As you take that next step in life, it's also important to appreciate where you've been. Here's how to do it right.
This turning of the page can be a challenge for many, not only because of the changes to come but of the change process itself.To successfully move into this new chapter, you must close the last one. Again, society and tradition provide some of these–the graduation ceremony, retirement party, the memorial service–opportunities to say what needs to be said, to honor what has been. But when there’s no ready-made closure available, you can create your own.
I’ve known couples who end their relationship, not only with signed papers but a ceremony that acknowledges their shared time and memories and how they’ve helped each other grow; families who create their closure by gathering together to scatter the ashes of a loved one on a Saturday afternoon by a river; couples who go on the big trip to mark the end of their two-some life before the baby alters their lives forever.
Here you go out to dinner with your work mentor to thank them for their steady support, or do the same with your supervisor who always gave you a hard time, to finally, hopefully, mend fences before you leave. And if you can’t do it in person, you write a letter that you will mail, or, perhaps, never will, to simply get things off your chest, out of your head.
Regardless of who and how, take the time to reflect, repair, and appreciate what is now ending. You don’t want lingering regrets and unfinished emotional business to contaminate your new start.You get that promotion or post-graduation job, and there will be a learning curve. During those first months of being a parent, there are new routines and demands to navigate; being married,
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