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Change Artist: Balancing the Journey

So, here we are. We are working hard to understand our Self. We are working hard to cope. We are working hard to plan a future. It is easy to get stressed in all this working! Below are some little reminders and helpful hints that will aid in our continued journey of discovery and reinvention: being kind to your Self, respecting each day, enjoying the change of scenery, smelling the roses, and seeking and appreciating the magic.

Be Kind to Your Self
Staying healthy is very important. Stress can ruin your health. If you are working too hard, or just not sleeping due to over-thinking, attend to it. I have seen many people lose their health due to stress-related illness. Health includes not just physical health, but mental, spiritual, financial, and professional well-being, as well.

Respect Each Day
Every day brings a new sunrise and a new opportunity to greet the world. I try to accomplish something everyday - even if it is pampering myself or feeling sorry for myself! Seriously, it seems useful to focus on the moment. If it is a bad moment, hold the feeling, experience it, and let it dissolve or fly away. Experience it, release it and move forward.

Respect Each Day

Change Artist: Surviving Change. Illustration by Sandy Gullikson
It was at the end of the longest day of the year and the gentle gunderswatch stood ever so quietly as they watched the sky slowly turn to night. S. Gullikson

Enjoy the Change of Scenery
Whether it is success, loss or LifeShifts, take some time to enjoy and savor the process, and to be thankful for the change of scenery. Even if the change is something very dark in your life, finding its truth, its lesson or its silver lining can create an enlightening vantage point. Sometimes it takes time to achieve this, but it is a worthy goal.

Also, some suggest that we not make too many changes at one time. A slow start may be a wise, accelerating as you like the process and see results.

One never knows what is around the next turn. It might be something wonderful, especially if we have laid the groundwork to act on opportunities that may present themselves. Enjoy the change of scenery.