You can thank an old friend group for who you were and still choose who you’re becoming.
CREATIVITY
WHAT THIS MEANS
Gratitude and departure are not opposites, though they often get treated that way. A group can have genuinely made you, taught you how to be funny, kept you steady through a bad couple of years, and still not be where you are going. Leaving does not require you to decide they were bad for you.
Say the thank you before the distance makes it awkward. One message naming what those years gave you. Then make your choices about this year without filing them as a verdict on the last ones.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
What did an old crowd give you that you can keep gratefully?
MORE IN GROWTH, CHANGE & REINVENTION
- The easiest time to change a habit is right after life shakes up your routine: a move, a new school, a new job.
- Getting let go from a job feels like the end. For a lot of people it’s the push into the job that actually fit.
- Your opinions at thirteen were built from videos and your uncle. You’re allowed to review them.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.