western transition

  1. Anticipated 
  2. Unanticipated 
  3. Non-event 
  4. Sleeper 
These are four kinds of Life Transitions. Self a explanatory words to describe the nature of each as described by the author referenced below. 
As a social worker I was taught the most people have Normative Transitions; you're born, you eat solids ... you get hitched ... you die. The kind of "normal" life events, faced by most people in a rather predictable way. I suspect they are the bread and butter of clairvoyants. They see a young thing bound into the booth, fit and lithe, looking and smelling great but looking vaguely needy, and predict they are about to find a partner. Another strolls in looking well attired and slightly bored: "I can see travel ... food, a rainforest, beach, you're in a natural setting... ". Meanwhile reading the person for subtle reactions in favour of what's proffered. 
The transition i am moving through is a bit random. I've always lived within cooee of water, loved swimming, surfing and sailing. But at the moment I am keenly negotiating a way to secure a property just easy of the Great Australian Outback. There is a river of sorts, its brown and hardly moves and you could throw a rock across it. 
If I wanted to head to the beach, going north to  Townsville is 1846k away, east to Port Stephens (451k), south to Lakes Entrance (765k) and west to Streaky Bay (1582k). Whereas if I wanted hit the Outback, Nyngan is a mere 180k, closer was the crow flies. 
The reasons for such a change, I have mentioned include:
To be near my daughter.
To untangle from the east coast self-centricism.
To experience red dust living, small town life. 
The serenity.
The space.
To own a tiny/very small home. 
To be more at peace.
To open myself up to the world and where that might take me.
To live on ground that may reveal gold.   
And after selling my boat yesterday, I am realising just how much I want this change. One I never would have seen coming more six months ago. 

Ref. The Impact of Transitions and How to Cope with Them : Cruse Scotland

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