Career Path

The main male character in my book, Cody Gunner, is a professional bull rider and his former wife who died four years ago was a barrell racer. They traveled the circut together and since she died everytime he goes on tour he carries her with him, would you change careers in order to help you move on or would you stay the same? If you would stay, how would you try to let your spouse go and move on with your life?