my larger point is that my decision to go to grad school
set me on a path of serendipitious events that lasted for 20 years. I got my first job out of grad school by being hired by an adjunct professor who taught an economic development course, and that led to a series of right place right time moments that led to a very successful career that I am super fortunate to have. If I don't take that one class in grad school I probably don't even know that site location analytics is even a thing, and if I don't go to visit my college roommmate in California shortly after grad school, I don't meet my wife.  Previous Message
if, in your alternate timeline, you don’t meet on the day you did, but rather, a week later, probably no big deal
However, if you ultimately meet 10 years later, maybe you’re both married to other people by then
That’s why I don’t believe in fate
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 dumb hypothetical: if you could see where your life would be now had you made different choices - lcubed Yesterday, 13:08:49
- There's one or two big life decisions I wonder what would have happened... - KingTalkyTiki Today, 13:26:07
- One change wouldn't make one single life adjustment. It'd be an infinite multitude of possibilities - ibdoc Today, 13:22:03
- I’d like to see a world where I never found the IlliniBoard* - Sounder Today, 9:18:46
- No thank you * - PapaDels Yesterday, 22:05:20
- whether you would choose to look or not, do you know the inflection point? - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 18:37:04
- ooo. - longsnapper Yesterday, 18:49:23
- No chance, glad to be where I'm at and don't need any reasons to second guess* - opey8 Yesterday, 17:47:01
- I wonder where I would be right now if my family didn’t move to Illinois in 1978… - JeffFrank Yesterday, 17:46:35
- If it’s only gonna show me what could have been, no chance. - assassin Yesterday, 17:44:37
- No. Same reason I don’t do psychics* - snipes824 Yesterday, 17:34:18
- Probably dead - timmer Yesterday, 17:27:41
- Can I hit the undo button if I dont like how it turned out? - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 14:36:49
- That way lies madness. - Sammich Yesterday, 14:35:19
- I'd like to think my current life is a cumulative of my past decisions... - haighter Yesterday, 14:28:54
- I just listen to Reggie's stories to scratch that itch* - longsnapper Yesterday, 13:37:32
- Not after having a kid, yes before that* - PDO Yesterday, 13:35:43
- This* - Quiz Yesterday, 17:19:57
- Meh. Life's not that binary. If I had made a different decision years ago... - Tuscy Yesterday, 13:14:09
- Absolutely* - Sounder Yesterday, 13:12:24
- Yes.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:11:14
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