How do you cope with a transition in life when you don't know what comes next?

Advice on living through a period between one chapter of life and the next, when the next step is unclear.

Axis: Decide quickly and move on ... Stay with the uncertainty until the next step becomes clear

Answers by date: 2 records in 2 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2025), never reversed, in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2025-06-03	Ali	Ali finds it enormously comforting that the liminal space has a name: when he is in one and feels its discomfort, the name helps him recognise that the feeling is normal.	Are you in a liminal space? 00:00:29
2025-03-04	Ali	Ali's main takeaway: in a liminal space, rather than rushing to a decision, it is totally okay to stay with the uncertainty and get comfortable with it, since much personal growth and finding what we authentically want comes from those spaces.	How to Find Your Purpose (with Tiny Experiments) 00:14:05