Thinking chair thoughts sans the chair

Why in the world would you move where you know no one to take a job in an industry you've never worked before in a part of the world you've never stepped foot?  What are you running from?  What are you running to? Are you like a woman monk?  Is there something in particular you are trying to escape?  Achieve?  Redo?  Figure out?  

Pause

The answers vary depending on the day. Ask me again tomorrow.