From a post industrial
society to a highly technological society
From childhood to adulthood
From beginning or ending a
relationship
From employee to manager
From working life to
retirement
From health through illness—and
back again
We live transition. Every day. On a big scale and on a very personal scale. And, the first transition I talk about on this list is probably having the most impact on how well we cope (or not) with the transitions in our personal lives.
The more people I talk to, I realize that no one really talks about how to adjust or prepare for transition that is constantly swirling around us. Is it because it’s so constant, we just wade through it?
The more people I talk to, I realize that no one really talks about how to adjust or prepare for transition that is constantly swirling around us. Is it because it’s so constant, we just wade through it?
There is an important conversation
to be had. This high-tech society in which we live gives us less and less time
to stop and ponder when what we really
need is to give ourselves the permission to take our time as we walk through
the transitions of life.
Over time, I’ve learned that
a transition works ONLY when we accept in
advance that our calendars are going to change. A transition is going to
change your timing in life. Accepting a promotion, for example, means you are
going to have to take some steps away from your own time. Transition means that your whole “person” is
changing along with it.
People don’t talk about the
emotional changes – the anxiety, uncertainty, instability, and the loss. You
will, no doubt, need to prepare and let go of some things to invite that
transition into your life in a positive way.
Talk about it.
Give yourself time.
Process it – emotions and
all.
How do you welcome something
new into your life?
