I always found the transition from summer to autumn really sad as a kid - the end of the summer holidays and that back to school feeling. Transitions can be hard. Transitions are liminal spaces - leaving one thing behind and moving into something new they come with change and uncertainty.
Sometimes we choose them
Sometimes we have no choice
We need to let go - reframe beliefs and how we see ourselves
We need to exist in uncertainty
We need to navigate the new - an opportunity to gain agency and purpose
We can deny and resist transitions but this takes energy and creates stress.
Transitions aren’t linear - they circle and zig zag and aren’t progressive or logical.
Transitions aren’t positive or negative - it depends on the story you tell yourself.
We can view as a chance to rise to a challenge
We can see it as laying down new neural pathways
Some things that can help:
Change has to happen to everyone you are not alone
Give yourself time
Take baby steps
Avoid self medicating
Move - run, dance, swim - whatever you like - it clears the head - and helps with depression
Practice mindfulness and gratitude
Use your communities
Follow curiosity be creative
