change change, change. just change

we all quote the phrase "change is the only thing permanent" from time to time; we think it, we know it and perhaps sometimes, we believe it but admit it, i think that we still, most of us, do not really like it when it happens. no?

i like change. i do. but i also hate it when i'm 'in the process of changing'. it's easy to agree with it, talk about it and even discuss the hows and whys. but when you get down to it, it's really darn uncomfortable. it's always such the case for me anyway.

take thursday for example. at work, i've been using a laptop and my colleague was telling me how i should switch to a new desktop. now, that's really inconvenient because as writers, we have hundreds and thousands of documents and files backed up which we'll have to transfer (that takes a looonnnng time). i've also selected pretty wallpapers, icons and what-nots on my laptop. to switch?? not to mention the physical labour of unplugging, plugging, crawling under desks, moving and re-arranging. but my logical brain tells me, go for it, change is good. so despite my heart telling me otherwise, i moved everything. and it IS good, better even.

oh and for example, facebook. most of us who use it should know by now that it's being changed to a new layout. i love the old one better. it's compact, neat and i know where everything is. the new one? i'll have to re-learn, re-adjust and just 're-everything'.

a small thing perhaps but it nontheless drives home the point that, we often refuse change because we THINK it's inconvenient but the heart of the issue is really that we're afraid of the unknown.

i read a book about a mouse and a cheese once. haha. ok ok. it's 'who moved my cheese'. a kinda long-winded story about a simple fact; change is unknown but often better for us.

so yes, uncomfortable perhaps. but that's just your comfort zone talking. so nudge it away, budge a little, and see the better ;)

and here comes the weekend....