I’ve made no secret of a burning wish to move to Pacific Northwest. For about three years now, I have talked about it casually. I even applied to a few jobs out there but never as part of a concerted search.
I don’t think my destination will be Seattle because the market there is gripped by a true housing crisis. I looked at smaller towns on the coast that have state natural resources jobs, but many of these are seasonal. Rents in Portland are going up but are not at crisis level yet. I could even settle for a suburb such as Hillsboro, or even Vancouver, WA. My job will almost certainly be a quality role in science/health/testing.
Once I begin the transplant effort in earnest, I know I will be successful within two or three months. I might even live in a car for a short time, judging from some extreme things I’ve done in the past to get what I want.
The question is: when to determine to go? When to begin? I have set and then passed by some arbitrary goals such as:
- “Once I have X in savings”
- “Spring of next year”
- “Once I get more experience in my current position”
- “Before another harsh winter happens”
Then I learned of the total solar eclipse of 2017:
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2017Aug21Tgoogle.html
The path of totality passes just south of Portland, Oregon. Hotels are already booked. It will be an astronomical event that I will remember for a lifetime. And let’s be honest, I’d rather not go to Nebraska to view it.
The Total Solar Eclipse of 2017 Aug 21.
Why not let this be my goal for moving west? The alignment of three space bodies is a pretty good marker for this one vital ambition of mine.
Included: Amazon’s recommendations indicate I must be pretty gay. I kinda want to read “Velociraptor” on the right there…
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