Excellent post! A Well-written post of what happens to people when going through a change later in life.
Yes, it's like shedding skin. It doesn't grow with you.
Staying does cost more, and being in the middle is disconcerting.
Your mind wants to keep you safe in staying the same, as that is what it has only known for the last 15/20/25 years, and it will signal to your body all the self-doubt feelings (heart racing, anxious, nervous). Old clarity, old certainty will prevail, unless....
Those feelings are recognized, and your value of, let's say, "freedom" is pursued, little by little, to let your mind and body know that the NEW clarity, the NEW certainty, is the NEW SAFE, and that gap can be bridged with honesty, and you feel NEW. The "new you".
Ken, the middle is the hardest part for me. You named that stretch where nothing feels settled yet. You describe what I have actually been feeling. Thanks for your thoughtful comment and for sharing.
Excellent post! A Well-written post of what happens to people when going through a change later in life.
Yes, it's like shedding skin. It doesn't grow with you.
Staying does cost more, and being in the middle is disconcerting.
Your mind wants to keep you safe in staying the same, as that is what it has only known for the last 15/20/25 years, and it will signal to your body all the self-doubt feelings (heart racing, anxious, nervous). Old clarity, old certainty will prevail, unless....
Those feelings are recognized, and your value of, let's say, "freedom" is pursued, little by little, to let your mind and body know that the NEW clarity, the NEW certainty, is the NEW SAFE, and that gap can be bridged with honesty, and you feel NEW. The "new you".
Ken, the middle is the hardest part for me. You named that stretch where nothing feels settled yet. You describe what I have actually been feeling. Thanks for your thoughtful comment and for sharing.