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Pretty much my entire social circle hinges on one of my sister's friends wanting to go see Iron Maiden in 2014, she asked me to go along with her, because she didn't want to go by herself.

I happened to reconnect with a childhood friend in that crowd of 15,000+ and that got the ball rolling.

...and every event and choice that led to that...

Extreme example: You are the ultimate decision making machine that never makes any mistakes. Did you choose to be that machine?

Yes. That was a mistake.

Some people are quite good at increasing their "luck surface area".