Have you ever 'changed your life'?

Question

Have you made some major decisions about your life and completely changed?
I'd love to hear some inspirational stories please!

Answer 1

nah but i changed my underwear this morning

Answer 2

I have made one of the most importand decisions that changed my life for the better.

I was in a long term relationship (9yrs) with a man who i'd been with since i was 17, we had 2 children. I was working FT and he wasn't. 1 was in FT education and the other was due to start PT. I didn't ask him to get a job, just that he did the house work, which he never did. So i was not only working FT but when i got home i was cooking and cleaning. I tryed the dont do the pots, he'll do them method but he never did.

After 5 yrs of i'll change and help or i'll get a job. I decided i'd had enough. I was in love a some one else (a close friend) who didn't know how i felt. I told him how i felt but he just clamed up and diserpeared for a week.

I told my current parnter that it was over and he was to leave after christmas for the kids sake. The friend came back and I asked him again if he liked me the same way that i liked him and explained that there was no chance that i was staying with my current partner. Eventually he told me that he did feel the same way about me.

We got married this year and have been together nearly 2 yrs, we have a lovely son and the other 2 are doing better now, behaving and getting everything they need. My only consern during this time were the kids, not myself. But if a cupple are not happy then niether are the kids.

I took a chance and found love with a fantastic man, I still work FT and he looks after the 2 kids and 1 baby (ages 9yrs, 6yrs and 10 month), but i hardly do anything in the house. He cooks and cleans exept for the weekends, that when he get a break.... lol

Answer 3

This may take a while...but never mind loads of answers before mine so no pressure to be number 1! lol

Ok, here we go. On 30th June this year I was diagnosed a type 2 diabetic. My life for the last 18 years or so has been sedentary, I have not been working (bringing up my family and ill health), I had piled on loads of weight and was eating very badly. I felt sorry for myself! When the diagnosis was made it was a huge shock although I did know that I was at risk but like many people my mind was in the set of "It wont happen to me"! When I had got my head around it I knew what I wanted to do...change my life and turn a negative into a positive. I did a turnout of the freezer and cupboards when I got home from the doctors and the dogs had all the burgers, nuggets and other junk food with their evening meals for the next couple of days. I stocked up with healthy foods and bought lots of fruit and veg. I planned my diet to firstly control my blood glucose levels and to secondly lose weight. I did the first very well, in fact I went too far the other way and my diabetic control medication was halved. I started to feel much better in myself as my control improved. I lost weight (so far since 1st July I have lost 63 lbs). Because I feel so much more lively and dont want to sleep all the time I have started looking for a full time job and I am training to become a volunteer with a local charity. I am exercising every day, brisk walks so far, not got as far as the gym yet but will do as I lose more weight.
Thats about it in a nutshell, my life is totally unrecognisable to what it was 6 months ago!!

Answer 4

I left my girlfriend of ten years, the house we had been living in and my job all in one week. Almost immedately I became homeless, got assaulted in a park, spent time in hospital, suffered a complete breakdown and tried to kill myself.

I was "saved" by going to live in a community where I looked after chickens, met similar people, some who had been homeless for 20 years, and started to get help and support in a completely different environment. I only had 1 bedroom to myself, this computer and the clothes I had saved from my separation but I quickly found that I didn't need anything else of my own to be happy. All the "stuff" I had owned before only made me want more. The less I had, the greater pleasure I started to get from more basic things.

Now, two years later, although I can not work yet because of the damage I caused myself in those years, I live on basic benefit in a small rented house with a new girlfriend, the best thing in my life, and I am rediscovering the things that used to give me pleasure when I was young. I just can't stop reading and learning things. Stuff that had passed me by completely while I was competing in the workplace to prove I was better than I really was.

I don't recommend going through what I did before you decide to make a change. But, I do recommend that you remember this: almost anything you decide to do in life can be undone if it doesn't work.

Although I still have a lot of things to sort out in my life, I am so glad I did not die two years ago.

