I'm proud of the steps you're making for yourself.
You're not acting like you don't love him. You're not acting like you're not standing anymore. You're not acting cruel or cold.
You're detaching from the emotional rollercoaster you've been on.
You are making positive moves in your own life, which will only help you all the more regardless of how this all ends up. You are reclaiming your own life back, while your H stays wallowing in his WAS pit. If/when he starts to pull himself out of that pit, he'll appreciate even more the changes you've made in your own life. But whether he ever does or not...YOU will have gained many positives that will only boost your own self-confidence/esteem.
I tied so much of my own self-worth to my Hs opinions/feelings. I wish throughout our whole marriage I wouldn't have done that!
Box up his things, but make sure you don't discard them.
What do you paint on? Canvas, metal, wood? Do you do landscapes or...?
Women are angels. And when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly...on a broomstick. We are flexible
