One thing I learnt is that all the things that make one’s life today may well be different tomorrow, so I tend to not put too much weight into what’s today when making personal decisions for the future.
A long time ago I was confronted with a similar situation after being offered an exciting job with a renowned organization in another country, and we took the plunge (which turned out great). But I also know that, had we stayed in our old lives, those lives would have changed anyways. So the decision was never whether to continue our current lives and "change" but only whether being the driver of change or being driven by change.
I think that our "old lives" often fall into a pattern that continuously repeats itself. And life can be stable, but stale and uninspiring. That was the idea I was trying to get across.
One thing I learnt is that all the things that make one’s life today may well be different tomorrow, so I tend to not put too much weight into what’s today when making personal decisions for the future.
A long time ago I was confronted with a similar situation after being offered an exciting job with a renowned organization in another country, and we took the plunge (which turned out great). But I also know that, had we stayed in our old lives, those lives would have changed anyways. So the decision was never whether to continue our current lives and "change" but only whether being the driver of change or being driven by change.
I think that our "old lives" often fall into a pattern that continuously repeats itself. And life can be stable, but stale and uninspiring. That was the idea I was trying to get across.
Seeing change as energizing, if nothing else, is a good motivation to pursue it.