For sure, and I do appreciate the advice. I didn't want to sound too negative, it has been lovely here 😉
But I just want to communicate to others looking to get out that it's not so simple as picking up and leaving. It's very difficult and much like a plant that has been uprooted and transplanted, there's more trauma involved than you'd think. As you pointed out, it does take that active effort to make something of it, it's not just a simple continuation of the life you had only somewhere else.