The Heavy Freedom of Leaving Things Behind

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When you leave behind things that you have outgrown — friendships, romantic relationships, habits, beliefs, etc. — the initial lightness that you feel is temporary. It soon gets replaced with a heaviness as you realize that your world no longer looks the same. And for a while, things don’t feel right. They don’t feel wrong, either — they just feel different. You don’t know what to do with this different because…