Could you walk away from your life right now? Soak it with accelerant, throw a match, turn your back and never look back?

Or maybe that metaphor is too strong; could you make a leap into something new and completely different?



Admittedly this stems from my current search for my life's next adventure, but it has me musing about new beginnings and how they fit in with the people here.

Seems there are so many people unhappy with major aspects of their lives, the most obvious being in miserable domestic relationships. It's obvious some are frustrated with their jobs, as well, or other fundamental parts of their lives.

It makes me curious ~ if the circumstances were right, could you call a do-over and start again? Would you leave the relationship if you found someone that fit you like a glove? The one? Could you upend your family? Would you move across your country -- or to another entirely -- if it meant getting a job that was rewarding and exactly what you wanted to do? Could you ask them to do that for you and with you in order to make yourself happy?

What if it might just be perfect? Could you? Would you?

Personally, change management is something I consult on, so I don't necessarily see change with fear or trepidation. Change, if managed with care and foresight, can be fundamentally enlivening and a force for good and growth. I embrace change, not for its own sake, but for the opportunity to broaden horizons and expand minds and create new experiences and memories. And that elemental positivity spreads like wildfire, to friends and family and clients and throughout organizations. Change is inevitable, and done right, a really, really good thing.

I'm looking to make a leap. I don't want to throw a match -- I do have good friends and family that I will need to ensure I still see and remain connected with -- but I've got my chute packed and I'm checking out cliffs.

 

Other than my daughter there's nothing holding me here.
I've already met my One & lost her.
The only thing that would hold me back is my age, health & finances. Probably the most common things for most people.
If you do escape Great Luck & say a little prayer for me.

 

I could definitely embrace some changes, but there are a lot of things that I enjoy about my life and would not change those.

 

I love change, as long as it’s on my own terms. It’s not so much fun when it’s happening to me and I have zero control. So basically my life for the past 5 years. I’ve lost so many loved ones, and it sucks. But yes, as long as I could bring my kid and a couple others, I’d drop a match on my life and do something new and completely different and never look back. Move to another continent and immerse myself in their culture and way of life and only look forward. I was not meant to live a boring and routine life.

 

It's very easy for me, I'm not married with no kids so if I wanted to up sticks it's no trauma to anyone else.

That said, all my extended family are local, and I wouldn't want to move too far away from them. My mum is 5 miles away, my best friend 20 miles. I've no intention of moving far.

Job wise I'm always happy to walk away. I'm supremely confident in my ability to land on my feet. I quit my last job in November, and by December I had another job lined up for when my 3 months notice was up in February. If I quit this job right now I'd be disappointed (only been here 4 months!) but I have no doubt I'd walk into something else. Burn baby, burn!

 

No way...God knows there are a million things I'd like a second chance at, but I'd never want to risk losing what I have.

 

I walked away from everything once. Wife, home, established business. Loaded up the truckster with my clothes and tools of the trade. Started all over again 200 miles away. It wasn't easy but it was the right thing to do.
You only live once. Don't suffer through it.

 

My back up plan is to walk away
Walk the coast of England and sleep in the beach
Sounds groovy

 

My alternative choice of lifestyle would have been move to Bangkok Thailand and live over a Brothel close to a McDonalds,

 

I have a s..t life so would love to walk away, unfortunately I created some responsibilities along the way so I still have a few years of hard time to do.
I have been low enought place to do it before. Which is a odd statement because I'd been truly happy for a while at that stage.

 

I could change any thing and every thing at any time. Always looking for the next big break.

 

I couldn't move too far away from my children.
That being said, for those who can...

 

I’ll get back to you on this because my do-over would go way back to 1970. Sometimes your fate or direction in life has nothing to do with your choices but events around you.

 

I’ve ripped up my roots and started from scratch a couple of times. Left careers, ”friends”, homes, even countries, re-educated to a new career, returned to country, find actual friends, a new me... I guess if I was unhappy I’d do it once more, but finally I am content in my life.

 

I've always been a dreamer. Dreamers can be impulsive. It's hard to feel settled and grounded. It's like putting a puzzle together but there is always that missing piece. Like chasing the rainbow looking for that pot of gold that isn't there. I always loved that saying " life is what we make it." Sounds pretty legit. In a sense, i suppose it's kinda true. Then again, i feel like sometimes no matter how much we plan out our life. It's not always gonna just be how we pictured it being. My path might not had been the one i planned to take. It's still the path i took either way. It's been a journey to say the least. Lots of excitement, laughter, tears, heartbreak, breathtaking moments.

I lit a few matches to never look back along the way. Fairy tales are so lovely. I had to step back into reality and just work on putting out the fires. I just know that i am still a dreamer. Who knows what that will mean for my future.

 

Change and exploring is in my nature.

Adrenaline rush activities, short adventures or vacations help settle me down in my real life. I am overrall happy with my life. But I am a person that will always want more, and not easily content with things being good. I will want it even better.

 

I've never embraced change - I've been married 30 years, I've only ever had 2 jobs - a bank job for 16 years and my current job for 20 years. I would struggle to light a match and walk away - the pull would have to be incredibly strong to do so - but the one time i did - it was the best decision of my life. I too have been considering a complete change - but i'd make damn sure i took my family and assets with me

 

Someone posted a meme that said…I paraphrase: “In order to change to a new life, you must first let go of your old life”.
Personally, I tried that almost 50 years ago, divorced, moved 1,000 miles away, started a new career and cut ties with friends and family. At first, I thought I was in hog heaven, it didn’t last, within a couple of years my old life crept back in. Gradually my decision to start anew was replaced with strong feelings of loss. Not in creature comforts, but in emotional ties to lost relationships, so I found myself rekindling them.
Now as I look back, I wouldn’t change a thing, it has worked out well, my life is a blend of old and new, mostly the good bits, very few of the thorns.
“Be careful in what you wish for, you very well could get it”

 

If I could somehow escape into the past or future I would as there is nothing really to keep me trapped here in the present apart from my beloved sister who I've not seen for over a year because of the blasted Covid carry on!