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Sorry, gotta agree with Cyn here, not just because he's smart and I respect him, but from personal experience.
A radical change like getting the fuck out of Idaho might work some temporary magic, and I applaud your courage for making a change. But until you've addressed the underlying issues that make your life monotonous and mediocre (as you've described it), what makes you think that you're not just going to settle into the same routine eventually? Picking up and moving was just a bandaid. A ballsy bandaid, but a bandaid nonetheless. I think that's the point of rule #6. We might think a change in job or scenery or partner or whatever is going to make the difference that makes us happy, but until you learn to be happy wherever you are, you're never going to truly leave behind whatever it is that's dogging you. That doesn't mean settle for what you can get - quite the opposite. It means accept where you are, see that it's okay, and then choose something else. As long as you're running from something, it's got complete power over your life and it's always going to catch up with you.
I hope this radical change gets you what you want; but unless you make a conscious effort to really change your own behavior and outlook, it's only a matter of time before you end up with Same Shit Different Day. So what are you going to do to be sure that you don't end up taking shitty jobs, having friends who are just the same as you, and wasting your time playing video games in Seattle instead of Idaho?
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