I have come into a situation that requires some very serious thought. I would like to know if I am thinking straight or if I'm off my rocker and I would like some input from people who haven't already reserved an opinion about me. Read on if you would like to be constructive.
Right now, I live in MI. I don't like it here. The weather is crappy and I hate my job. My girlfriend moved here to be with me from FL about 6 months ago and we share an apartment. I am 22 and have never moved more than 10 miles from where I was born. I work in an office that pays me enough money to pay the bills and have a little left over, but since my lady has moved here she has had an impossible time finding a good job. Partly due to the auto companies laying off so many people (we are relatively close to Detroit). MI has a really bad job market right now. Which means that even though I don't want to work at my job anymore I have to because there is nothing else. Im constantly stressed out and it is grinding on my relationship. Theres the backstory...
I am going to school for 3d Animation but won't be done for another year and a half because I slacked off in the beginning of college and changed my major a bunch of times. My original plan was to graduate and move to CA to try to find a job more along the lines of my degree while I work on a Bachelors out there, since there really isnt anything that falls into that category of work around here. But there is no guarantee I could find anything and at present I have no clue how I would be able to get enough money saved up as a contingency.
An idea popped into my head yesterday while I was over at IKEA buying a lamp (ha ha). We could move to FL. It would make me have to move an extra time in the end though, because I still would like to settle in CA. But it would be easier for her to get a good job, and apparently for me as well. There is an apartment for us to rent (maybe) if we need it, and it would make her parents happy because she would be closer to them. I would probably be happier too. But I would have to leave my family and friends, and leave here, which, even though I dont like it here, is the only place I know. I would also have to stop taking my classes and try to find a similar degree at PBCC or FAU and hope I can transfer credits which might slow down my graduation even more. I want to go, but I am both apprehensive about it and gung-ho about it at the same time. I think ultimately things would be better, but they would be more complicated first. And I have never moved that far before.
So...What would you do if you were me?
I am not taking anyones opinion as my decision, so feel free to say what you like, I just want to know if others would react the same way I am in this spot. I have until Oct. to make a decision, but the sooner I decide the sooner I can get my affairs in order. I'm just kinda stuck and everyone I know is biased one way or the other (obviously my family doesnt really want me moving across te country etc.). Sorry if it seems whiny or wussie to think this way but I prefer to make well-informed decisions when it comes to things that could change the course of my life and I don't want to rush things irrationally. If the mods feel this post is too much of a "BS" I will remove it, but I just would like some input from people who don't know me and my way of thinking.