Up: [[The In-Between Times]] Created: 2024-02-08 Updated: 2025-01-10 - A sudden and unexpected event, such as a death, that destroys the old life you had where you felt like yourself. - A situation or a relationship that felt vital and alive, now feels dead and dried up - An activity that has always gone well before goes suddenly and unexpectedly badly - A person or organization you have always trusted proves to be untrustworthy - An inexplicable or unforeseen problem crops up, at the worst possible moment, disrupting your life > [!User] [[William Bridges]], *The Way of Transition*, pp. 14-16 When these endings appear, it’s a sign that you need to let go of something inner. You probably won’t know what that is. > [!Orbit] Tennessee Williams > There is a time for departure, even when there’s no certain place to go. ### Caution Transition is necessary inner work. Don’t make an external change in order to avoid it. A classic example is leaving one intimate relationship and taking on a new one without doing the work to figure out your part in the dissolution of the first one.