There’s a quiet kind of discomfort that comes when life is shifting but hasn’t yet settled. You’ve outgrown the old version of yourself, but the new one hasn’t fully taken shape. It’s easy to feel like you’re stuck, lost, or somehow behind—but maybe you’re just in transition.
And maybe that’s not a bad place to be.
Transitions get a bad reputation. We tend to glorify beginnings and celebrate outcomes—but rarely do we talk about the middle. The messy, unclear, heart-stretching middle. The part where you’re shedding habits, relationships, expectations, or identities that no longer serve you, while trying to figure out what does.
But what if the in-between is where the magic actually happens?
Growth doesn’t always come with clarity. Sometimes it comes with stillness. Or fog. Or a sense that nothing is happening on the outside—even though everything is shifting beneath the surface.
You don’t have to rush it. You don’t have to know how it ends. But you can support yourself while you’re becoming:
Give yourself permission to feel both excitement and grief. Create small rituals that keep you anchored while everything else changes. Surround yourself with people who hold space for who you are and who you’re becoming.
This middle space isn’t wasted time. It’s where foundations are laid. Where patterns break. Where new things take root.
So if you’re in a season where things don’t quite make sense yet, take heart. You’re not lost. You’re in transition.
And you’re doing better than you think.
What’s something that’s helped you get through the in-between?
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