People change, things go wrong. Life happens, but it goes on.
… or something like that. I’m not sure those are even the correct words of the poem. But, since I wrote them, they have to be true. And my, how applicable they be.
I graduated from college on May 11, 2013, and began my career at Dixon Schwabl exactly three months later. Since then, aside from the anticipated adjustments of my impending “adulthood,” I have experienced more instances of change than there are grains of sand on this earth. For example:
- -I finished school
- -I fell in love
- -I ended a great job after almost 10 years
- -I began a brand-new, full-time job at DS
- -I started allergy shots
- -I became an aunt
- -I had loved ones who fell sick
- -I had my first panic attack
- -I had my first asthma attack
- -I had my first promotion
- -I became a homeowner
And even after all this time, after all these life-altering moments of change, I feel exactly the same. Why? Because I’m what I like to call a “Change Chameleon.”
Being a Change Chameleon means you roll with the punches. That you live every day with the aforementioned poem in mind. That you morph your outlook, attitude and overall demeanor to better suit the environment you’re in. And that you take whatever life throws at you and you adjust to it, because the one thing you know for certain about life is that it goes on.
But the best part about being a Change Chameleon is that even after all this change, you really don’t change much at all. Sure, you become wiser. You become experienced. And my personal favorite—you get better with age. But the real you is still in there! You’ve just become the best possible version of yourself. And that, my friends, is what change is all about.
So don’t fight it. It can be scary, I know. But once you stop resisting all of the change that’s going on around you, wonderful things will start to happen. And—I promise—you will be one of them.