Ask HN: What's the two most important decisions you ever made?

Moving to Nyc, not pursuing a job that I should have

To get married, and to get divorced.

1) To apply to and attend Harvard's Summer School program. I grew up in a small (~1500 people) town in rural NC. That summer exposed me to many different cultures and opened my eyes to the world.

2) To enlist in the USMC at 24. The GI Bill, basic small unit leadership, and other things have helped. Wish I would have retained the fitness part.