Friday, February 02, 2007

Small town death?

Ok, I did not expect this. Now I don’t really know how to handle it.

When looking for a new job I always say I am willing to move anywhere in the world where the job would take me, except to the northern part of Sweden, but there I didn’t count on finding a job for me anyway. When thinking like that I somehow assumed that all jobs that would be suitable and interesting for me would be in a big city somewhere in the world. Now I have encountered a somewhat delicate problem: I have found a very interesting job. In a Swedish small town! It is still at a governmental authority, but at certain times there has been an urge to decentralisation and I guess that is why you now find this authority in it’s present location. The work sounds really interesting and I was thinking that of course I can live also in a small town - I grew up in a small place - and set out to apply for it. While working at the application I just took a brief look at the official homepage of the town. And I freaked out completely!! I felt such an agony! I remembered all the reasons why I moved away from the place I come from. I just felt I can not move to such a place! I will die!! Now I am seriously considering what price I am willing to pay for an interesting job. I mean there are people who go to some god forgotten place in Kazakhstan for a good job, ;-) but at least that is exotic. I can not find anything exotic in a medium small town in mid Sweden. Help me!

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