Taking Risks
 

Kinda along the same lines as the regrets thread:

Tell about a time that you took a risk, and it worked out for the best for you!

My risk
 

Ok...I know I've probably told this story a thousands times. But my risk was my move to Dallas also 2 years ago.

When I finally made up my mind that I was coming to Texas, my mom was dead set against it. My car wasn't working at the time and she wanted me to move back to New Orleans till it was fixed. I love my mom,but I knew if I'd gone back to New Orleans a)I'd never leave and b)I'd would die(emotionally)

My guy friend was also dead set against it. He wanted me to move with him in Georgia. As good as the offer sounded, the thought of someone else wanted to move in with them to take care of me,just didn't sit well with me.

So June of 2001, with no job and a little bit of money, I moved to Texas to prove to my mom and my friend that I could make it own my own. June 2003, will be my 2nd year in Teaxs. Both my mom and my friend are proud and amazed at all the stuff I have accomplished since I've been here. And to tell you the truth,I'm proud of myself too:D

It is so ironic that you start this thread. I am currently thinking about taking a huge, I mean HUGE risk, consisting of packing up my things and leaving my life behind to move to a place I've been wanting to move to for the past two years. This place happens to be tens of thousands miles away, but something inside of me tells me it is for the best. But until I actually do it, I won't know. Hopefully soon I will be posting on this very thread about my successful decision. :cool:

Aww, prospectiverushee, I hope my story ends like yours. :)

I wish I had a story like that. I guess I have never really been a risk taker. The school that I am at is only a little less than 2 hours away from home, and I don't know if I could move much farther away than that. I guess I wish I was more of a risk taker, because I don't want to look back on my life and have regrets about not trying things. Maybe the ability to take risks comes with age and life experience...

SATX*APhi and prospectiverushee, I really admire the risks you are taking. I think it is wonderful!:)

Congratulations on taking The Risk!

I guess I have always been like that, the Norm Sucks!!!

Who would have thought I would be a Police Officer or end up owning two business's?

Of course I think most of the GCers know I am not normal! I hate being Normal.

I am not crazy, I am Insane, there is a Diff!:D

But if you live in the Rut, you never see what it is like in the sun!

Hell throw it to the wind and go go go and hope for the best!

If you aint in, You cant win!

I'm not much of a risk taker either,but like I said...I had something to prove to a few people. It hasn't been all sunshine and roses,but I wouldn't trade this experience for anything in the world. My mom says that since I've been in Texas,I seem so much happier. It's true. I only wish I had moved out here in 1998 like I wanted to.

OOOOOOOOH yes, Hind sight is 120%. Went to a School that no one else was planning to go to!

Damn, why is it parents and friends think you cannot do it on your own?

Scarry as hell when you do it, but you work your ass off, adapt and do good!:D Aint it GREAT!:cool:

Spread thy wings and soar! See what lays before you and go for the Golden Ring! How do you know until you try? You can always go back home and get " WELL I TOLD YOU SO"!

If nothing else, YOU gave it your best shot!

Aint in Cant Win!http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmili...py/xyxwave.gif

Wow, I'm basically going through the same thing.....

I've grown up here in San Diego all my life, and I'm basically tired of it. The people here are incredibly shallow and superficial. People have gotten more and more inconsiderate over the years. This used to be a very cool place to live, but now I'm just tired of it.

My chapter is showing little signs of improvement. 95% of my chapter believes that a fraternity is JUST about partying and nothing else.

So, I want to go to a school in a town that's really relaxed and laid back, and we have a great chapter there that actually believes in the ritual and operates like a model chapter.

The only problem is I, like SATX A PHI, would be leaving my entire life behind. It's just been me and my mom since I was 12, and leaving her down here and going 6 hours away is going to be the hardest thing I'm ever going to do.

I'm not sure I'm going to get in to this school anyway, but if I do, the move and adjustment would be the biggest obstacle of my life.

