# Those Moments when the Stars Align – How Did they Turn out for you in the Long-Term?

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**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-moments-when-the-stars-align-how-did-they-turn-out-for-you-in-the-long-term/968510/3 "2022-07-25T09:52:53Z")

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My life-changing opportunity is “got the chance to move to Europe.”

It’s detailed in **[this thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-being-an-immigrant/927573)**

It doesn’t quite qualify on the third point, because it was a choice we made and we pursued it with vigor. Nevertheless the stars had to align perfectly to make the move realistic on the short time frame we had set for ourselves.

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