How can you tell that you have really moved on?

You know because the relief and joy comes with letting go. There is space for other things you are passionate about and you are feeling motivated to make time For them. You will notice less and less anxiety sadness and fear around the subject/person you have stopped obsessing over. You might even eat healthier or feel lighter as if a weight has been lifted. You may be more in touch with yourself and able to notice things your body has been trying to ask you for. Try taking a bath and reading a good book. If you can enjoy this then you are probably moving on or have moved on.

Focus on the future, where do you see yourself and believe in it. Today is temporary. Planning ahead for the future is a great way to reach your goals. Surround yourself with people who you would like to be associated with. If you want to be happy, find a happy group! If you want to be smart, spend time with intellectual people. We won’t be living forever, we must focus on what makes us happy by setting things straight. Spending time alone with a pen and paper and writing down things you want to change or achieve was my solution to help me move on in life towards my goals.

I think you can tell you've moved on when that person or thing isn't always in the back of your head anymore. You can appreciate the moments you had with that person or thing rather than wanting to relive them or still be with that person/thing/experience. I'd also say that you can tell you've moved on when your memory of that person doesn't trigger a heavy emotional response like it used to. For example, perhaps you used to feel a gut-wrenching sadness when you thought about your ex-boyfriend, and now you just feel like they are a distant being with no severe emotional attachment to you anymore. This is just my personal opinion based on my own experiences, though.

Now that is pretty complex as the concept of moving on is different to different people. In my opinion, You can say that you've moved on when the prospect of the other person with someone else is not haunting anymore. Or when you can talk to them without feeling awkward. Or when you find yourself feeling interested in other people. Or when you can cherish all the good memories you had with that person and ignore all the bad memories. Moving on can take sometimes take mere moments and sometimes it can take many long years. And as I have said earlier the prospect of moving on is different to different people. My idea of moving on might not match with a lot of people but it does not mean that it is.

You can tell you have really moved on when the smile you'd do anything for, the hair you moved your hands across, the warmth of their hands and the eyes that were the most beautiful things to you dont matter anymore. When you dont care about them paying back. When you are so busy building your new self that their thought seems least important. You have really moved on when you accept whatever happened, happened for the best. When you realise you need to let go because the idea of holding on is painful and not worth anything. When you stand up for yourself and promise the present you, a beautiful future.

You can tell that you have really moved on when you wish nothing but the best for the other person. Knowing your own worth is so important when embarking on this journey of moving on! When you look at self-improvement and begin to focus on yourself and no-one else, the qualities that were hidden will start to shine through as you grow and mature further in this journey. There will come a time, in which you will feel complete and wish only happiness from him/her. That's a great start to telling if you have really moved on. No-one is in this journey alone, so always feel free to talk to others and support one another.

Truly moving on from a person or an experience is difficult to measure but a good way to tell is if the person or experience no longer plays on your mind constantly and no longer affects your daily life. Another way to tell if you have moved on is if you see that person again and you no longer have any strong feelings for them anymore or it doesn't make you leave a place where they are. If it is an experience you are trying to move on from, then there might be triggers that remind you of the experience and when those triggers arise and the memory of the experience doesn't have any unpleasant physical or mental effects, then you have probably really moved on.

I think you can tell when you have really moved on is when you are just focused on yourself. Focused on keeping yourself happy (self care is so important), on what your needs are, and who you want to be more than the past. You can still remember it and feel things that happened in the past but that does not mean you have not moved on. Remember that you are strong and can get through anything. If It relates to people, sometimes you can tell you have moved on if you want good for them but just not around you. For example, you want them "to eat" but just not at the same "table" as you.

You start hanging out with your mutual friends. You miss being in a relationship but obviously not with the ex-bf/ex-gf. You get to feel inner peace and comfort, able to clear your mind. You become more positive and upbeat because the emotional wounds from the previous relationship have been healed. You no longer stalk them anywhere on social media. You will never mention that person as a topic for discussion. Finally, you will take responsibility for your part after a long reflection and don't focus on the ex's issues. Friends and family will notice that you are back to your old self.

I believe that you have moved on when you have accepted what has happened. It is immature to believe that you will forget about something completely or that the fear it brought will disappear. Perhaps it is better phrased as not the first thing that comes to mind. Or even if it is, hopefully, you are able to say that you have grown as a person because of this experience. That you were the bigger person and have become stronger because of it. While looking back on negative events will always be hard on the heart, as long as it no longer has control over you, I think you can say you have successfully moved on. Or at least made progress in the right direction.