Please describe the most significant initiative you have taken to improve your immediate environment ?

Please describe the most significant initiative you have taken to improve your immediate environment (work/school/family)|||....I turned the heat up|||I was recently in a very abusive controlling relationship in NJ With no money, i worked for him no friends or family to turn to so i was talking to someone one day and she said she ad a brother in denver i went to work on Sept 26 2008 at 9:00 am and was on a plane by 5:00pm i spent 5 or 6 nerve racking hours at the airport and here i am staying up late and wanting to live again