Chosing between dream country vs job and relationship

Hello everyone,

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I am in what I would consider a self inflicted peculiar life choice, but then again in an expat subreddit my story is probably not super special.

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I am a belgian who wanted to move to Australia disliking my country since forever, so I began by applying for a WHV. Then I met one tinder date, I used to do quite a bit of dates. A polish woman, who I found to be more interesting than the usual.

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So, with a bit of time left before departing to Perth, I decided to visit poland and stay a while with my new gf.

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Then I went to Australia and fell in love with the country, it was basically all I wanted in a country. Good weather, cool people, things to do, good salaries, and of course everyone speaks english, my life was pretty easy and interesting, I could walk into shops and ask if they hire, with various results, meet new peopld everyday.

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As an extrovert WA was incredible, like a fish in a pond. I would send my gf pics of my adventures everyday and amaze her with the life I was living.

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However in a bizare twist of events I booked a flight to warsaw, to find work there, telling myself "I can always go back" all the while I regretted the decision every second, felt very much like a massive mistake born of folly more than anything. A mistake I will never repeat again.

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So here I am, one month later, got a job for which I would sign tomorrow, pretty decent one I think, decent benefits and all.

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But I miss Australia so much, and I find myself not liking poland as much as I thought I would, the language isn't super attractive to me and the people here have of course a very different mindset than the australians.

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Yesterday I told my gf that I was seriously considering moving back and not signing the contract. She of course hated that prospect but I found my place and I think I would hate myself for "settling" in a country I find ok and not the one I love. We would 100% break up over that but that's a price I'm willing to pay.

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Now there are other factors like EU tax residency that's a nightmare to understand, my stock portfolio handled by a belgian broker, I signed a lease until the 31 of august, my visa in Aus being renewable only if I work 88 days in certain industries so I'm on the clock,...

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So now I'm thinking of a few options:

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A) move back in 2weeks, finding a solution for the lease.

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B ) working for 2months to pay off the lease and then going back, but then there's the situation with the tax residency and my stock portfolio which would suck, big uncertainty because belgium taxes on revenue are much higher than here and the only reason I even considered the job was because of the tax relief for workers below 26 in poland, if belgium taxes me it's unliveable wage . My broker makes everything autonomous, here I would have to file tax forms in a foreign language,...

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C) staying until end of august without working to avoid the complications with portfolio+ taxes. Planes are as cheap as those in 2 weeks but I would have to pay for those two months of expenses obviously.

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And the "safest" option would probably be selling all my stocks, becoming a tax resident of poland to not pay belgian taxes, work my 4 month contract, get it renewed or not, advance carreer or something. The more I think about it, the least attractive it gets.