What next?

For me these questions are often related to work and location.

What job next? What method of making a dollar out of 15 cents?
and other ridiculous daily obsessions...
Career... Should I get a PhD and prep further for academia?
Or head on the road with a backpack and places circled on a map?
What city will I live in next? One I've lived in before? Why?
Do i travel internationally? Where?
Do I wait til the kids finish high school? Do I leave sooner?

And, if i manage to keep my mind from imploding,
how do i keep it in tact and avoid that eventual outcome?
I have a lot of love for people in my geography, the community, family, classrooms, and circles, but this town drives me crazy!

And it is like one of those twilight zone episodes or a gory movie, where initially everything seems perfectly normal for everyone. All picket fence, suburban, nostalgia of the yesteryear that never was with some goofy kid whistling through the credits skipping stones on a pond, or dropping off newspapers on his bike route.

Then, BAM!

The next thing you know, the whole town has turned into zombies/vampires/werewolves/demons/ bodysnatchers/evil alien spawning vessels,
and you're the odd person out.

Not that I am saying that Portland is full of mythic beings featured in ancient legends and pop culture mythologies... but rather that there is that similar calm before the storm. That, can't quite put my finger on it, piece of litter rustling down the street on the wind with enough volume to remind you there is a disturbing absence of other sound or movement form living creatures. I hear the harsh whisper in the shadows saying, "Get Out!" Or maybe it is more like a screaming, "Run! Run! Get the %^@! out of here before you can't escape!" Neither voice encourages me to remain here for too many more years.
Which brings me full circle...

What next?
I am interested in suggestions/ recommendations/ and advice.