Recently, the newspaper contained an interesting article which examined how many times people moved to another place in recent 10 years in Korea. The average was found to be 4 times. Like this, it is common to move to another place whether they like to do or not. It is true that there are some benefits in moving for better conditions. However, I prefer to staying in one place if I could. There are many reasons why I think so, and here I present some condsiderable ones.
First of all, it takes time and money on moving to another place. It is not easy to search another job, house, community, or city. Also one has to spend some time on packing and unpacking his/her own laggages and has to get accustomed to new circunstances. During the time people are searching for better future, they cannot focus on their present lives. I think searching for better future is different from preparing for better futre. It seems a waste of resources to desire what I do not have now. However, staying in one place provides me stable environment and enough time for thinking about and preparing for my future.
In addition, it is a better idea to make my own life rather than search for just good conditions. Some people complain about their dirty neighborhood and want to move to another place with cleaner neighborhood. However, they never try to make it clean with their own hands. The important thing is what kind of people they are and how they react to exterior stimulus but not what kind of community they live in. Likewise, the truth about a better job is that people have to do their best on their present job rather than search for another job with higher income and then they can have a chance to get promoted or to move to better posions.
To conclude, I cannot focus on the present life while looking for another place and I can change the environment and make my own desity with my hands. Therefore, I strongly believe that it is a better idea to dwell in one place than to search for and transfer to another place. |