<human>: I'm 28 and really only moved twice in my life aside from my family moving when I was a kid. After graduating highschool I moved for college, and after college I moved across the country to an area where I knew some folks (that was about three years ago).

For the most part I've enjoyed where I've been, but I'm feeling like its time to go. I live in a pretty small town on the Oregon coast (a good ways from any real civilization/opportunity) and I have some opportunities to relocate within my company - I can pretty much go to any major city in about half the states in the west. I've looked at a number of places and even have my eye on an out-of-state position right now (which would have solid potential for advancement).

The thing is, I've never done it like this before, and I'm getting some cold feet. I really want to move forward in life, and I've got very little reason to stay where I am. I'm a single guy with no family and few friends out here, but staying is *convenient* which is really screwing me over. One particular mental obstacle is that I don't seem to have the care-free/"who the hell cares?" attitude about moving that I did when I moved out here (which was a 2,000 mile move for me).

I'd to ask /r/jobs what this is all about, and especially for those who have been in my situation before - did anything help you take this plunge or is it just a matter of doing it? The part about jobs in [this] article is what really got me thinking that it's time to stop thinking about all this and actually get serious about it.

Can you provide a brief rundown of the text in within 3 sentences?
<bot>: Before you relocated for a job - especially to a place where you had no friends/family - what helped you pull the trigger?