Wow, what a question. This is exactly the kind of situation that can branch out to completely different lives. There's an interesting contrast: the risk-taking

Wow, what a question. This is exactly the kind of situation that can branch out to completely different lives. There's an interesting contrast: the risk-taking choice into the unknown, or the comfortable but boring choice to stay. If you choose to take the easy path, when you're old you might look back and ask, "Did I make the right choice? What kind of different life would I have had?" Or, if things go well, you might be a satisfied person. If you choose to go into the unknown, there is a chance that things will not work out better. Maybe you'll have a more difficult life of struggle. Then you might wish that you had stayed in the comfortable but boring life you had. > good job, great house and extreme social security here - none of which I would have in my own country That's what you'd be risking for an unknown future.. I imagine people would recommend that you take the risk, take a chance to create a completely different life that's more interesting. But, I also imagine that those same people would choose for themselves the comfortable path. From your story, I think you'll regret it later in life if you don't take the chance.