Going to college away from home was the best decision I have made. Although that was 22 years ago, it remains the best because it was my first time away from hom and taught me how to be independent.
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After my chat friends Reb and voDKa did the columbine school shooting I was depressed and looking for support that night.. No one was in chat but one person and they were suicidal ... I spent all night talking to them and helping them out, as I did others who were depressed.. The best descision I ever mad I think was doing as they encourage me to do Become a Depression chat host for about.coms depression chat in year 2000.. I did not have most moderator admin priviledges very long though and when I did I only had to boot and ban three people out of the entire 11 months.. other than the night I turned 21 then my railroading buddies all invaded the chat to give me a hard time. :) So I booted all my train buddies on and off all night.

I hosted as I did well to talk the others into following the rules, and did good at talking people out of suicide into getting professional help through therapy and hotlines...

Just knowing through that chatroom how many lives I touched, for depression support, and suicide prevention although the room was not meant for that. At night people who needed that help came in, I did a good job at helping people stop cutting, and self harm, and other things...

That I think out of all I did the descision to apply as Chathost was the best decision I ever made.. As I improved my communication skills, I learned how to research different resources quickly.. I learned how the same lines can help people over and over again....

To bad the main chats ended up closing... on that site... I would love to chathost again... And I hope after I get a better computer to eventually open my DNatureofDTrain Chatroom to go with my forum... Focused on helping others making a difference and having alot of fun....

I was volunteer and not paid at it and that is the best descision I ever made, because I have had numerous thank you notes... and got to witness some people going from absolutely nothing in homelessess to starting their own business, to becoming executives to big businesses... So that was is just something to be able to be there and help a person turn their life around that dramatically within a year.

It was all worth it...
Even though two people did commit suicide after I was the last one who talked to them.. That was hard one of them was a really close chat friend I chatted with nightly for 7 months...

My own best decision... other than this was commiting myself to live for Spirit, and do Spirit work.. If I had not done so I would have died in 1994...
As I once was suicidal myself, so I could draw on my own experiences to help others. Some recommended me to work the hotlines as a job, I could not do that though I get to emotionally involved and want to be friends with everyone! :) .

- DNatureofDTrain
Source(s):
http://depression.about.com

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The best decision I ever made was going to college.
Because I went to college and graduated from college, I haven't lost my job yet.
Because I went to college, I met this girl. She introduced me to her brother, my husband.
Because I went to college, I met people from all over the world and I learned from them and their culture.
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