“My life would be so drastically different had I decided to quit on the spot.”

And a lot of their answers are incredibly amazing.

Here’s what they had to say below.

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The following Monday was a state holiday, so I could not go to the unemployment office.

I went to the old company office where I had been working instead of choosing to sleep.

(There was nothing else to do.)"

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Danna, 71, Texas

3.

“Choosing where to go to college.

I narrowed it down between NDSU and USD.

A person pours rose wine from a bottle into a glass in a wine-tasting room with wine bottles on the wall behind them

I decided to go to USD out of laziness.

I ended up meeting mybest friendand moving to Sioux Falls, where I met my husband.

I decided to complete the shift and simply never return again.

A small white dog sits on a green couch between two blue pillows by a window

Just then, I stepped out of the container I was unloading as a manager was walking by.”

My life would be so drastically different had I decided to quit on the spot and walk away.

David, 61, Florida

5.

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“When I was 21, I was struggling in university and considering dropping out.

My parents were splitting up, and I was really falling apart.

One Friday night in February, my buddies and I were debating where to go out partying.

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We decided on B. I met a lovely girl and got her number.”

“I didnt go to a concert.

That turned out to be the Station nightclub bar fire that night in Providence, RI.

A hand is knocking on an old green door with a vintage brass door knocker shaped like a man's face

So many people lost their lives.

Pyrotechnics from the band set on fire and burned the building to the ground with no sprinkler system.”

Anonymous, Massachusetts

7.

“I pushed hard to get hired at a retail job when 17.

The person who hired me after I pestered for a month wound up being very important to me.

At the time, it was just a retail job.

I attended school, worked at a different job, and got married.

About 13 years after I was hired, I wound up adopting a dog from my former manager.

Marge was a great dog, and it wouldve been enough.

I was devastated, but I took Marge and set about rebuilding.”

That community service turned into a summer job throughout college, working with people with disabilities.

This resulted in me choosing a lifelong, rewarding career supporting people with disabilities in various roles."

Anonymous, 54, Pennsylvania

9.

“Life is filled with butterfly effects.

I can think of at least a dozen.

I decided to take a day off there.

“After a terrible year teaching home economics, I assumed I would never teach again.

A friend asked me to take a part-time job as an assistant in her preschool classroom.

I fell in love with preschool!

I have retired after teaching for 35 years, with 20 years in Special Needs preschool.

I still miss the kids.”

sillyorca22

11.

“I decided to try out for volleyball in 9th grade, but I had never played.

“I went to therapy.

It changed my life for the better.

I was fortunate to find a clinic that had a sliding scale based on income.

irisg2

13.

“During the summer after high school, I worked for the city as a garbage man.

But something inside me said, ‘No, just go knock on the door.'”