Answer 5

I used to be a downtrodden wife (with a 9 year old child), who worked as a part time secretary and spent most of the time wishing life was different. I decided to do something about it. I made a list of all the things I would really like to do, then another list of what I needed to 'do' to be able to do what I wanted. Then (the hard bit) I worked out whether I could handle what I had to 'do' to get me where I wanted to be. Whenever the answer was yes, I did it. So far I have left my ex, studied hard, got qualified, changed my job, bought a house on my own, learned to paint, walked the West Highland Way and am currently working my way through my original list, best of all I have now met a wonderful guy who admires me. I believe you are only here once - its not a rehearsal - and you shouldn't spend your time here in misery.

Answer 6

I'm 56 now and been through many stages of life and changes. It's too long to share in here. I'm too used to my comfort zone throughout my life. Never thought and plan what will happen if I were to lose my job.

I lost my job a year ago and was not able to get a new job due to my age. Till last month a survey recruiter friend told me about Google Adsense program. I signed up and have been making money from my blog and Googlepage. You can mail me for more details.

Whatever changes it may be, it must be changing for the better.

Answer 7

Yes, I did. When I was 17 I was completely down, trying to commit suicide until I was 21. Some help of psychiatrist, a lot of work on myself, a lot of meditation, lonely walks to the mountains, forests, and all these and a strong will have put me back on my feet. From that days on, I have been down, there were many downs (no job, no social support for a year and half), but this has never put me down to where I was. For me it is definitely like drawing a line. Also my family was one factor that was affecting me much, now I am 'alone', and my family does not and cannot in no way affect me anymore. Anyway my family has completely slitted, so I feel I have no roots anymore. But I am strong, I know and I am aware where I am coming from and have learnt a lot form past experiences and do not allow myself to go back where I was. I look only and only into the future.

Answer 8

I have, I had clinical depression and was on the verge of losing everything, so I made a huge decision with my husband. We lived in Slough (near London) and decided to move to Plymouth in Devon. There was too many 'ghosts' in Slough that kept coming back to haunt me. 5 years later I was training to be an Admin Manager for a busy department store until I fell pregnant. I am now a mum to a beautiful 8 month old boy. I have so much more confidence now, I am a different person completely.
I really believe that if I had of stayed in slough then i wouldn't be here now. I still go back to Slough to visit friends and family, but I could never move back there.

Answer 9

Yes, going on two aid missions to Romania in 1990 and 1991 and seeing how people struggled to live, and so many children begging on the streets. You have to see this and be there to truly believe it. All though we took van loads of mixed aid not one bit of it was stolen by those often desperate people, For the most part it was the Christian churches that went there with the aid. Coming back home made me relise how much we really had. My experiences lead me to becoming a Christian, therefore changing my life, that is what being 'born again' means, it is often misunderstood by others. Thank you for your question

Answer 10

Yes!
I was terrified of failure, so never tried anything I might not succeed in. I cleaned for a living for 12 years.
Then I went to a sign language class just for a bit of fun, kept it up for a couple of years, then my tutor suggested I did an interpreter course at university.
I immediately thought of 100 reasons why I couldn't do it, but for some reason, went ahead and did it anyway.
I've been an interpreter for just over a year now and have never been happier. My life is unrecognisable and I've found confidence for the first time ever.
Just goes to show what you can do if you let yourself just go for it!

Answer 11

I quit doing insane amounts of hard drugs, and quit drinking excessive amounts of liquor. It wasn't that inspirational though, After a 4 week session of constant partying and being drunk and stoned out of my gourd every day and night my heart went into overdrive and I thought I might be having a heart attack. Turns out I wasn't, I was reaching the limits of human endurance for drink, drugs, and lack of sleep. Anyway, after sleeping for 38 hours straight, I woke up and thought, this has got to stop. Haven't touched it since, only remain friends with two of the old crew, and only have the beer now, and not very often. You would be amazed at how fast you lose "friends" and your bank account grows when you don't party like a rock star. I think I'm better for it.