text: school and moving away dilemma! help please!? i have a bit of a situation that i've almost put off for a year now. i grew up in utah and i love it here, but the schooling i want to do (court reporting) isn't offered here. if i want to do court reporting i'll have to move away. two reasons why i don't want to do that: utah is my home, and i've moved away from here more times than i would like to admit. moving away used to be my way of dealing with my problems. if i was in a rough situation.. i'd just move away! simple as that. but finally i feel like i'm able to handle life face front and not always run away from my mistakes and hardships. and number two: my boyfriend. i know, that's a sickening excuse not to move, but i love him with all my heart. i don't want to be away from him because i had do to do it once, only for about three months too!, and it was so hard. i hated it. sometimes i think that moving away from him will make us grow stronger- and then sometimes i think that distance is only good for so long. what should i do?! is there another career that you would like to pursue that would allow you to stay in utah? that is always an option. otherwise, you have to choose what is more important to you: 1.) pursuing your career goals, no matter the costs or 2.) being ruled by transient emotions. if i were in your shoes, i would move away and pursue my career. men come and go (and sometimes careers do too) but you can never go wrong improving yourself by furthering your education and striving after your goals and dreams. don't look at it as running away from home. when you reach a certain point in your life, the world is your oyster! anywhere in the world could be your home. best of luck to you!