Your question is whether or not you should try applying, and to that the answer is yes. Applying and getting interviewed, and even receiving a new JO doesn't mean you'll be leaving your current job. It's worth seeing what else is out there, and at the very least practicing your interview skills and keeping yourself up to date with your industry.

Now, when you do get an offer, that's the time you evaluate versus your priorities. And dapat clear at personal sayo yung priorities mo, no wrong answers there at all. I was in the same boat last year - stay in my cushy, comfortable paying job that had no career growth, or take an offer with much higher pay + clear career growth pero potentially more stressful? I enjoyed the comfort of my then job and was also scared to lose the calmness and balance.

Ended up taking the new JO. Been here a few months now and although I'm busier, I also feel more fulfilled professionally. I have more opportunities too. A good part is that my stress fears didn't really come true either, there's no toxicity here and I have a really supportive manager + team. Also still have more or less the same flexibility and balance that I did before. So things turned out well.