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What decision that you made originally seemed insignificant but then turned out to be life-changing?

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Volkditty@lemmy.world
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I was planning to join the military after high school. It was a 3 hour drive to the closest MEPS (military entrance processing station), so the local recruiters only made the trip out there once a week. I already had my date set when another guy dropped out, so my recruiter asked if I was interested in going a week earlier. I said absolutely, because I was dead et on being in the Army, so what difference did one more week make?

So that’s how I enlisted on Sept 5th, 2001…

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bulwark@lemmy.world
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Lol, you got 4 days of pre 9/11 military. Must of been glorious.

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rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz
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Must of been

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JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
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Damn. Do you think if you hadn’t gone early you still would have enlisted?

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