It's really only a myth that people don't like change. We actually love it. We do it all the time. How often do you change your hairstyle, your music, your clothes, your mind? Change is exciting and rejuvenating. It keeps life interesting. Change is something that keeps us fresh. New years resolutions usually involve changing something about our lives, often our behaviour, like giving up smoking or doing more exercise or making more time for family. Our desire to change is often what improves our lives.

What we're really afraid of is change that is forced upon us, change that we can't control. When change happens suddenly, and we have no say over it, we have a tendency to freak out a bit, to resist it, to want to cling on to the way things were. We often want to claw our way back to what was familiar and secure. Fear of change is natural, but it can be an anxiety that holds us back and prevents us from taking new directions.

Wouldn't it be good if we could look at change - even if we can't do anything about it - as a chance to refresh our lives, or our way of thinking?

If you are looking for a change, here are some ideas…

You could go on an adventure, look at volunteering overseas, or at home. You could get music lessons and learn to play that instrument you always wanted to, say yes to every question you are asked, try out a new restaurant, invite a friend over and cook a new dish for them. Write letters instead of email, climb a wall, turn your mobile phone off for a day, get a makeover, pick up a new hobby, go a new way home from work, pick up a course, swap a book…

In the words of my hero David Bowie, time may change me but I can't trace time…so there's no time like now to welcome a change, big or small, into your life.
Be fearless and see where it takes you.

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