UNEXPECTEDLY GREAT DECISIONS

(January, 2024) Reddit asks, “What’s your most unexpectedly great decision made on a whim?” Some of the answers:
– “I randomly took a route to pick my daughter up from school that I never usually take. I saw a puppy in a ditch looking starved and very scared. Put him in the car, picked up my daughter, and went to the vet’s. After being declared healthy, but malnourished, I brought him home, and he has become the best pet ever!”
– “Saved about $1000 this year by booking an Airbnb cabin in the mountains from Jan 2-7 instead of Jan 1-6.”
– “I was hanging around in a university waiting for my brother to finish a group project. I was 18, unemployed. Randomly decided to apply for several jobs in my industry that I wasn’t totally qualified for, just because I was bored. Two hours later I got a call from a recruiter, 2 days later I got a job.”
– “Going to Costco during the Super Bowl.”
– “Got up one day and decided I wanted to go on a run. Only made it like a quarter mile, but I felt good and decided to do it again the next day. Started wondering if I could go for longer without stopping, set a goal for the next few runs. Snowballed from there. I ran a marathon on Sunday and I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been.”
– “Once, on a whim, I decided to try eating dessert before dinner. It turned out to be a life-changing decision.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What have you done on a whim and had it turn out great?