Alright Reddit, so we've seen some ways our friends have quickly fucked up their lives; but now I ask you this: what's the quickest way you've seen a friend drastically improve their life?

the ex-boyfriend i'm still friends with:

  • dropped out of college

  • quit his job so he could go back to school years later (about the time we started dating)

  • moved back in with his parents

  • did not actually bother going back to school

  • was unemployed for a year with me supporting his lazy ass

  • got a part-time job at a gas station, but blew all his money on stupid shit and complained about not being able to save

  • got dumped by me about a year later

within a couple of months, he begged his dad to get him an interview for an IT position at his company. he didn't get the job (was narrowly beat out by a guy with a degree), but the interviewer was impressed enough to put in a good word for him at another office in a city a few hours away, where an incompetent IT just got fired. dude interviewed again, proved he could do it, got the job, and went from making $bullshit/hr to $70,000/year.

i still do not regret my decision to dump him, but i'm happy he went from a sad, sloppy mess to thriving in just the course of a few months.

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