21M moving out of single mom home for college
As the title states… I am a very young man doing something I honestly never thought I could do, moving out. For context my parents split at a young age and then I lived with exclusively my mom as she had several people in and out of the house but the last 7 years has been just her and me and very peaceful. I went to community college and then my bachelors only an hour away so I commuted. Now, I am moving 16 hours across the US for graduate school. I’ll be moving in 3 months into my gf’s place, and thankfully also have 2 friends out there.
Nonetheless, I’m scared shitless and feel immensely guilty. I have a mostly good relationship with my mom. She keeps telling me how she’s not ready which makes me feel awful. Hell I feel awful anyways since she sacrificed so much for me and now I’m uprooting her whole world and leaving. On top of that my dog is 14 and I fear this might be one of the last times I’ll spent with him. There’s just so much happening it’s beyond overwhelming and part of me regrets doing this and would rather be an unemployed bum at home. Which is crazy because I fought so hard to get into grad school and close the gap with my gf but now I fear what I have done.
At this point any advice navigating the never ending emotions would be great. Beyond anyone mentioned yes I’m fine financially to move in as I have a good enough stipend and money saved up from working… and also that my mother has been very supportive this whole time.