No. 54 Letting go of who you thought you'd be, grieving the what-ifs + moving forward
In this episode, we talk about the quiet grief that comes with unmet expectations, the pressure to follow a certain timeline, and what it means to say goodbye to an imagined future. We explore:
The emotional weight of "what could’ve been"
Quarter-life crisis and the tension between meaning vs. stability
Why letting go of old dreams can open up new paths
The difference between grieving your own dreams and inherited ones
How to find peace in the present—even when it looks different than you hoped
This is a gentle reminder that you aren’t off track & your life is unfolding as it’s meant to!
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Your prescription for living well, dose for this week: Take time to process the versions of your life that never came to be. Totally normal to grieve who you might have been if certain difficulties had not happened along the way. If there is a path you and/or others expected you to do that didn’t come to pass, let yourself grieve whatever you feel you missed out on/wasn’t a good fit at the time. Feeling grief is a good sign. Being with the losses of life helps us not get stuck in them. Process + move on. No one escapes missing versions of themselves that never came to be, the what-ifs. A natural part of healing is having some grief over the time we spent before knowing + integrating what we are able to now. Letting go of an illusion you had for your life can be freeing.🌷
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BOOK: Quarter-life: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood by Satya Doyle Byock
