Grieving

[fynixsoul]

When we lose something, we grieve, and most forms of loss have a ritual associated with them. When someone dies, we have a funeral. When we leave a job or a place, we have going away parties. When a relationship ends, we have chick-flick and haagan-das nights. (well, if we're female we do--I'm sure men have a similar something.) These rituals are

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[theljparadox]

if you ever figure out a good loss/change-of-lifestyle ritual, let me know. that would be *awfully* handy.

[paper_crystals]

I agree with this.

[thegelf]

You could call moving a loss/change of lifestyle ritual.

Otherwise, your fellow grad students are going through a very similar thing. Even if they didn't spend any time working between undergrad and grad school, they will all understand exactly what you mean if you throw an "I'm in grad school and it sucks" party.

[swankivy]

Interesting . . . on Friday I made a playlist of songs that made me think of regret and missing, and it seemed strange to me because I am not regretting or missing anything at all. Seems my playlist was more appropriate for you. :/ (I also rarely make playlists, so I'm not sure why my brain was in that mode.)

I find music therapeutic for stuff like this, though. Though I guess it also causes one to dwell.

[clockwerkdragon]

It's that whole, it sucks to be an adult and having to do adult things sort of situation. You're putting in the work now, for profit down the road. And unlike a lot of losses in our lives, this one is at least temporary. You've just taken your life offline for a little bit in preparation for the launch of the new and improved Life 2.0.