Depends on the risk you're willing to take. If you have some savings, no liabilities, it might seem like a little change of scenery is what you need. Someplace cheap if you can't afford it, a change in routines to start looking at the career question from a new perspective. Since you've had experience, finding a job shouldn't be too hard and conventional wisdom would say to line up a job first, but sometimes it's also about the unconventional moves in life.