What would you do?

We have the unique opportunity to move basically wherever we want as long as it has WiFi (husband is now working from home full time even after the pandemic!). We see two options:

1. Move 300 miles away from where we currently live to be closer to my family. They are wonderful and supportive and have offered to provide child care so I can get a part time job. We would love for them to be in our son’s life full time. We could afford a suburban home on a small lot.

2. Move across the country (1,000 miles) to our ideal location where we can afford a nice cabin on a large piece of land. We love the idea of starting a large garden and eventually moving towards a more self-sustaining, low-waste lifestyle. This has been our dream for years.

Honestly, we can’t go wrong with either option. In the end I believe even if we choose to move closer to my parents now, we will still end up in our ideal location (option 2) in a few years. I suppose it’s a matter of if we pursue our dream now, or if we seek the support of my parents first and our dream later.

What would you do?