The thing about going through sudden or scary or sad transitions…is that one of the things you lose is your future: your expectations of what the story of your life so far was going to become. When you lose that partner or that job or that person, your future dissolves in front of you.
And of course, this is terrifying.
But look, Akhilanda says, now you get to make a choice. In pieces, in a pile on the floor, with no idea how to go forward, your expectations of the future are meaningless. Your stories about the past do not apply. You are in flux, you are changing, you are flowing in a new way, and this is an incredibly powerful opportunity to become new again: to choose how you want to put yourself back together. Confusion can be an incredible teacher—how could you ever learn if you already had it all figured out?
"Why Lying Broken in a Pile on Your Bedroom Floor is a Good Idea. (via tenrewnna)
(via dontoverthink)
In the latest installment of Unnervingly Accurate Horoscopes That I Really Need to Stop Reading:
Saturday, Jun 4, 2011
Your idea of supporting someone you love can be best expressed today through a balance of tender nurturing and cool detachment. Although you may long for an intimate connection, you also need your independence these days. You could even be caught in a conflict between firing up a relationship or cooling down your feelings as you try to manage a commitment conflict. Take the pressure off of the situation for now by avoiding extreme reactions on either side.
I am packing boxes. I am putting things inside the boxes that I have determined belong to me and not my husband, whether those things were accumulated during the (almost exactly) seven years we’ve been together or not. During the next few days, these items will be carried into a studio apartment and placed in new locations, and the boxes will be taken back to the house-I-no-longer-live-in-with-him, and more items will be put in them and carried to the apartment. Repeat until all items are segregated.
Moving out is unquestionably the right thing to do. But I can still be heartbroken about it.