Epiphanies- anyone ever have one, and if so...???

Anyone ever had a sudden thought that they acted on and it changed their life? If so, what?

I always hear of these entrepreneurs that get these epiphanies that make them develop a product or alter something that then goes on to make millions. Or the person that went on vacation to a place, had an epiphany, and sold everything to start a new life there.

I hear about them, but I have never remotely come close to having such an experience. I am just curious as to what you may have had........it might make me more intune to acting on some thoughts.

 

I have them all the time. I'm batting about 0.500. Hell, my whole life is like that, following a dream, or ambition. It's honestly just ADHD and I'm a drug addict trapped inside my own brain lol.

 

Countless times.

Their profundity is debatable, though.

 

Yeah but... back in grad school I did a research paper on risk analysis (everyone try to withhold your excitement). I did a lot of reading on risk analysis and measurement (primarily financial) but while doing this I realized that HOW people (and I sure did) view risk tends to be very incomplete.

This is pretty obvious but NOT acting carries its own risk. Sometimes NOT taking a risk guarantees the acceptance of another less desirable outcome. In other words, it is IMPOSSIBLE to avoid all risk and on a long enough timeline even unlikely (low risk) undesirable outcomes become much more likely.

Right... I get that this is all obvious but at the time it honestly blew my mind.

I ended up quitting my job / career and after I finished grad school I went back to community college (wanted to learn machining) and started my own business. My entire approach to risk / fear of loss changed.

 

Yeap, doing a summer paid internship on Wall Street as an analyst on prospectives. Hit me hard that this was soul sucking and I’d be dead in 10 years if I ended up doing it (it was basically my area of training).

 

This did not significantly change my life course but it has helped me to see there may be more significant things than us puny little humans.

What was there before there was TIME? By time I mean the linear sequence of events. Was it created like possibly the universe was created?

I am not trying to get into a religious discussion. My epiphany is that time may not have always existed.

 

Damn...I thought this about was getting up with a hot stripper.

 

The Beeb delivers, once again...

 

I thought it was about empanadas with bad spelling.

 

College lax bro who went to wall st., but ended up a punk rocker motorcycle fiend? You must believe in Jesus, bc that sounds like salvation to me.

I quit drinking when I had an epiphany that I was being a selfish twat and a bad friend.

 

Bikes, shitty English and Italian cars and punk rock came first but yeah, lax bro on Wall Street, who’d have ever thought that? Lol

 

Like an epiphany with Tiffany?

 

Realized I should just accept that people on this forum do not read previous comments before criticizing your statement or twisting it into what they want it to have actually said and trying to point that out to them is a giant waste of time and effort because they will ignore that also.

 

Empanada, mmm.

 

Poor Ev.

 

And that's why I scoop dog shit.

Ask Jeeves gave me a hella payday and I checked the eff out.

 

It’s me. It’s always has been and only ever will be me.

 

Yeah. I had one on a Tuesday morning about to board a flight with my ex. Like we need to divorce asap and I was afraid that if she got on this flight with me it would be so much harder to get separated.
That was 9/11 8am sitting at Terminal A in Newark NJ about to board my US Airways flight when the entire world shifted.
Also that was the last day I spent with my ex.
Still have my ticket..

 

So, if you decide not to choose you still have made a choice?
Sounds familiar.