Transformation - how do you know when it's time to let go?

Hey Bridgets,

I am wondering if it might be time to let go of the old and embrace the new (me that is)?? Having been through a lot of upheaval in the last year, marrital breakdown, singleparentdom, returning to work, surgery, new friends, new home, weight loss....my god it just never stops. But it has recently occured to me that my self-image seems to be lagging somewhat in comparison to the rapid fire changes that have been occuring in my life, and that it might be time to perform some "mental/emotional/spiritual alchemy" in order to keep up.

So I am coming up with some of the things I would like to let go of;
>a feeling of prudish embarrassment about being naked in front of people (this can be particularly awkward during sex!!)
>an overwhelming need to please people (everyone but myself)
>an image of myself as socially-awkward (this has been disproven already)
>the idea that my body is my arch-nemesis out to destroy me unless I destroy it first

Actually now that I've typed them up I think that it's just those last few threads tying me to all the uncertainty of teens and twenties that I am ready to let go of. Really 30's and 40's are a much kinder age!