And that was my whole motavation for moving to Dallas. I was determined that I wasn't going to fail. There was no way I was going to let my mom and friend say I TOLD YOU SO. I figured that after a year, if I didn't like Dallas, I could always move back to New Orleans. And that to was motavation in itself for me to stick it out in Dallas:D

When I was 14 I asked my whole family to move to another state so I could speed skate competitvely. I ended up hurting my back almost 3 years later and never made it to the Olympics.

I'm also now dating a guy that's 8 years older than me and has a kid. It's a risk! I'm not too keen on the step-mom thing, but I've decided to put that issue aside since I like him a lot.

Nothing too big really. I guess I need to take more risks!
-M

well hmm 2 things really -

like prospectiverushee I took a huge risk moving to Dallas. I had spent 10 years in College Station, went to middle school and high school there - I had a choice - stay at A&M like everyone else I went to school with or strike out and try to make it on my own. So as soon as I turned 18, I moved to Dallas (actually Denton) with no job, no money, nothing. All I had was $500 that my parents lent me. It was hard at first but let me see everything I've accomplished - I have the most wonderful sisters in the world, I'm 3 semesters away from graduating, and best of all I met my soul mate.

another big risk I took was to divert from my course to have a baby. Last year after my then boyfriend and I decided to get married when I graduated, I found out I was pregnant. *not to start an abortion debate* I knew I couldn't go through with it, so I took the risk and went through with the pregnancy. It was hell, I lost everything - my parents abandoned me (temporarily), friends forgot about me, and yes some of the ones I trusted the most, my sisters backstabbed me. I was forced into alum status by a much despised chapter advisor and I found myself married and pregnant before I wanted to be. However, after the birth of my little guy in October everything has changed and my life couldn't be better. My greatest mistake gave me my greatest love :)

glad to hear everything has worked out for everyone!!!

I have a couple of those risk-taking situations that I could readily think of --

One, like prospective rushee and mere mere, was just picking up everything and moving to dallas! After I graduated from high school, I pretty much had my pick at universities in texas, but decided to stay close to home for a short time and go to school @ a university nearby. I had a wonderful time there, i met new friends, made good grades and had the perfect boyfriend... but after awhile I just needed a change. My parents freaked out when I told them I wanted to move to Dallas... the school there had a better CIS program, and it was so close to the metroplex, I figured there were a ton of opportunities there. So I just packed everything up and moved after the summer term even though I didn't know a single person in the new area. I have such wonderful opportunities since I've been here!

Second risk I can think of happened my sophmore year in high school. There was this guy I thought was super sweet, polite, funny, and on top of that he was just HOT! Only problem is that he was also very shy and when I met him, he was a senior who would be graduating in my older sister's class. I figured he probably wouldn't want anything to do with a lowly sophomore :p At first we didn't talk much (because I was kind of shy too), but then I decided if I really thought he was worth it, I should "make the first move" (hehehe) We became good friends before he graduated, and went to a university nearby, so it was easy to keep in touch.. and he ended up escorting me to my junior prom and have been dating ever since ;) So the moral of the story here is, even if you are a female, you can make the first move, and something good might happen :)

P.S. SATX -- move to Dallas with the rest of us! :p

Dallas?! :eek: I've never even been to Dallas in my life, but nah, I'll pass. :) I've been reluctant to tell anybody where I am thinking of moving to, but so that you all could know what I mean when I say "leave my life behind," I am thinking of moving to South America. :)

I may have already told this story, but I took a risk that ended up being a very good thing. I was out with a friend one night drinking -- and I was WASTED. Beyond wasted. Crazy wasted. I ended up doing the eye contact thing with a cutie across a crowded bar. This went on for a while. Eventually, when he didn't approach me, I got sick of it and approached him. I have no idea what I said. We ended up hanging out and talking. I ended up getting a ride home from him because my friend had left earlier. We sat in the car for hours, talking and maybe kissing a little. ;)

At some point, my drunk ass said, "I'm going on vacation next week. Why don't you come with me."

We made a plan to meet the next week, and didn't even exchange numbers. We met the next week and I was relieved that, while sober, I still thought he was cute. We talked for a few minutes, made a plan, and went on a road trip that lasted for 5 days.

Now my "risk" and I are planning to take another risk, and move halfway across the country. :)