Comments on: Change: Why You Should Embrace It

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By: MaryAnne@ParentingandMoney

MaryAnne@ParentingandMoney — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:24:00 +0000

Change is constant. Adaptability is a crucial skill if you want to be happy and to succeed in life.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 08:32:34 +0000

I’m not keen on change myself. I’m the type of person who feels that moving home after 15 years in the same property is a move too often. We don’t like uncertainty, changes in routine, things we don’t know – just human nature.

By: Marina K. Villatoro

Marina K. Villatoro — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:09:08 +0000

In reply to Daisy. Keeping my fingers crossed, that's the only thing I can do ;-)

By: Leigh

Leigh — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:28:51 +0000

I am naturally really bad at dealing with change, which is why I work in a fast-paced environment. This forces me to confront my fears head-on and I definitely deal better with change in my personal life now because of the various coping/managing tactics I have come up with at work to lessen the burden of constant change.

I may be the only one, but I actually am really fond of the “new Gmail” and it didn’t take me very long.

The real problem with technological change: increased tech support calls from my parents.

By: Leanne

Leanne — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:33:54 +0000

Okay – I agree with you on a lot of levels (almost all) but I do think there is such a thing as too much change.

I know, I sound like such an old lady, but here it is:

Facebook changes too much for me. I can’t handle it.

I didn’t get angry/upset about Gmail (or Google Analytics, or the Privacy Policy) or Twitter. (Sometimes the Gmail is pretty annoying – I can’t see my folders as well anymore, because they’re obstructed by Google Chat, and I’m not even that PO-ed.) I’m generally a pretty open person. Even if I don’t understand why someone wants to do something different, I listen and ask questions and try to hear them out. At work, I’m like the “Change Agent”. I walk in, and people go: “Oooh, there’s that young girl. Making so many changes.” But – even for me – Facebook changes too much.

As for habits, I do think there are reasons people have them. There was an article in the NYTimes recently on Decision Fatigue. Sometimes, having habits is smart:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/magazine/do-you-suffer-from-decision-fatigue.html?pagewanted=all

By: Marina K. Villatoro

Marina K. Villatoro — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:29:46 +0000

Change is something I am going through right now and have absolutely no choice but to fully embrace it.

My husband just moved to Santiago Chile, while me and the kids are still in Antigua, Guatemala getting ready for the HUGE move in the next year.

Without my controlling my ‘somewhat booming’ business went down to almost nothing all within the same month my husband moved to a city where our lives are going to be 5 times more expensive.

I went through crying fits and almost hysteria, but what can I do, change is in the wind.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:11:46 +0000

Great post. I always try to embrace change–especially in my job. I’ve seen soooo many people over the years be resistant to change and it never seems like it turns out well (at least in the workplace).

Again—great, great post!