People have a hard time adapting to change, right? We hear it all the time. In business we hear about resistance to change. In self help we hear about coping with change. In aging we hear about masking change. But in this area, I cannot relate. If there is anything that motivates me in life, it is change. I adapt easily. I seek change. In fact, I thrive during change. So for the past couple of months, when everything was feeling a bit out of my control and my challenges in life were acting as barriers to change, my stress level was high. I was having to cope with lack of change. My productivity suffered and my motivation was completely lacking.
But on Friday, Braden and I moved into our new house. We spent our first night in an unfurnished fortress of unpacked boxes. In fact, Brady didn’t even have a bed. He had a camping adventure in his new room. He watched a movie in his tent with his pillow, blanket, water bottle, and blue bunny. And then he fell asleep – and he did not leave him room once all night. A victory on day one of my “get my life together” campaign! For months, Braden has been struggling with sleeping in his room alone. Yet we enter this new home and this new era on a positive note. Talk about motivating.
I spent the majority of the weekend and Monday getting things unpacked and organized as best I could without the furniture. And today, Tuesday, I feel like all the effort and extra expense has proven worthwhile, yet again. I woke up at 4:45 this morning to get ready for my 5:30 personal trainer appointment. (I hadn’t seen Biff in three months.) I had a great workout, came home, and when I walked in the door I made coffee that I took to work in a my travel mug (after a year of buying a Large Coffee Skim Milk Only from the Dunkin’ Donuts drive thru five to six days a week). I also packed my lunch (which hasn’t happened in a good two months), left early for work (I’m not even going to say how long it’s been since that), went to my old house and packed and organized, and came home and ate leftovers.
Brady comes home tomorrow to a completely unpacked room and orderly toy area. I’m looking forward to solidifying a routine for us over the next few weeks. All it took was a little change to make a big difference. I am back on track and ready to take on the world – or at least the tuna casserole I’m planning to make for dinner tomorrow night.
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Hey Laurie! I’ve been meaning to take a look at your blog since my mom sent it to me — you’re a great writer! I’m with you on the technology thing — at least you’ve figured out the tags and everything. I just threw a whole bunch of crap out there and sent it to people! I loved your post about taking your little boy to the movies — it’s probably something he’ll remember forever!
I don’t know if you noticed, but I linked to your blog on my site. It’s gotten a few hits in just one day already!
I’ll keep an eye out for new material from you.
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