Wisest decision?

Prompt: Wisdom. What was the wisest decision you made this year, and how did it play out?

This has been a big year for decisions:

I decided

... to marry AC. This was probably my biggest one, and I'm so glad I did! We're awesome.

... what I wanted my career to be.

... that I am willing to actually try to WORK in school once I go back. This doesn't doesn't sound like a big deal, but, um, school has NEVER been my cup of tea and for me to want to actually enroll back into classes is a huge deal.

... that I would avoid working in retail again at all costs.

... I'd go to New England with AC so he could attend Yale.

... I need to get my weight to a comfortable place for the last time. It's taking some false starts but I'm so tired of existing in this little bubble I'm in.

...to accept a new place as my actual home, which was scary because ATL has always been it.

... to not accept financial help from my parents until we absolutely 100% were desperate for it. This was hard, but it's a decision that was important to us as a married couple and one we're willing to stick to til it gets impossible for us to live.

... to actually try at photography and blogging. So far so good.

My wisest decision? Probably to not take the job that was offered to me a month or two ago. I honestly do not want to be in retail. It's not where my heart is, not where I belong. I loved my coworkers at BCB, but the job itself is hard for what you get paid. More than once I had a customer yell at me, be snide simply because of my job, or underestimate my intelligence because I worked retail. It's dehumanizing and I'm not strong enough to handle it anymore without being heavily, heavily medicated. Sure, financially it's straining, but I'm sure I'll find a job that I'm better suited to. Not to mention that Christmas at the And now, Lights household in ATL is the most important holiday of the year and retail does not take kindly to taking the week before Christmas off. Less kindly than most jobs.