Humans are creatures of habit, and it can be hard to embrace change. If you can learn to love and adapt to change, you will save yourself a lot of pain and wasted energy from resisting. Not only will you be happier, but you will grow and gain value from embracing new experience.
Here are 3 tips on how to adapt to change:
#1. Don’t have unrealistic expectations
While having goals and making plans are really important in our lives, it is also good to keep them in perspective. If life throws you a curve ball, you may have to change your plans, and that’s okay. When you have too high of an expectation on a certain situation or scenario, you maybe met with a lot of disappointment.
#2. Acknowledge change will happen
Nothing in life lasts forever. My mother always said to me, “you will have good days, and you will have bad days. The good days will not last forever and neither will the bad ones.” She is absolutely right. This theory could apply to everything in our lives. Nothing lasts forever, so we should just enjoy and be grateful for the experience.
#3. View change as an opportunity of growth
When you embrace change and learn to adapt, you will be a stronger person. The ability to constantly self reflect will help you learn about yourself and even push you past your comfort levels. Knowledge and wisdom only comes when you change.
Feel free to share a story about a time you had to embrace change, and how did you do it?
Love,
Karen
Hope you have a happy Friday!