Help Me Start A New Life

[o'really]

Hi people!!

So far, my life seems to be moving in slow motion and I am at a dead end job with absolutely NO potential for growth. I'm ready to do something...I'm thinking of moving out of Georgia, but I just don't know where. Any suggestions? Where would you move if you had the opportunity and why..Trust me, your opinions are VALUED.

[halose7en]

Moving is a big decision. Don't you think that's something that you should think about on your own? Maybe you have family someplace and you want to move there. Maybe you've got lots of friends located in another state. The decision is not up for any one of us to make for you. Just think about what you want to do with your life-profesionally and personally. You'll come up with something, I'm sure.

[Sesamebabe]

I say go for it! You young and un attached (no house no kids) this is the time to do it! If you hate it you can always come home and sometimes, moving away makes you love and appreciate where you came from so much more!

I don't know anything about Georgia, so I can't help you out there... but Boston is fun (expensive but fun!)

[pisces2473]

I think you should start your own fishing show. You can make a living just by going fishing and talking about lures. Wouldn't that be great? You could even travel some, going to different lakes in different states and checking out all the fishing sites. People would even let you fish on their lake for free, because it would be free advertizement for them. They might even pay you to fish on their lake. And lure makers would pay you to talk about their lures. You could even talk about your fishing boat or your trolling motor. The opportunities are endless.
Have you been talking to my boyfriend?? LOL

[pghftl]

Hey,

I was in your boat a year ago. I picked up me and the g/f and moved to Fort Lauderdale. It's a nice place and all, but I realized it's not for me. It's just like the earlier posting about appreciating where you came from a bit more. I'd tell you to go north! I heard that North Carolina has been growing quite a bit, particularly in Charlotte.

Wherever you move make sure you have some $$$$ I'd recommend to have about $4000 before you move. You get eaten alive at first with truck rentals, or buying everything when you arrive. And that $4k was with some used items, IE couch. Expect between 300-600 for a mattress, and you may have to pay deposits for you utilities depending on your credit, and then there is rent.

I recommend having a job lined up or being prepared to work as a temp while you're looking for a real job. I came down to South Florida with a degree just to find that job market is saturated here. I'm working one crappy job and one not so crappy job just to keep my head above water.

There is a great positive to this story. I'm moving back home in August and I'm going to Nursing School. Living down here made me realize some things about myself and I see that it's something for me with $$$ and high demand. Plus, a ton of my college credits transfer over. Had I stayed home I'd be jumping from crappy job to crappy job with no real direction. I needed this experience.

If you are doing it for the right reasons it can be a enriching experience. Most important save up that $4000 before you do anything, and be thrifty or you'll be living paycheck to paycheck. My car died and I was liviing tight for a while.

Feel free to message me if you want to pick my brain.

[jrwilheim]

I'm in the same boat, in New York. I'm a paralegal, which is pretty much a dead-end job unless you go to law school to become an attorney (still can't decide if that's my thing). Partly, I'm just sick of the NYC real estate market and how young, single people with less-than-perfect credit get trapped in it (see my thread, the Rental Blues). I'm thinking of going to Philly or Chicago when it becomes time to transition out of here, because I just want to be someplace more livable. NYC is nothing like the Sex and the City fantasy so many people have of it, and I never wanted that anyway...mostly just want a quieter life and (hopefully) a nice, respectable girl to settle down with and marry. Is that too much to ask out of life? I think not. Contrary to what a previous poster said, I'm not sure I'd advise moving north right now. The job market in the Northeast is bad compared to the nation overall. I've heard things are better in the South and Southwest. Since you're there already, you might want to consider moving within the region--go to Texas or Florida or South Carolina, but not NYC.