A Four-Lens Checklist

Weigh any move through four lenses:

• Career — do your skills transfer? Is your field even there? What visa or work-permit walls stand in the way?
• Money — cost of living, taxes, currency swings, and healthcare all decide how comfortable daily life feels
• Social — you are walking away from a ready-made support network, and a new one is slow to build
• Practical — language, climate, food, getting around, and the small daily chores tourists never see

Score each lens honestly. The one people skip is Social — and that blind spot is what they regret later.