The Power of Risk-Taking

Writing Prompt #18: One decision set me on my true path

Figuring out which way to go. Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash

At the time I didn’t know that it would change my life profoundly but the impact of sticking with a gut decision reverberates today.

It was 1978 and I was 23, trying to figure out my life. I had just graduated college and was desperate to support my new lifestyle in New York City, which was absolutely no fun if you were poor and…