Raz
Bluelighter
You know that movie with Gwyneth Paltrow? Where she makes a minor different choice and her entire life changes?
Does anyone have any of these moments in their life, a choice that could have taken you down a completely different path? Like for example, the person who decided to take the stairs instead of the lift and so *didn't* plummet to their death? Okay, that's an extreme example, but I'll start....
*When I finished primary school, I could have gotten a scholarship to a private boys' high school to sing in their choir, but I turned it down because I couldn't be arsed with rehearsals....I think back on that every now and then and think I would have been a worse person if I had gone to that school. My life as a teenager was fucked up enough as it is, I don't think I would have handled the extra pressure of feeling obliged to perform well for my scholarship. Nervous breakdown time..
*The other big one is my ex. I often wonder what my life would be like today if I hadn't seen him again after the first night. We spent nearly 5 years together, and it kind of shattered any progress I'd made with my self-esteem, took a few years to get that back. It's only now that I've actually recaptured that motivation to actually do things with my life. I have no regrets because I've learned a lot about myself and made some great friends through knowing him, but I do think that I would probably be enjoying my job more and probably working in a more creative field if I hadn't met him....and I sure as hell would have been exposed to a lot less goddamn Abba, that in itself would be worth a do-over....
Anyone else wanna play?
Does anyone have any of these moments in their life, a choice that could have taken you down a completely different path? Like for example, the person who decided to take the stairs instead of the lift and so *didn't* plummet to their death? Okay, that's an extreme example, but I'll start....
*When I finished primary school, I could have gotten a scholarship to a private boys' high school to sing in their choir, but I turned it down because I couldn't be arsed with rehearsals....I think back on that every now and then and think I would have been a worse person if I had gone to that school. My life as a teenager was fucked up enough as it is, I don't think I would have handled the extra pressure of feeling obliged to perform well for my scholarship. Nervous breakdown time..
*The other big one is my ex. I often wonder what my life would be like today if I hadn't seen him again after the first night. We spent nearly 5 years together, and it kind of shattered any progress I'd made with my self-esteem, took a few years to get that back. It's only now that I've actually recaptured that motivation to actually do things with my life. I have no regrets because I've learned a lot about myself and made some great friends through knowing him, but I do think that I would probably be enjoying my job more and probably working in a more creative field if I hadn't met him....and I sure as hell would have been exposed to a lot less goddamn Abba, that in itself would be worth a do-over....

Anyone else wanna play?