Afraid of Change

Recently someone told me they thought I was afraid of change and at first I was offended.

Who? Me? Afraid of change? “I don’t think so,” I thought to myself. I mean, seriously, my whole life has been about taking calculated and sometimes not so calculated risks.

Several years ago when I was just 26, I left a great paying job to start up a staffing agency with a business partner. We worked hard together to create a thriving business and she supported me when I abandoned her not once, but twice to have babies. When my daughters were only six and nine, I was somehow still managing the business, volunteering in the community and working towards my degree in public relations.

Not long after my convocation, I sold my interest in the business, left my husband, sold my house and bought a condo for me and the girls.

So when someone tells me they think I am afraid of change, I think, no, it’s not change I am afraid of, but the consequences that come from making changes. I have no regrets, but I do realize now that the decisions I made affected many other people. My ex business partner, my ex-husband, my children, my parents, my friends….the list goes on. I am all for change and adaptation, but the difference is now I consider the outcomes of my decisions before I act.

Just a thought!