Arguably, transitions into new periods in one's life can be challenging, no matter the circumstances surrounding the change. Liminal periods can help people in these changes by removing the 'dependency' on the old period.
I was home schooled since the first grade and was used to a different way of learning then what I am now accustomed to in college. I was, to a large extent, able learn when, how much, and what I wanted to. A few months before I started college, after graduating highschool, I moved up to Virginia from Texas. For a couple months, I lived in a partially unpacked house, in a completely new setting. Almost every aspect of my life changed from what it was before, yet at the same time it wasn't to a normal, new routine yet,and was wholly unique from anything I had experienced before. Because of this period, I was able to come out of my old way of thinking and doing things, and become open to new ones. Just as people have muscle memory, people have a 'muscle memory' of sorts for routine, and the period when I moved allowed my mind to forget this 'muscle memory'. A partial 'blank slate' was created for my mind, and this made it much easier to fall into a new routine, and way of thinking and learning when I started CNU.
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