I have changed career fields 4 times in my lifetime, each time went into a diff job situation and did well. I don't believe it was luck that got me the jobs but rather the initiative that employers recognized. Each time with weeks of a new start I was promoted and given good raises because I could and did recognized problems and solved them without running to a supervisior
Travel experiences,I firmly believe are what helped me. When you break down or are stranded in a strange place, barely speak the language or are low on cash, its raining, sleeting, terrible head winds, one solves one's own problems.
Added to this is the belief that had been expressed to me many times...........namely this guy CAN DO.
I say go and don't look back
Leaving for Spain in May, and to Africa in September to climb Kilimanjaro