In the act of letting go and letting yourself go you can find what you were looking for.
Love, pain, sorrow, happiness, saudade, relief, so many emotions. These are emotions of letting go. It’s a brew of emotions, some positive, and some negative. This is what people feel when they let go of their job and their coworkers, a loved one, or an abusive partner.
Focus on the positive and let the change guide you. It’s almost impossible to do that in the case of a loved one, but for other things it’s easier. Allowing yourself to see the positive and prospect of a new job, all the new people you are going to meet, despite it being the last time you will ever talk to some of your coworkers that accompanied you for years.
A new job gives you opportunity, you can grow and explore. A new person in your life, be it a romantic lover, a friend, a stranger you talk to for 5 minutes on a bus stop, or the one you fucked last night on that one night stand, can bring you happiness and change your path in life.
Life is full of unknowns. It’s difficult to control it all. You can try but it’s too much and there will always be external forces pushing in. Just let go once in a while. You will feel a lot of different emotions, but in the end it makes you grow, and you will be better off. Probably.