Unsettling
Something new is always something exciting. New school. New job. New friend. New boyfriend.
You’re experiencing everything for the first time.
You don’t know what to expect and you’re headed towards the unknown. Yet you savor the newness and you meet head-on every fresh experience that comes with it. Everything is exciting - every moment is eventful. Maybe it’s the adrenaline rush or maybe it really is the best thing that has ever happened to you. You don’t know. But you love it. You engage completely. For a while your whole world revolves around it.
It takes a while for the novelty to wear off. A couple of months? A year? Then little by little, things start to feel same old, same old. Sometimes, things begin to feel routinary, mundane or even boring.
You begin to settle.
Big questions start to come up. Is this how things are supposed to be? Is this where I’m supposed to be? Is this all there is to it? Could this really be the best thing that ever happened to me?
Suddenly, you’re not so sure.
The thing about settling is that it’s unsettling.
You’re experiencing everything for the first time.
You don’t know what to expect and you’re headed towards the unknown. Yet you savor the newness and you meet head-on every fresh experience that comes with it. Everything is exciting - every moment is eventful. Maybe it’s the adrenaline rush or maybe it really is the best thing that has ever happened to you. You don’t know. But you love it. You engage completely. For a while your whole world revolves around it.
It takes a while for the novelty to wear off. A couple of months? A year? Then little by little, things start to feel same old, same old. Sometimes, things begin to feel routinary, mundane or even boring.
You begin to settle.
Big questions start to come up. Is this how things are supposed to be? Is this where I’m supposed to be? Is this all there is to it? Could this really be the best thing that ever happened to me?
Suddenly, you’re not so sure.
The thing about settling is that it’s unsettling.