This is why GAL is so important. If we are doing new things, growing as a person and enjoying our life, then it doesn't feel so much like we are in limbo. Yes, it does take time to get there, but that's what we have to do. It's the only way forward.
M: A really long time. Crisis: 5 years. She's still worth it.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. -Viktor Frankl