New job wibbles.... normal right?

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This is possibly not the most exciting of threads, I apologise!
I've had my current job for 8 years. It's in retail and with a company that is clearly and quite publically struggling.
I like my job, it is not actually customer facing all that much and I am damn good at it. If our company wasn't showing signs of doing a BHS or HoF at some point reasonably soon, I would quite cheerfully stay put (even though one more Christmas in retail might result in complete loss of sanity and/or life). But the lack of certainty for the future is slightly unnerving.

Today, I was rather unexpectedly offered a new job in a completely different area. Roughly same pay but Monday to Friday, weekends off etc. I have looked at it reasonably and rationally and I think I will take them up on it.

Anyhooo... my question is, even though it is reasonable and rational and I'm fairly sure nothing catastrophically bad can happen, is it normal to feel, well, waves of huge uncertainty (or mild terror)? I keep getting the heebie jeebies and I've only ever had two jobs and I tend to stay put for years and I left my last job due to unavoidable circumstances.

I feel daft even asking the question, really, I think. But half my brain says it's reasonable to go now and not suddenly be faced with redundancy or what not if it goes pear shaped and the other half thinks why am I leaving a job I like on the chance I might be out on my ear in one, two...three years time.

I realise I am lucky to have a job, I know there are people struggling and to have another offer is a bit like moaning my diamond shoes are too tight.
A new job wibble or two is normal, right?
Thank you to anyone who ploughed through my dullness.
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Yes completely normal. It’s just the thought of change that’s making you feel like this. Go for it

New job wobbles are totally normal.

Can you take the worry about your current company out of it, and just think about whether you'd prefer the new job to your current one?

You never know what might happen with the company - your current one could be fine or be bought, or the new one could go under unexpectedly and you'd be in a worse position as a new employee.

So I'd focus on what you can control - your actual job.

Good luck, whatever you do!

I know how you feel.
I used to work in a church helping out with the children. It was nerve wracking but I loved it. It was my introduction to teaching. Now I teach the homeschooling community.
When is the interview? Make sure that you are fully prepared for the questions you will have to answer. If possible do have some questions for them.
There is a old saying. Fail to prepare and you have prepared to fail.
Good luck.

Thank you, Summer. You are right, I am not wild about change but accept it is a necessary thing on occasion. Apathy has kept me in situations long after their expiry dates several times before now.
Bayleyf.... thank you, that is a really good way of looking at things. I think I am wobbling because I wasn't expecting this job offer and it comes after what could be termed a really good day at work. Possibly not everyone's definition of a good day, but very successful. But yeah, you've kind of reminded me that not every day is this good and a lot of the time it's actually quite frustrating if I'm honest.

Thanks, spinabifidamom. I actually had the interview last year and the logistics of it all at the time didn't really work out, they needed someone a bit quicker than my notice period allowed, but it's all just slotted into place and the job is mine if I want it. Hence the element of surprise.