I think that the most successful people in life are improvisers, not planners. You cannot plan everything out in advance.

When you make decisions, like living in Canada or Thailand, you cannot plan the decisions that you will have to make as a result. I am sure that you would have had a nice Canadian wife had you not move to Thailand - But the key is recognizing that you will be presented with a whole new set of circumstances that you then must react to.

Bloom where you are planted - You will be improvising no matter where you happen to fall. Sounds like you are already good at that though.

Happy Valentines Day!