Musings on Change

Change is hard. 

A few years ago, I wrote a mini blog series about change, and it was one of my favourite things to write - so much so that I am revisiting that topic. I wrote it during COVID where I had been experiencing a period of change unlike one I had experienced in a long time - and I think that was true for most people in the world - facing a global pandemic.

I didn’t know it then, but that was just the beginning of the change. At that time, I was experiencing changes in my routine, and I had changed workplace leaving the place I worked for over a decade. It was an uncomfortable time - because I had made a number of changes, and I wasn’t really happy with any of them - and I also wasn’t sure what I was going to do next. 

That was almost 4 years ago, and since I did that writing, so much more has changed - I changed workplace (again - this time moving to a city I had never even really visited before moving here in another country - a country that I never actually saw myself moving to again) and I also changed career in some ways, and that has brought with it unexpected change. 

These days - in addition to changing roles, the constant change of students, and changes in my body (another story for another day) I am reflecting on the reality that - change is hard. For something that is constant in life (and sometimes more constant than others) I feel like I should have a handle on it by now. And yet - every time I have to make huge changes, I am reminded of why people stay in situations they are uncomfortable in - instead of making changes.

And it’s me. I am people.

So - over the next month, I shall be musing on change.

On the changes we choose, and those thrust upon us.

On some of the strategies that I have been employing to manage change in my own life - and how they are going.

On what I have been anchoring to in the face of change.

On my relationship with change, and on how I have worked to create change.

If there is one thing that 7 years of blogging has brought me - it is the gift of a space - a space to think and to share. And it has given me gratitude - both for the space, and for those who take the time to read or listen. So - come journey with me as I muse on the topic of change - and tell me what helps you deal with changes in your own life.

And if there is a topic around change that you want me to write about - then let me know and let’s dive into it!!!

I send you big love from a small island!