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Why I Am Trying To Embrace Change

Change can be terrifying, but it is also necessary.

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There are people that love change. They embrace it head on with fire in their eyes and a fearless heart. I have never been like that. I love a routine and I love concrete plans and answers. I like when things stay the same, and I like when I can count on that sameness as a comfort.

Within the past few years, so much has changed about my life, and within the next few, so many more changes will find themselves creeping up on me. Change can be terrifying, but to continue on in this ever wonderful life I have been gifted with, I have to learn to hold on to the constants in my life, and drag them with me through the change. Because in the end, I have no doubt that it will all work out.

If I looked at myself a few years ago, I doubt I would even recognize myself now. I became a college student, dyed my hair (a few different times), got a tattoo, got a fiancé, and so many new wonderful friends. And the next few years that face me will bring about even more necessary and scary changes. I am going to graduate in a few months, find a new job, move out of my parents’ home and get married. All of this change flying at me at once has left me a little shaken and quite nervous. But recently I have learned that though these new obstacles and changes may scare me, they are completely necessary. I have to move on from one stage of life to the next. I have to grow up and grab onto life while it is running onward.

The only thing that gets me through the stress of my changing life is the constants I get to hold onto along the way. I have incredible friends that I get to grow with instead of apart from. We are all at such a turning point in our lives, and leaning on each other is what will get us through the unknown ahead. I have a supportive family, who have all been through this stage of life before. To have that support system there, pushing me forward while also reminding me what will always be behind me, is one of the most comforting thoughts.

These next few years of my life will change just about everything I have come to count on. Instead of letting it terrify me I am going to try to take notes from the other people I have noticed in my life. I will face these changes with fire in my eyes, and a fearless heart (and maybe shaky hands).

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