ACCEPTING CHANGE

One of my closest friends recently sent an email to some of her closest friends about the difficulty she had dealing with a temporary change of work stations at her job. The change came suddenly and unexpectedly due to some IT issues. My friend was open and honest about how the necessity to uproot was very disruptive to her and nearly caused a panic attack, though everything worked out well.

I replied to the email and later on my dear friend and I talked about how change can impact our lives in a phone conversation. We shared some thoughts and she gave me a very high compliment when she told me how she admired how I handled big changes in my life. She brought up how, during one span of five years or so, I had several different jobs while she still worked at the same place. I appreciated the compliment and let her know that those changes in job or career didn't always come about by choice. I was never asked to leave any of those jobs I had, but something was going on that told me I needed to move on, and I did.

The key to handle major changes in your life, be they professional, financial, or social, is to accept the fact that the change happened. After that, it is a simple matter of figuring out the best way to move on and move forward. All change isn't good, yet all change brings with it some type of opportunity to make yourself better.