Recognizing that small steps right now may be a good idea will help keep your coping skills sufficient...

From your post I get the impression that you would need to relocate? This would remove direct day-to-day support from family, friends, pdoc. Put you in a position of moving, finding new housing, getting use to a new city...at the same time you start a new job...

I would think that might be a lot of new stuff to try to handle...