what is the most impulsive thing you have ever done?

I feel really boring that I can't think of an impulsive thing that I've done.

I *SAY* impulsive things, to be funny, for shock value.

But I live pretty routinely. Impulsive to me is turning off the normal route to an often traveled place, and driving through a new neighborhood.

ETA: are you going to share your recent impulsive thing that you did?

Went to Europe alone for 2 months.
Moved to Connecticut 30 years ago not knowing anyone and never having visited.

Hang gliding.

The most impulsive? Whoa boy there are many in my 20s but I think the most impulsive was to flat out quit a good job that I had as an executive secretary to go to bartending school. (Impulsive as in, wrote a note to my boss and drove from there to the bartending school that day to sign up for classes!)

INSANE.

I was barely 21, and completely overwhelmed with my responsibilities. Instead of going to my boss and saying, "I'm overwhelmed, I need help." I just quit. It was INSANE - I had insurance, a huge benefit package and lots of perks at the job and I just up and quit. I went to bartending school and worked as a bartender for a few years because I needed to be free. My family and coworkers were like !!! What???!!!

Part of me has HUGE regret but another is like, you know what? I really had a blast at bartending school and I met people I never would have met otherwise. I ended up working for a group of artists and architects after that which ended up being the singlemost pivotal moment for me, best job I ever had and every day I miss that group and that entire experience. 





So I think in a nutshell impulses can be scary, but they can work out to be an amazing journey. 

I tend to not be impulsive and overthink every decision but I can think of two things. One was when I was about 23 and I was dropping off a boyfriend at the airport. As I was leaving I saw a kiosk that was selling cheap airfares. Why I stopped I have no clue but when I left the airport I had purchased plane tickets to LA. What was I thinking. I had just bought one ticket and decided to go to Disney....alone. As life would turn out, I didn't go alone directly as I discovered a few weeks later, quite by accident, that one of my co-workers was going to LA on the same day, a flight 30 minutes before mine and was staying one day longer than me. She was going with a roommate and offered to let me share their hotel and adventures. We became the best of friends after that trip and it was such a blast. Our only conflict was trying to find each other at the airport because this was in the days before cell phones. I think I had her paged. I don't know what would have happened if we didn't find each other because I am pretty darn sure that I didn't even have the hotel name. yup, that was impulsive and a blast.

My other impulsive move was buying tickets for ACM Party for a Cause next April - for 5 of us. I saw that Kenny Chesney was playing, so is Carrie Underwood and Dierks, but I really wanted to see Kenny haha. I don't travel, don't like to be away from home or my dog and usually plan things out ahead of time but that day I simply pushed buy and then told dh and daughter. I am still wondering what I was thinking and have had several moments of "what was I thinking"? I still want to see Kenny but in Vegas with 4 other family members? Ehhh, not so much. I hope it works out but I lots of month to think about it.

I did impulsively take a road trip around the state 3 years ago. My dd and I left for a one day trip and came home 5 days later. It was the best trip I have ever taken. We had no plan, no destinations lined up and did so many fun things. Finding motels at the last moment was sometimes less than fun but added to the adventure.  I wouldn't trade those 5 days for anything. Maybe a little impulsive is good.

Three years ago I planned a trip to Disney. Actually, I walked by a travel agency and saw the picture and brochures inside and walked in to "check."

Walked out 2 hours later on such a high.
Realized I had to tell my husband and explain the charge on our card was such a low.
I was so ready for a melt down. All he said was "Let me see if I can get those dates for vacation time."

He could, we went, the kids had a blast.

I don't think I would do this again. I was to nervous about everything because I didn't plan everything out, the agent did.

Jennifer

Ahhh, too many things to list. I've always been a kind of fly by the seat of my pants girl

When I was 18, I went to the travel agent and told them to find me the cheapest flight, as far away as possible. The next week I moved to Taiwan.

To my parents credit, they never really said that maybe it was a bad idea. I found a great job within a day, made fantastic friends, a cool house and just had the best experience. It could have really gone the other way on that one. I stayed there for a year and then in another impulsive mood, moved to Europe.

I am the opposite of what a person should be. I agonize over little decisions but big ones are made split second and completely with my gut. I think it has all worked out but it could easily have not.

I know that feeling! When DH and I were married he traveled all the time and has done so for our entire marriage until last August. Since then he has been home every day at 4 PM and I literally feel so much like I want to scream from feeling that trapped feeling. Making dinner every night makes me want to pull all my hair out. I was used to him traveling so the kids and I would relax our schedule and take off for here or there at a whim. With him home I just can't do that as he either criticizes the money spent for things like that or the time I am away and not doing things that have to be done at home and he just wants to stay home. It's driving me CRAZY. I need to have the freedom to be impulsive every once in a while. 

I was in my early twenties and living on my own for the first time. It was the afternoon before Easter & I'd made plans to go to church the next day w/ a guy I had just started dating.

Around 4pm, I had this overwhelming urge to go see my grandmother who lived about 100 miles away. I called the boy & told him I wouldn't be going to church w/ him & I hopped in my car & drove to my grandmother's farm. We sat and chatted for a few hours and had the best time together. I went to Easter services with her the next morning and then kissed her good bye and drove home. On Tuesday, my brother called & said my grandmother had suffered a massive stroke. She died shortly thereafter without regaining consciousness.

I've always been so grateful for that last visit. I've never again had an impulse to do something like I did that afternoon so long ago. I will always believe that impulse I felt was God urging me to go see my grandmother one last time.

This is goose bump worthy. What amazing gift you gave yourself and your grandmother that day.  

Suddenly decided at a moments notice to have my very long hair cut very short - and haven't regretted it!

Me too. 

Two things, really.

I was driving down the street in my old Tercel and saw a sweet car at a dealership. I pulled in and bought a new BMW Z3 roadster. I paid too much and loved it to pieces until I became too pregnant to sit behind the wheel and had to trade it in.

The other was spending a ridiculous amount of money at a charity auction to spend the day at the set of The Office. One of the best days ever!