bennyboy Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Hi all, W are due to fly in 6 weeks to Perth. We are getting very nervous, sleepless nights to name but a few worries!! Is it normal to have doubts if we are doing the right thing so soon before we fly? We talk about friends and family, jobs, renting our house etc here in the UK. We still have alot to do, sell 3 cars, trips to the tip, bootsales, tie up all the loose ends, finalise renting the house out etc etc...... How did you feel just before you were leaving the UK and did you have doubts, panic etc.... We still want to do it but we are scared it may not work out, most of all i think it's creeping up very fast that we have to say goodbye to friends and family. Something we are not looking forward to at all but there is nothing we can do about it, but just to try be strong and once we are on the plane, try and think about our new adventure. Look forward to any reassurance you can give me please.:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaneym Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 i am going in 17 days leaving my sons and no i have no family there.. its an adventure as far as I can see! I have a job and have made a few friends from here and I have a couple of people i know spread across australia.. I feel panic and guilt and excitement all in a minute! its a rollercoaster but i know its the right thing to do and I have no rose tinted glasses, have things in uk if i need to/want to come back...final bbq this weekend to say see you to my elderly father.. I will be back to visit and i am going to australia not the valley of death ( although some people make it sound like it!) I think i have many more tears and smiles to come yet.. good luck and if i can be of any help just shout Marion x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I think it's very normal. Plenty of threads on here from people about similar feelings before they depart so you are not alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trueblue22 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Yes it's perfectly normal. I'm going in 6 weeks too and leaving behind my 19yr old daughter and the rest of my family. I'm travelling alone with my 4 yr old and going to a friend i haven't seen in yrs. I feel sick at times, violently sick.....but as already said you should treat it as an amazing adventure and what's the worst that can happen? You'll just get on a plane and come back if it's that bad. Don't worry, enjoy! Wishing you all the best!! :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhampa Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 just try to think of it like a temporary move...... nothing is permanent in this life... Im sure you will feel much better once your leaving the airport... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaneym Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Yes it's perfectly normal. I'm going in 6 weeks too and leaving behind my 19yr old daughter and the rest of my family. I'm travelling alone with my 4 yr old and going to a friend i haven't seen in yrs. I feel sick at times, violently sick.....but as already said you should treat it as an amazing adventure and what's the worst that can happen? You'll just get on a plane and come back if it's that bad. Don't worry, enjoy! Wishing you all the best!! :biggrin: good luck for your travels! where are you off to? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trueblue22 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 good luck for your travels! where are you off to? x Thankyou!! I'm off to Townsville (QLD).......I'm actually soooooo bloody excited!!! But do have heart stopping moments of panic, fear, guilt and doubt lol!! Where are you off to?? Only 17 days wow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deb and alec Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Our flights to NSW are booked for 15th October, I will be leaving my 3 kids and one granddaughter and every time I think about saying goodbye I feel sick ,but at the same time I am so excited and can't wait to start our new adventure, I think mixed emotions are perfectly normal, however I so want this...good luck to everyone who is about to start the best adventure of their life xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaneym Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Thankyou!! I'm off to Townsville (QLD).......I'm actually soooooo bloody excited!!! But do have heart stopping moments of panic, fear, guilt and doubt lol!! Where are you off to?? Only 17 days wow!!! I am off to nsw job in kogarah not sure where i will stay yet! in a way im so busy wrapping up work and the never ending list of things to sort, banks etc that its when i stop i think omg.. im really going! how exciting for you! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabo Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Yes - it is quite normal. Afterall, you are dismantling your current life, bit by bit, in the hope that you will build something different, possibly better, when you get out here. There are some things you will never be able to replace, and there are somethings you will get that you will never have where you are now. You will learn things about yourself that you may never have done otherwise. It may take you years to settle, if at all, and it may take you 5 minutes. Whatever happens, don't confuse 'the cost' with 'the value' of what you are doing. :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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