Notes on moving from Singapore to Australia

Large decisions rarely become easier by collecting one more spreadsheet. At some point the difficult part is deciding which variables deserve the most weight.

For a move from Singapore to Australia, the visible comparisons are straightforward: compensation, tax, housing, healthcare, and distance from family. The less visible questions may matter longer.

Questions I want to answer

1. What kind of ordinary Tuesday do I want?
2. Which environment gives my career room to compound?
3. What relationships become easier or harder to maintain?
4. Which costs are reversible, and which are not?

I am trying not to turn uncertainty into false precision. A range is more honest than a single forecast, and a reversible experiment is often more useful than a perfect plan.

The point of these notes is not to defend a choice before making it. It is to preserve the criteria, so that the eventual decision can be evaluated on its own terms.