AndrewPlatek

I think this is exactly what you need and you should see it as an opportunity! Let me give you a view from the other end of the spectrum. I'm 23. I have a job that is secure, well paid and give’s all the great benefits such as paying my pension contribution and private health care. I own a nice car and have multiple groups of friends along with a close family. This for some people is all they need and they're happy and content to live out their days like this. That’s fair enough. However for me it is not. I enjoy adventure and love meeting people! Although I have many friends around me the thought of just ticking over in life and not seeing what the world has to offer seems like an opportunity missed! I was once asked the question, which would you regret more? If you left everything behind, moved away to travel, found out it wasn’t for you and had to then come back to nothing or grow old and look back thinking that you never tried? So in answer to your first question, 'On the one hand I feel like i'm at an ideal age to do something like this and it could be an incredible experience but on the other I feel like i'm running from my problems?'. For this opportunity I'm packing in my job, selling my car and leaving my friends and family. So these 'problems' you have are not problems, they’re freedom. Freedom to do what you want, go where you want, when you want! And in answer to your second question, 'And who's to say I won't be lonely in Australia?' Me! Travelling and working abroad is potentially the best way to meet people! You'll be talking, working, singing, drinking, dancing, laughing, travelling and whatever else you enjoy doing with new people all the time. I’ll leave you with my favourite lyrics: Life's for the living, so live it.