The best and worst decision you ever made

thelad95

Was discussing this with a friend the other day. What is the best decision and what is the worst decision you have made in your life. For me it would have to be these:

Best- Repeating the Leaving Cert. It completely changed me as a person and I'm now going to be able to do the college course I want

Worst- Taking up smoking. I used to be fit but now a five minute walk gives me a big tomato head and I need to sit down Obviously it's left me with far less money than I would like as well.

uch

Worst was when I was driving half cut and decided to open the door to pull in me seat belt and fell out.
Best was marrying the Love of my life

House of Blaze

Too many contenders for worst decision im afraid!

DrGreenthumb

posting on boards.ie

Flippyfloppy

uch wrote: »

Worst was when I was driving half cut and decided to open the door to pull in me seat belt and fell out.
Best was marrying the Love of my life

I love how stupid your worst decision is

wazky

My worst:

Drink driving last week.

I dropped my can going around a corner and spilled at least half of it.

takamichinoku

Meh, they're probably interchangeable to be honest. Realising the worst decision of my life didn't destroy has been pretty important long-term. It was definitely the worst decision of my life though, all the same.

Hm...

RayM

Worst - It's a toss-up between not studying for the Leaving Cert, and not repeating the Leaving Cert. I did nowhere near as well as I could have.

Best - Starting a degree at the age of 32. Well, hopefully that'll be my best ever decision anyway.

PizzamanIRL

Worst - opening this thread

Best - leaving this thread

Close contender for worst - posting this stupid reply

uch

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

I love how stupid your worst decision is

Hey, I've lots fairly close to that

Yes do it!

Yes! Do it again!

In that order

Lucifer MorningStar

Best decision was joining boards, worst decision was posting in this thread

_Whimsical_

My worst decisions mostly centre around accepting crap from people because I was in a tough place and felt that I wasn't in a position to stand up for myself.

Best decisions: getting rid from some of those people and also working hard in my leaving cert year. It feels like forever ago but it taught me more about hard work and getting what I want out of life than anything else in my life.

pauliebdub

Best - quitting smoking, losing weight, deciding to go back to college.

Worst - starting smoking, spending too much time in dead end job instead of trying to build a career.

GerB40

Best decision = drinking. I turned from a shy loner to a confidant, popular lad who honestly had the time of my life while on the sauce.

Worst decision = drinking. I turned from a confidant, popular lad to an anxiety filled alcoholic with no life beyond getting drunk.

I'm sober a good while now though, which is nice..

Mint Aero

Looks at Op's username.
Sees 95
Op mentions college
*disbelief*
*opens desktop calculator*

:eek:

gctest50

Mint Aero wrote: »

Looks at Op's username.
Sees 95
Op mentions college
*disbelief*
*opens desktop calculator*

:eek:

only another 4 years n a few months and it'll be

Originally Posted by thelad00.....................

Best- Repeating the Leaving Cert. It completely changed me as a person and I'm now going to be able to do the college course I want
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toastedpickles

Worst decision - moving to cork for college
Best decision - leaving cork three months later

Simonigs1.0

I can't think of a best decision off hand but I do have a worst.

The year was 2007.

I was in 6th year in secondary school a new girl started working at my local book shop on weekends. I fancied her a bit. She was about my age and she was gorgeous. Over time we had become good friends, and funnily enough we had quite a bit in common. We'd always sit and talk about stuff; new book releases, music, how the leaving cert and 6th year was crap etc. It wasn't a busy shop at all and we'd often spend all day in the shop talking about random shíte.
Anyway, one evening as we were both leaving the shop I nonchalantly asked her "So, I was wondering if you wanted to do something this week? Just us two, go for a walk or something, what do you think?"
Then there's an awkward pause, then the inevitable result:
"Oh Simonigs1.0, I don't think that's such a good idea, I mean we're good friends/ I thought you were gay / I'm away all of the rest of this week. And next week."
To which I laughed, and said "Ah well, no harm done, see you soon" And head home to cry because this is the seventh time in a row this has happened and there isn't much further my confidence can drop.
The next week I went back to the shop, obviously things were a bit weird, so we just said the usual "hello, how are you" etc, I made an excuse that I was in a hurry, purchased a book, and left.
But, when I thought about it, I didn't really know this girl and what she was like when we were not talking about books. So, I dunno.


tl;dr - lost a good friend for being stupid

uch

But mother of jaysus you thought of loads else


[QUOTE=Simonigs1.0;91864893]I can't think of a best decision off hand but I do have a worst.

