progmess

here's my newly-invented word:

progmess: that stage where real progress is being made, but it looks, feels, etc. like unmitigated chaos.

i'm thinking about lots of people who are in the progmess stage of things (e.g., divorce), where the central event has happened, but there is still so much pain, fear, danger, clean-up, etc. that it's hard to believe that real healing could possibly be happening.

me, i'm just trying to get rid of things, pack & move.