What's keeping you?

[Nick]

Do you have anything keeping you from just packing all of your bags and leaving your life where it is now to start a new somewhere else? If so, what? If not, would you consider doing so? Why or why not?

 

[Kano Shuuya]

My mom.

That's really about it.

I have to take care of her.

I'd miss my friends, but I'm betting one of them would just pick up and move with me, and the others I can go a long while without seeing any way. Sooooo it wouldn't be all that different. I'd love to leave Kansas, and move to some place that could take me farther. Honestly, I haven't given up the idea of moving to Texas, Cali, or NY. Any of those could get me to the job that I wanna pursue.

Other than that, I'm learning Japanese, because I kid you not, I like that country, and that culture, the language, etc, and I believe I could live there just fine. Start over. It would be nice.

Plus no matter where I moved, I'd still have all my friends online, and IRL friends could catch me online, etc. :D

 

[Yoshikko]

My sister and my mom, my mom can't manage without me and I can imagine my sister being devastated if I left. Like my friends would be too but blood related is a little different still.

 

[Rogue planet]

Lack of direction and motivation. I could easily pack up and go anywhere I wanted, but I have no reason to; plus it would probably be rather difficult to establish myself comfortably in a new area, not worth the effort!

 

[Oryx]

To move all on my own would require things from me that I'm not proficient at, like being able to meet new people, get a new job, find a place, and live on my own. I can't even drive, lol. It took me long enough to make friends here, it would be devastating to me for me to leave everyone I know and try to make a new life.

 

[Overlord Drakow]

The short answer is no. I don't really have any chains which bind me at the moment. I'm the type of person who can sever my connections and walk onwards, maybe giving a glance back once in a while. For the most part anyway though there's always the odd exception.

 

[Aquacorde]

Ah. Um. Things stopping me include a lack of finances and an inability to get into Wales. Which is where I would like to go. Also two people who I don't think I could be that far away from for so long. But once they leave me, there's only the former two difficulties.

 

[Charizard★]

Fear. Simple as that. I don't know what would happen to me. I don't know how I would survive without anything. I don't know how I would react. I'm unprepared atm to leave, but, after saving up money, researching some things, it wouldn't be that hard for me to leave.

 

[-Jared-]

Funds, family, job, those are the things keeping me here. I don't have the money to leave, I have family that I wouldn't want to leave quite yet (plus I help out my great grandmother all the time and I can't ditch my dear old great grandmother. xD) and I JUST got my job so I wouldn't want to leave yet.

If I did up and leave, idk, I have no idea where I would go. Maybe I'd go to Minnesota if possible and visit Anna. xD

 

[PlatinumDude]

I have a bit of a tendency to be distracted by other things, like what I'll miss from the country or city that I'm leaving, which usually holds me back from packing my bags.

 

[Alice]

Lack of real world experience mostly. Never had a job, never been to college, have no real skills or talents. I just literally have no way to leave, short of running away, which would probably be suicide for the same reasons.

 

[TRIFORCE89]

Money? That's... kind of important.

Also, I have no intention of living on my own. It's just... I don't know... not part of my culture? All of my family stayed at home until they got married, moved out, and had kids. I plan to follow this trend. If I'm like 35 and still single though I'd probably leave if I hadn't by then already. I should have enough money by then

 

[donavannj]

For me, what keeps me in place is family, my ties to people here, my familiarity with the area, financial obligations, logistics of taking my things with me to a distant land, how most places I'd be interested in living in if I didn't live here cost significantly more to live in, being currently employed here, and some other things I don't feel like listing.

I also have a fair lack of social initiative to go out and meet new people, and a minor paranoia that I'd choose a terrible neighborhood if I were to move to another major city. I would still change cities for the right job in a heartbeat, though. As in, for a job that I can afford the necessary financial obligations with and still have a lot of fun while working and when not working.

 

[Archenoth]

I actually plan to do this eventually, but right now the main obstacle is money... I need to make more before I would have a hope in the world of succeeding elsewhere.

 

[Esper]

The lack of a desire to pack up everything and start anew, maybe?

I'm a complacent person, nothing is terribly bad in my current situation, and there are some very good things about it that I wouldn't give up without a good reason. basically the benefits to staying outweigh the benefits of moving on.

 

[Shiny Celebi]

Whats keeping me? Lack of money and another place to live keeps me remaining where I am. I cant realistically leave where I am now even though I really want to because I can't afford to live anyplace else, its also extremely hard to get a job anywhere so thats a reason as well.

 

[Sammi]

Effort, mostly. I don't want to pack up and go anywhere. I can't even be bothered to look for a place in town that's closer to my job, why would I move out of town? Also, fear of not being able to find a new job in a timely fashion, and thus running out of money. I don't have savings right now.

 

[Ayselipera]

Nothing. I just don't know how I want to go about it yet. I've thought up a million different plans I just need to decide on something.

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

The lack of a desire to pack up everything and start anew, maybe?

I'm a complacent person, nothing is terribly bad in my current situation, and there are some very good things about it that I wouldn't give up without a good reason. basically the benefits to staying outweigh the benefits of moving on.

This this so much this. My life is kinda good at the moment on many fronts (career-wise, friends-wise, housing-wise), so there's nothing really motivating me to change all of that for something different.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

Lack of money. If I had enough money to start a new life elsewhere, I'd definitely be glad to get out of my current living situation and start a new, better life for myself. But without it, I'm stuck living at home :/