Have you made a really big move?

We moved cross country for a new job. It's very scary but it's also exciting to know that your going to be in a new place. My son is still a toddler, so we don't have to worry about schools. Mail is easy to change, I just had to call businesses and do mail forwarding. I had a checklist of things I needed to do, movers, change utilities, travel, things to set up first in the new home. I'm very happy that we moved, we now live in a kid-friendly area so there's lots of things to do.

Up until 30 years agao I have been making really big moves every two or three years. Working in the Foreign Service and being assigned overseas meant moving on a minimum of every two years. My reason for choosing the Foreign Service was to get out of the rut of small-town Maine and see the world. It was easier for me, I think, because I never married and therefore had not else to think of except myself. My married friends on the whole had no problems moving around and their children always responded positively. However, that type of life is not cut out for everyone. In my opinion if you are looking to improve your economic situation by all means you should look into it at least. Should you find a promising job in a pleasant environment in another city, I would at least check it out and gather info on the pros and cons to see if it is possible. At least if you don't move further on down the line you will not regret that you hadn't at least made an effort for improvement. Children are quite flexible. The younger they are the easier it is to pull up stakes and search for new horizons. Who knows, it may even be for their best. It is not always easy to make a radical change but as the saying goes...where there is a will there is a way. Bottom line....if the chance arises, you take it and it works out for the best....then all the hard work and sacrifices that were made along the way will be well worth it. However, don't cut the umbilical cord to the home town unless you are absolutely certain. Despite what Thomas Mann said about not being able to go home again, it is possible.

Oh yes I did move quite far away from my hometown, not because we wanted to start a new life, but due to we were buying a house as it costs too much to buy one in the city. It was very easy but I missed my friends too much and have since sold the house and returned back to the city to live. The health services in the country were not as good as they are in the city. The mail we had no problem with, our children had already grown up so there was no problem with them. Also there was not much work in the country not like in the city. So it is best to stay where you are unless you are going to live in another country and have some friends there you could always try to come and live in Australia and you would not have so much problems and I could help you with these problems here.