The year was 2007.

I was in 6th year in secondary school a new girl started working at my local book shop on weekends. I fancied her a bit. She was about my age and she was gorgeous. Over time we had become good friends, and funnily enough we had quite a bit in common. We'd always sit and talk about stuff; new book releases, music, how the leaving cert and 6th year was crap etc. It wasn't a bust shop at all and we'd often spend all day in the shop talking about random shíte.
Anyway, one evening as we were both leaving the shop I nonchalantly asked her "So, I was wondering if you wanted to do something this week? Just us two, go for a walk or something, what do you think?"
Then there's an awkward pause, then the inevitable result:
"Oh Simonigs1.0, I don't think that's such a good idea, I mean we're good friends/ I thought you were gay / I'm away all of the rest of this week. And next week."
To which I laughed, and said "Ah well, no harm done, see you soon" And head home to cry because this is the seventh time in a row this has happened and there isn't much further my confidence can drop.
The next week I went back to the shop, obviously things were a bit weird, so we just said the usual "hello, how are you" etc, I made an excuse that I was in a hurry, purchased a book, and left.

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dgt

Best decision: working on cars
Worst decision: working on cars
Indifferent decision: working on cars

Atari Jaguar

Schwiiing

Ive never made a good decision in my worthless life but my absoluite worst decision was going to LIT. Dear Jesus what a ****hole.

_Redzer_

Best: Not doing engineering and going for a different course, because I would have definitely dropped out and gone to Australia otherwise.

Although, I do love Australians....

Worst: well at this point, I actually don't have one. If you asked me last year I could've told you 5 or 6 things easily. Thankfully that's all sorted itself out now and it's water under the bridge, because I got to the right spot eventually, so those bad decisions have been made redundant.

_Redzer_

Schwiiing wrote: »

Ive never made a good decision in my worthless life but my absoluite worst decision was going to LIT. Dear Jesus what a ****hole.

Every time I've walked past the place, while steamed coming from thomond park, I've always felt an obligation to shout "losers in training". No idea why

DrGreenthumb

_Redzer_ wrote: »

Every time I've walked past the place, while steamed coming from thomond park, I've always felt an obligation to shout "losers in training". No idea why

takes years of training to wield a knife, you don't just learn this from buttering your toast every morning

_Whimsical_

Simonigs1.0 wrote: »

I can't think of a best decision off hand but I do have a worst.

The year was 2007.

I was in 6th year in secondary school a new girl started working at my local book shop on weekends. I fancied her a bit. She was about my age and she was gorgeous. Over time we had become good friends, and funnily enough we had quite a bit in common. We'd always sit and talk about stuff; new book releases, music, how the leaving cert and 6th year was crap etc. It wasn't a busy shop at all and we'd often spend all day in the shop talking about random shíte.
Anyway, one evening as we were both leaving the shop I nonchalantly asked her "So, I was wondering if you wanted to do something this week? Just us two, go for a walk or something, what do you think?"
Then there's an awkward pause, then the inevitable result:
"Oh Simonigs1.0, I don't think that's such a good idea, I mean we're good friends/ I thought you were gay / I'm away all of the rest of this week. And next week."
To which I laughed, and said "Ah well, no harm done, see you soon" And head home to cry because this is the seventh time in a row this has happened and there isn't much further my confidence can drop.
The next week I went back to the shop, obviously things were a bit weird, so we just said the usual "hello, how are you" etc, I made an excuse that I was in a hurry, purchased a book, and left.
But, when I thought about it, I didn't really know this girl and what she was like when we were not talking about books. So, I dunno.


