So, here’s the thing about change… ironically it doesn’t change. Confused? I thought so. Change doesn’t change. Meaning, it will ALWAYS be there. Happening. Evolving your life into something you either planned or didn’t plan but it will ALWAYS be there. It is such an oxy moron that change. Change is constant.

Change can be good. Change your hair. Change your car. Change your body. Lose some weight, buy new clothes, change your outlook on life. Change can be good.

Change can be hard. Change your lifestyle by working out and eating right. Its good. But it is hard. Change your day in and day out routine to include exercise. Maybe this means waking up earlier, or missing out on your TV show. Change can be hard.

Change can be fun. You can find a new hobby and it will change your life! Maybe you take up paddle boarding or skiing or heck… reading a few damn good books. Change can be fun.

Change can be a lot of things. The thing about change for me? It is usually always stressful during the fact. Take our big move to FL 5 and a half years ago. I didn’t know that this change, this move, was going to make my life SO. MUCH. BETTER. No. I thought it was going to be the WORST. I was in denial. I told friends that even though our belongings were in a truck headed south and that even though my house was E M P T Y that we still weren’t moving. Because that change was scary. It was an unknown. What if I hated FL life? What if I couldn’t make new friends? What if the sunshine and warmth on my face was just too much to handle every day…….

Yeah. Change. That change was stupid stressful. But once I got here, got settled, it truly has been one of THE best changes in my life.

Losing weight for me was a HUGE change. I had tried for years to shed the pounds and CHANGING our lifestyle was stressful. How was I going to handle throwing in exercise EVERY day and meal prepping and carefully choosing foods and tracking what I was eating all while taking care of the house, the hubs and the two kids? It was stressful. But that change paid off and it was GOOD.

Recently I have gone through some changes with my health. Changes that blind-sided me. Changes that I just cannot wrap my brain around. I mean, I spent ALL this time CHANGING my diet and physical activity only to feel like it stabbed me in the back. The change with my health made me question every single thing I did to get healthy. I am sad. I am angry. I am confused. I am hopeful. I am grateful. I keep CHANGING my words to try and be more positive… because let’s face it, while the change going on in my life is a hard one, a scary one, and I want to lash out at it and be negative… I have to understand that this change will hopefully have a better ending and it has given me the opportunity to look at my life and realize how incredibly fortunate I am. So here is the thing about change, I had to take a breather recently and evaluate this change and realize… it is just like the other changes in life. It will be here and then it will gone…. it is a change. And change is constant. What I might have going on today could be over by tomorrow. A change in the change.

So here is the thing with change….

It is scary.

It is frustrating.

It is sad.

It is happy.

It is here.

It is gone.

It is constant.

Embrace the changes, whatever they may be. Do not let the change be a weight. Do not let that weight turn into an anchor that holds you down for good. Do not let it consume you. Embrace the change, live in it. Work with it. Understand it is life and life is full of constant and every day change.

Some change is out of your control, but a lot YOU get to have a say in. Change your health. Change your diet. Change your exercise. Change your attitude. Change your life.

The thing with change is… it is going to change. Just hang in there.

Hope this wasn’t monotonous and that it spoke to you. It is something that I need to remind myself of a lot lately. It’s ok. I’m ok. You are going to be ok. Thanks for reading. If this spoke to you, I would love to hear from you, leave a comment below! 🙂