my swim trunk’s off. Im treading water naked, and theyre laughing and trying to pull me up into the boat. Obviously, it was a great trip.
The coda on all this is that about a month later i had a dream that i was walking down 4th ave in manhattan. And on the corner of 10th st, what do i find lying on the sidewalk? My swim trunks that i had lost in Lake Michigan.
Taking a last-minute trip to a place I’d always wanted to visit — best spontaneous decision ever.
Tell my then friend that I had fallen in love with them.
I figured if we stopped being friends then I would at least not regret telling them how I felt. I thought I could make them happy and love them the way they wanted and hoped for.
Now he’s my best friend and my partner. My life doesn’t work without him, he’s why I get up in the morning, can laugh and eat and go outside and enjoy life. Telling him was the best thing I have ever done. If I do nothing else in my life but love him, I would still be happy.
Getting my skydiving license. I did my first jump with my best friend and we both decided to get our licenses. My friend kept putting it off over and over and I finally realized that if I waited for him I may not ever go through with it.
It was the first time I did something completely on my own like that. I took a few days out of work, booked the course and camped out at the dropzone. Did my course on a Thursday, and was cleared for solo jumping by Sunday. Earned my license a few weeks later.
That was 19 years ago. I have 1300~ jumps now and have worked as a parachute packer, instructor and videographer over the years. My friend has still yet to make another jump.
Moving to South Korea to teach English
Bought my dream car. Waited decades and saved. Ummed and arred. After one year, the chain needed replacing (jag xe) costing near 3K, and a few months later, it got stolen. I wish they stole the car just before it got fixed. That would have been a win-win.
Breaking up with my ex-fiancé; the final straw was a pretty small thing but I can honestly say that I wouldn’t change a thing 3.5 years on. My mental health, physical health, lifestyle, and general happiness is so much better now.
Scuba