haha, no intention of trying to 'live the dream' 
Bay, were you able to find a job quickly? how did you do it?
Texas is a sweaty hellhole that is slowly sucking the life out of me.
For me, it all worked out (I tend to land on my feet in any circumstance) but I would not necessarily recommend an impulse move for anyone else because it requires a certain personality type. At the time, I was teaching college; I quit at the end of the semester and moved over the summer. I took the fall semester off and hired myself out as an admissions consultant to kids at private schools trying to get admitted to the college of their choice. By the Spring semester I was teaching college again, but I kept up the consulting business for years afterwards.
I think moving impulsively as you describe requires two things: adventure and resourcefulness. I don’t think you should do it because you are fleeing a bad circumstance; you should do it because you want to move. There is a difference between these two.
A resourceful person will confront and solve a bad circumstance. A cowardly person will simply flee. If you are the former, you are the sort to land on your feet anywhere you go. If you are the latter, you may well find yourself in another bad circumstance and want to flee again. What will you do then? Do you see what I’m saying?
