Theoretical question to start for everyone to debate in fun, but everyone can also just answer as per their own situation as well.
Say you're 30. You have a government job with good pay and great benefits. Say you've got a good rental townhouse with share with your sibling, your own car (paid off), great friends, etc.
Say you hate your job. Have for the last year or so. Can barely get out of bed in the morning to go to work. Take sick days all the time because the thought of going to that job is too depressing. Are actually depressed because of your job. Say your parents retired last year and moved away to somewhere warm and beautiful and not terribly expensive. Say you've got about $15,000 of money not in RRSPs for a rainy day. Say your parents have said "we miss you" and... "we would be willing to find a place big enough for you to live with us out here until you found work".
... Say you live in the current motherfucking Polar Vortex where it's been -40(its the same C and F) for the past motherfucking month, and it's barely motherfucking January. I need another motherfucking in there, three isn't enough. ************. ... Say your city decided last year to save money and not properly plow and sand the streets, so every day you go to work there are literally (I am not kidding) accidents left and right and you spun out into a snowbank the other day yourself and thankfully only shattered part of your bumper and didn't hit anyone else.
So, my sister and I are currently debating this. It's pretty much a forgone conclusion, actually. The only catch is out cat. He's old and has health problems (is on medication), but is still active, eats and plays and keeps a regular bathroom schedule. The vet is coming next week to check him over to see if it's safe for him to travel. When we moved him from my parent's house to ours - a 45 minute drive - he cried the whole way, threw up twice, peed himself and was breathing so hard we thought he'd had a heart attack. So we're waiting to see if he's healthy enough to be tranq'ed and what kind of tranq he can take... will he survive a plane ride that would take 6+ hours door to door? Would it be better to take him in a car and mildly sedate him? Do my parents wait until spring/summer and rent an RV and come out so he can be taken back that way so he's not in a confined space and can move? (They'd also bring the other cat, whom we separated him from when they moved.)
So... no decisions can be made until we see the vet. But I'm ready to go tomorrow. Aside from all the packing and such. I don't want to wait months which is probably the case, as I have been wanting to quit my job for a year now. I'm well aware if I went back to living with my parents we'd be screaming at each other in 5 minutes and I would find an apartment the instant I got a job (they're actually about $300/month cheaper there than here).
BASICALLY: Say you have the chance to drop everything and start over, away from your friends and leaving your 'perfect' career that you hate... do you? Remember, you have someone to stay with until you get on your feet out there. And if yes or no, what's stopping you from leaving right this second? ... Also, any tips or unforeseen situations that arose when you did others should be aware of?