tl;dr - lost a good friend for being stupid

Ah now if that's the worst you aren't doing too bad. Most people have someone in their lives that they've been strung along by for years,even decades,waiting for the alignment of the stars or whatever before they make a move. Mostly it in ends in frustration and sadness and the knowledge you've been rejected by someone who knows you inside out.
Making a move MIGHT have been your best decision. Maybe you saved yourself years of crap and missing out on the right girl because you were too busy pining and being a lap dog for the wrong one to notice her.
Least you did the gutsy thing and found out the lay of the land.

whirlpool

Best decision was leaving a job that was making me miserable even though leaving it meant I was going to be jobless and my family would go mad at me for leaving a job without having another one. It signified that I had finally reached a point in my life where I was strong enough to put my own heart, my own desires and my own mental health above the opinions and influences of even those closest to me.

Worst decisions: without a shadow of a doubt, all of my worst decisions I've ever made were ones that I made because I was influenced by what those closest to me told me I should do, instead of going with my heart. I can't think of a specific worst decision right now though so let me get back to you.

JonEBGud

I can't say that i have a worse/best decision.
Things just happened. Most things that happened
weren't decisions, they were progressions.
So far, no regrets.

whirlpool

JonEBGud wrote: »

I can't say that i have a worse/best decision.
Things just happened. Most things that happened
weren't decisions, they were progressions.
So far, no regrets.

Yeah, I kind of feel the same. I can't think of any "worst" decisions because they've all ended up being learning points. But I really want to come up with one!!

NightOfTheHunt

Starting smoking has to go down as the single worst decision I've ever made. I mean, what a seriously sh1tty, disgusting, waste of money.

lufties

As weird as it sounds I haven't made too many bad decisions, I'm glad I travelled as it has given me a good outlook and made me more confident.

Worst decision was to smoke for 10 years.
I do wish I had went to college as I really suffer with stress from my job..I'm hoping to start a part time Msc this year but at 32 I feel a bit old and always tired from shiftwork.

Best decision is to always do it 'My Way'

skyhighflyer

Simonigs1.0 wrote: »

I can't think of a best decision off hand but I do have a worst.

The year was 2007.

I was in 6th year in secondary school a new girl started working at my local book shop on weekends. I fancied her a bit. She was about my age and she was gorgeous. Over time we had become good friends, and funnily enough we had quite a bit in common. We'd always sit and talk about stuff; new book releases, music, how the leaving cert and 6th year was crap etc. It wasn't a busy shop at all and we'd often spend all day in the shop talking about random shíte.
Anyway, one evening as we were both leaving the shop I nonchalantly asked her "So, I was wondering if you wanted to do something this week? Just us two, go for a walk or something, what do you think?"
Then there's an awkward pause, then the inevitable result:
"Oh Simonigs1.0, I don't think that's such a good idea, I mean we're good friends/ I thought you were gay / I'm away all of the rest of this week. And next week."
To which I laughed, and said "Ah well, no harm done, see you soon" And head home to cry because this is the seventh time in a row this has happened and there isn't much further my confidence can drop.
The next week I went back to the shop, obviously things were a bit weird, so we just said the usual "hello, how are you" etc, I made an excuse that I was in a hurry, purchased a book, and left.
But, when I thought about it, I didn't really know this girl and what she was like when we were not talking about books. So, I dunno.


tl;dr - lost a good friend for being stupid

It happens man. If that's the worst decision you've made youre doing well, still crap when it happens though.

Took me a while to realise that if you like her, let her know straight away, it's all out in the open at the start and if no dice then it's easier to take the hit before it develops into a nascent friendship.

My best decision: Erasmus year France, closely followed by my J1.

Worst decision: surrounding myself by who I thought were cool people in school, who were in fact assholes. Lucky I eventually fell in with a great group of actual mates, still great friends about 15 years on.