Ways to mark/celebrate/grieve voluntarily leaving a job and city that I have loved for eight years? They just don't fit my life anymore and I must move on, as difficult as it is.

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Elena · Answer

do a Tour de Favorites and invite friends to join you at each stop: Make a list of your favorite views, activities, foods, bookshops, that have been there for you through different eras of your life while you made this place home. Say thank you and goodbye by experiencing them all once more, tipping enormously, and bringing your friends who you’ll miss with you to enjoy them together.

Roger · Answer

R.E.M. - Stand (Official Music Video): Totally understand the feeling of leaving a place that you love for a place that will work better for you. (There should be a word for that). This song has helped me with both the leaving and arriving. (Also still such a great album!)

Josh · Answer

Take a trip - bring a notebook: When I left my career after 7 years I felt the same way you were. I ended up taking a trip by myself to somewhere no one knew me. Then wrote in my notebook about what I loved, why I left, and what I needed the rest of my life to look like. It really helped me close that chapter of my life by basically writing a new one