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I am very curious as to the result of your dilemma, as I am a widowed mom with 3 children, 14, 12, and 10, who is considering the same. So... Were you crazy for doing or not doing this? Please expand, I'd love to hear your experience.
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Originally Posted by Nazira
I am planning to move to another state in a couple of months. Been researching the place for the last year, visited a couple of times. I am moving there without a job, but have enough savings to last me about a year. Of course I am hoping to get a job sooner than that.
My daughter is graduating high school and will go to college in the new state. Lately, everyone I talk to looks at me strange – they say it’s crazy to move to unknown place, with no friends or relatives there, alone without a husband, and leaving a good paying and steady job here with no prospects there. I am starting to doubt myself. Am I brave or just plain crazy? I would love to hear from anyone who moved alone and it worked out, or not…
They say you should have money saved to live off for at least six months when you move. In this economy, maybe more. If my health hadn't gone bad, I'd have stayed in the US and would have moved again and again. It's a big country and moving was my way of seeing it. Moving isn't that crazy. It may be crazy to those who are afraid to. To me, it's the best part of this life, to get some new air, new scenery, new people and if it doesn't turn out well, you can move again someday..
The internet is a great place to start. And if you can visit the place at the worst time of year(worst weather for that place) so much the better. Reading a local newspaper online tells you a lot too.
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I am planning to move to another state in a couple of months. Been researching the place for the last year, visited a couple of times. I am moving there without a job, but have enough savings to last me about a year. Of course I am hoping to get a job sooner than that.
My daughter is graduating high school and will go to college in the new state. Lately, everyone I talk to looks at me strange – they say it’s crazy to move to unknown place, with no friends or relatives there, alone without a husband, and leaving a good paying and steady job here with no prospects there. I am starting to doubt myself. Am I brave or just plain crazy? I would love to hear from anyone who moved alone and it worked out, or not…
What do you think of my situation? I am crazy?
Only your therapist knows the answer to this question, maybe.
Live your life how you want to live and don't worry with what others think.
Just be sure to admit your own mistake and don't blame anyone else if what you choose to do ends up being a mistake.
I want to move out of pa..how do I do it..i have a good job here, but I want to live near the water.
Look for available jobs in the place you'd like to live.
If there's a will there's a way --- and another thing to ask yourself "what would I do if I were not afraid" and then do it. Don't let unknown fears hold you back. You have one life to live.
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