Druid on the move

It’s moving week. We’re moving to a place where we want to live, which aligns more with my values and how I want to engage in the world. And still, my anxiety has spiked, and my stress levels are through the roof.

Moving is hard. It doesn’t matter if you want it or not; the baseline is stressful. Our house spirits live in a statue my partner made, so we can move it, and they can come with us if they desire. My deities and spirits are tied to me and will go with us. But we will be in a new town, a new place, with new landlords, closer to my friends and school, and the beach.

It’s a whole lot of new. It doesn’t help that this is happening at the same time as I’m winding down an internship and shifting roles at work. So much is new. All of the newness is hard. Change is hard, and this is a lot of it all at once. Even though I want the new role at work, the new place to live, and the new internship that comes next, it’s still a lot. All at once. And it’s hard.

I try to work with setting intentions at the New Moon, and recently, I was made aware that “I feel like I survived” can be an intention. I think feeling like I have survived for the next few weeks is good enough. I’ll worry about feeling happy, joyful, or at ease later. Right now, I need to get through the move and everything else I have going on.

If you’re struggling with everything you have going on, take a deep breath with me and know that it’s enough to survive and keep going.