re: Possible job change.. I'm scared. Need OT advice.

I don't have any experience relocating a family, but the most important thing for me in making that decision would be contingency and future growth to provide for the family. What is the job market like for that career in the location where you would have to move? If the answer is better than where you are now, then you have not only a contingency plan in case it sucks, but you also have more options to grow in the future, which will make it easier to settle down there longer term.

If you are young, you may as well make the move now, because if you have any ambition whatsoever, you're going to have to at some point. I am brushing up against the ceiling in my career in BR right now. As soon as I am ready to take it to the next level, I am going to have to leave Louisiana because there simply aren't any opportunities here left that would provide a challenge (or a bump in pay).