Empty Next 🏠➡️

traveling through empty to get to what’s next.

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@jesshopp OMG - so wild to see this on this particular day

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I can't be the only mother of adult kids (23 + 29) who feels tension between a) the urge to protect them/bring them closer to home in these EVEN MORE UNPRECEDENTED times & b) the urge toward creative etc self-preservation. I know it's not a binary, but it sure feels like one...

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Youngest bird building own Next.

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@jilltalbot Absolutely 100% yes.

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@AndoAW @Wordydiva Let’s. You’re on my list.

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Daughter fully moves out at the end of the month, but the situation feels oddly fluid. I’m now hypervigilant & anxious instead of bittersweet & excited for all of us. Now it’s like...will she be forced to return? Will my oldest? Will they be OK? Will anyone? #EmptyNext

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Similar-ish experience here. We (and they) will adapt, but...

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Three background interviews in and a) I was a bit unprepared emotionally and b) this is really all I want to be doing now, which is its own #EmptyNext issue. Work vs job. Resources (time, creative bandwidth) vs resources (income, health insurance, etc).

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YES.