In light of recent events in my life, I keep coming back to a desire to leave this area and move somewhere else. I’m not sure where, but I have a huge area I could re-settle. The question is, do I have the fortitude to take the giant leap.
I’ve had an offer to move to Texas, but would I really want to live in the same state as our former village idiot leader? I suppose it’s an option, but I could be more thrilled.
I also keep remembering that I have a nice nest egg. Perhaps I cash it all in and move over to Europe? Though if this was an option, I should have cashed it all in when I was in Germany recently, because the dollar has taken a pounding since then. If I did go, where in the European Union would I go? Unlike TQE, I don’t have to have someone sponsor me so I can stay because, as he noted while I visited him, I could theoretically work in a Burger Hut over there if I wanted to. In terms of US living standards, if I did this and stayed in the US I would have enough to live on for 1 1/2 years without taking one dime in, but I suppose in Europe it would be more like a year. Obviously, location would have a lot to do with how long I lasted on current funds.
All I know is that I feel I can’t stay where I’m at now. It’s a toxic environment and everyone around here seems to be o.k. with that and I can positively say I’m not. I feel stagnated and know that there has to be something out there that provides a better opportunity than those things which I find myself around today. If a person keeps doing the same thing they always have, nothing will change, so I need to change it.
I suppose I’m simply frustrated. I find myself at a crossroads, do I take the blind leap of faith, or do I figure out how to do something less complicated? I know I have an uncanny way of landing on my feet, so I’d probably do just fine wherever I went.
I’m kind of curious what my readers would do if facing similar circumstances to what I’ve written about lately.
Thoughts?
