When I saw the prompt that asked if there was another habitable planet, and I had the chance to relocate from Earth to start a new life there, the first set of things that flooded my mind were all the sci-fi movies I have watched. All the good aspects, like the tech and everything, made me excited, the adventure of an entirely new life.
But after some time, the prompt really settled in my mind, and I deeply thought of it—if there was another habitable planet and I had the opportunity to leave earth and go there to live a different life from people on earth, would I be willing to uproot my life and start anew? As much as I usually say and think my life is quite boring sometimes and I have nothing serious going on, as much as I lie to myself sometimes that I don't have many emotional connections, I know within me it's a huge lie.
I don't know, maybe I just never knew exactly how to express my feelings, which sometimes makes some people, including me, think that I don't care. But the truth is that I can't imagine leaving my family. I might not stay and see them 24 hours these days, but moving to another planet would be like ripping them away from me, and I don't think I can survive that.
At least together here on earth, I can easily travel to see them, and we can all go home once in a while to be together, since we aren't even far apart.
I mean, right now we are all in the same city since birth, actually, lol.
I don't even know how it would feel living in a different state, to talk more of a different planet. I bet it's that time I would actually feel alone.
And then my friends. I know I lack in contact and chatting, and the rest sometimes. But I feel moving to a different planet would force me to make new friends. It's not like I haven't lost connection with friends over time and made new friends like the ones I have now.
But every true friendship I have ever had and lost because of one thing or the other, I never wanted to lose them. And it's the same way I would feel.
So I guess if family and friends could come with me, my life wouldn't be so different, and the only thing left would be all the possible dangers I have watched in sci-fi movies concerning outer space.
I just completed season one of Alien Earth, and it was a good enough reminder that outer space is vast and we only know a fraction of it. So I wouldn't want to encounter aliens of any kind, especially the type that can end my life before I can start a new one on the planet.
Also, let's not forget space accidents and even unknown diseases. Just so many unknown things, and we are unsure about outer space.
But if we had enough knowledge to eliminate all these threats, then I would have no problem.
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