On the fence with residency

For those of you that deferred applying to residency or started applying to residency then withdrew their application, can you explain your reasoning? Lately I have been getting burned out with this whole not-getting-paid situation and am ready to start my career, but I don't want to feel like my training is incomplete when I still am learning a lot of practical knowledge on my externships. I have the option to work rural for corporate through loan repayment programs but am nervous about being the sole provider in the middle of nowhere.