FWIW, I suspect people underestimate the value of coming along for a grand adventure in childhood relative to the costs of upheaval, etc. Think maybe parents worry too much about & judge each other too much for "selfishness" when anything unconventional is done
Out of nowhere, you're offered a genuine grand adventure (e.g. exploring the Amazon, becoming your fav thinker's live-in biographer, joining a team on the cusp of a field-shaking breakthrough) — but you have to pick up and go *now.* Your flight leaves in 4 hours. Are you on it?
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This sort of opportunity does happen, and sometimes it’s right to take it, esp when one is single and childless But: you can also view the opportunity as a signal that you’re skilled/connected enough that other, even better, opportunities will come along
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If you want to get all mathy about it, “optimal stopping” goes by the sadly sexist name of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem … TLDR when opportunities are costly and exclusive, and arrive serially, it’s safer to waste a few early opportunities getting a sense of what’s available
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This is one of those unanswerable questions where everybody says "Yes" (yep me too) but we really don't know until push comes to shove and you're there with the very real choice. :)
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In my case, I don’t much care about how little time I have to consider or prepare for the adventure. I care a lot about being able to reverse or modify the decision later, once I’ve learned more. Plenty of things are worth trying, especially if you can stop whenever you want.
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I'd like to read your own answer
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I’ve been living out of a carry-on for the past five months, so, yes.
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Will you be in SF anytime soon?
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This is how The Continuum Concept starts. A really good book, you’d probably like it.
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