Changes

Sometimes change can be scary or uneasy. But change can be good. And most of the time it's not as scary as you think it might be. I believe that change brings upon opportunity. The fears you have around a change usually don't happen. Change is sometimes needed in order to grow mentally and spiritually.

When I think back to the time I left a job in Wisconsin for one in Chicago, I remember feeling afraid, anxious, nervous and excited all at the same time. I was afraid that I'd fail at my job, lose it and then have to start all over again. Or that I'd hate it and regret making the move. I felt anxious at the thought of not knowing anyone and having to be the new person all over again. It took a while to feel comfortable at my old job and having to start all over again didn't seem easy. Also moving to a new city and not knowing anybody was also nerve-wracking. The night before I started my first day at work, I don't think I had slept at all. I laid in bed with thoughts racing in my mind.

But I was also excited at the thought of a new beginning and the opportunities that would open up for me. I think back to the first day that I decided to change my life; to the first day that I moved to Chicago; to the first day I started my job now and then and wonder what if I didn't make that change or would I feel the way I did then if I knew where I am today?

No matter what decision I make, I have made it a resolution to never regret it, but accept it even if it doesn't turn out favorably. Because even though it may seem like a wrong decision, it maybe that you had to make the wrong one for an opportunity to present itself. It is one of the ways I can feel positive about change.