Cramizona

[Cramulus]

I was just probed


*pause*



to see if I would be interested in working in Phoenix.




Nothing definite yet.

kind of in shock?

I really like where I'm living right now. Like, a lot. But I'm not closed to the idea of moving somewhere crazy. But phoenix?


whow

it's all still sinking in

[Luna]

Always flattering to be asked to dance.

[LMNO]

You'll end up in Tuscon.  169% guaranteed.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

You'll end up in Tuscon.  169% guaranteed.

Then you can NEVER LEAVE!!!!!!

[Richter]

Establish a toehold then start farming out referrals to the rest of us.

[Luna]

Establish a toehold then start farming out referrals to the rest of us.

How much damage could this gang POSSIBLY do, working in the same place?

[Requia ☣]

Phoenix will ea your soul if you aren't careful.

O nthe other hand, you're one of the few people I can thing of it might spit back out.

[Cramulus]

Here's the conflict, as succinct as possible:

on one hand, I have been looking to further my career. For the last four years, this company has given me sniffs of the carrot without a single bite. I came here seeking a real career ladder, four years later, I'm an admin assistant. So I do want to move up, I want to get some new skills, and I want to start making the big bucks.


on the other hand, I really like where I'm living right now. I worked hard to make a new group of friends and I really dig these guys. My apartment is comfortable, filled with people I love, every morning feels like the intro from Muppets in Space. (Seriously, this is exactly what it's like to live there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh6S1ptZuZg&feature=fvst )

The other day I was walking around Tarrytown and saying to myself, "You know, one day, I could raise kids here." It's really a beautiful little town - low crime, racially diverse, "artsy", you can see the Hudson river from everywhere. At night, the tappan zee bridge is gorgeous. At Halloween, the city turns into such a cool place -- I love it here.

But I'm single. My best friend is a cat. I don't have a lot anchoring me.

It's hard to think about throwing it all away and trading it for the unknown --- for some money. Know what I mean?

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

Here's the conflict, as succinct as possible:

on one hand, I have been looking to further my career. For the last four years, this company has given me sniffs of the carrot without a single bite. I came here seeking a real career ladder, four years later, I'm an admin assistant. So I do want to move up, I want to get some new skills, and I want to start making the big bucks.


on the other hand, I really like where I'm living right now. I worked hard to make a new group of friends and I really dig these guys. My apartment is comfortable, filled with people I love, every morning feels like the intro from Muppets in Space. (Seriously, this is exactly what it's like to live there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh6S1ptZuZg&feature=fvst )

The other day I was walking around Tarrytown and saying to myself, "You know, one day, I could raise kids here." It's really a beautiful little town - low crime, racially diverse, "artsy", you can see the Hudson river from everywhere. At night, the tappan zee bridge is gorgeous. At Halloween, the city turns into such a cool place -- I love it here.

But I'm single. My best friend is a cat. I don't have a lot anchoring me.

It's hard to think about throwing it all away and trading it for the unknown --- for some money. Know what I mean?

You need to determine your priorities....  Right now, what is best and most important for you to accomplish?  Can you do that where you are?

[Eater of Clowns]

It's when you're comfortable and happy that you should be looking into new opportunities.  The ones desperate to get out of their situations are the ones that settle.

I can't tell you that I'd make the move, because it's a big decision, but the unknown itself would be a bigger draw than the money.

[Luna]

I know exactly what you mean, actually.

Very, VERY recently went through a similar thought train.  Hate my job.  Divorcing my husband...

Stay or go?

Could have gone anywhere, really...  Had offers of places to go in three different states, some close, one halfway across the country.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

I want an offer to go across the country.... 

[P3nT4gR4m]

Here's the conflict, as succinct as possible:

on one hand, I have been looking to further my career. For the last four years, this company has given me sniffs of the carrot without a single bite. I came here seeking a real career ladder, four years later, I'm an admin assistant. So I do want to move up, I want to get some new skills, and I want to start making the big bucks.


on the other hand, I really like where I'm living right now. I worked hard to make a new group of friends and I really dig these guys. My apartment is comfortable, filled with people I love, every morning feels like the intro from Muppets in Space. (Seriously, this is exactly what it's like to live there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh6S1ptZuZg&feature=fvst )

The other day I was walking around Tarrytown and saying to myself, "You know, one day, I could raise kids here." It's really a beautiful little town - low crime, racially diverse, "artsy", you can see the Hudson river from everywhere. At night, the tappan zee bridge is gorgeous. At Halloween, the city turns into such a cool place -- I love it here.

But I'm single. My best friend is a cat. I don't have a lot anchoring me.

It's hard to think about throwing it all away and trading it for the unknown --- for some money. Know what I mean?

Fuck the money - that shit is reason enough by itself! You know the known, you've done the motherfucker. How long do you want to do the same shit? Move on, make new friends, go back and see the old ones from time to time, keep in touch, holy shit - now you got even more friends. And all that is simply icing on that yummy unkown cake you get to jump out of and freak yourself out.

[Luna]

Devil's advocate...  What's the point of making money?

Comfortable place to live, good friends, somewhere you're actually happy to wake up.

[LMNO]

People have attached more Bio-Survival anxiety to money then they care to admit, or even recognize.

Having once been in a state of scraping by on every paycheck, and now being in a place where bills are paid without a second thought, I absolutely prefer the latter.