[Serious] What has ruined your life?

Long story short, letting my parents guilt trip me out of joining the military. They were for it until Iraq happened. Hell, I later learned that they were planning to pressure me into joining, which has only worked to make me resent the situation even further. My life has been stagnant ever since working a dead end job. Things would be so much different today. Maybe my depression/anxiety wouldn't have developed into well over a year of having suicidal thoughts and an existential crisis every fucking day from waking to going back to sleep.

But hey, I've made the decision that things are going to be different. My head is clearer than it once was, I have a better view of the way things were and the way things could be, no need to agonize over what I'm going to do with my life any longer. Pick a thing and do it. Don't allow anymore discouragement (unless for good reason) or manipulation. Don't put up with my own self doubts and procrastination. I've made small changes and there's more to come.

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