The decision of whether to take a job, for example, can be made quickly, as can the decision to change a job. However, the decision to choose one’s partner, career, or place of residence requires careful thought.

The decision to change jobs or relocate to another city or country, for example, can seem like a no-brainer. After all, the job search takes only a matter of hours. However, by rushing into these decisions, many people can end up making poor decisions. There are many people who have gone through the wringer, searching for jobs without success, only to abandon those pursuits and jump at the first thing that comes along. While job hunting is stressful, it requires that people not only spend a great deal of time doing it but also make wise decisions. For example, job hunting can be prolonged when the quality of a potential employer’s work is not immediately apparent. A job applicant may decide that the job opportunity at hand is a perfect fit, only to discover that the job has far more responsibility than they anticipated. The job search process can be prolonged when an applicant decides to take a job only to find that it is beneath his or her qualifications. In a similar vein, a person may decide to move across the country or to another city, only to discover that the new place is nothing more than a cultural wasteland. For example, a person may move to California, only to discover after living there for a couple of years that the climate is unbearable and that the city is full of people who refuse to stop littering or driving recklessly. While relocating from one city to another may seem like a simple enough task, it can take a great deal of time, money, and energy to plan and execute. In these situations, the decision to change jobs or relocate to another city or country is much more complex than that of, for example, taking a job.

While it is true that the decision to take a job, or to change jobs or relocate to another city or country, can be made quickly, the decision itself is often wrong. Job hunting, for instance, can easily be prolonged when the applicant becomes enamored with a particular job, only to discover that the job does not offer the salary or benefits that he or she had hoped. Furthermore, job hunting can drag on when the applicant discovers that the job does not live up to his or her expectations. Likewise, job hunting can be prolonged when the applicant decides that the new job is everything that he or she thought it would be. Job hunting can also be prolonged when an applicant decides that moving to a new city or country is the best option, only to discover that the new place is little more than a cultural wasteland. As such, the decision to change jobs or relocate to another city or country is almost always wrong.