I'm sure this has been discussed before but I thought I would ask anyway as my search didn't find a thread just for this.

Whether you already did your hike or it will be in the future, whether you succeeded at your attempt or not, why did you or why will you go SOBO?
And for those of you who did start out SOBO, would you do it again? Why or why not?

I have plans to thru in 2022. Yes, I am a long term planner. LOL.
For the last 25+ years I always imagined I would go NOBO. It would be kind of like "walking home" as I grew up in Maine. But now, Maine, and the northeast, has not been my home for a while. Although Autumn in New England is my favorite time of year, I have begun contemplating a SOBO partly due to the fact that I really do MCUH BETTER in the heat vs the cold. Almost anything under 70 is cold to me now unless I am moving. I used to like "sleeping cold" but now I find I need warmer temps to get good sleep.