to be terrified of making radical changes to our lives

[strawberrycornetto]

I work flexible but very long hours as a city lawyer. I have two DCs aged 5 and almost 2. My husband has a job that takes him away about 50% of the time. In the last year I got extremely stressed/depressed because I couldn't cope with everything on my plate. DH and I agreed (partly as a result of counselling I had) that we no longer want to live like that. We planned to downsize our house considerably and for me to stop working.

So, it is all coming together. We have found a great house is a great village and by the summer we should be moved and I will have resigned. So why am I so scared?

I seem to have so many worries about it. I have never lived in a village. Will DD settle in a new school, will people like us? How will I adapt to giving up work and being a SAHM. Anyone done similar who can reassure me? Part of me thinks it will be the best decision we ever made and part of me is terrified!!

Thanks. You seem to have all hit the nail on the head - I am not good at change and we moved to this part of London 4 years ago and I finally feel part of the community and am very sad to leave it behind. But I also feel now is the time, if we don't go now I doubt we would ever make the break. I think if we didn't try, we would always regret it.

Dd settling is my main concern but she is a gregarious little thing so I am sure she will make friends. My best friend lives in another part of the country anyway so we are no further from her and also the same distance from my parents. I do think it's the right thing for us, just scary!