I don’t like change; I tolerate it at best. Change is why I no longer live five minutes from my best friend and sleep in the same room as my sister. 

A huge part of being human is having to accept the fact that change is inevitable. Well, for a long time, I had the hardest time with that. Everything I’ve ever let go of has grooves because of how hard I held on. Whether it’s good for me or not. 

I have had to accept that, yeah, change sucks but so many good things come from it. If things had not changed I wouldn’t be where I am. I wouldn’t have the friends I have–the life I have. So yeah change can be scary and it can suck but it is the foundation of you. 

Time and change are the same to me. The seconds are always changing, therefore, I am always changing. To exist is to change. Blood cells multiplying and fighting foreign bodies is what keeps us alive, that is change. Breathing is change. Blinking, eating, sleeping, talking. All of it is change. 

Change is what keeps us moving forward. Take the job, ask them out, pierce your ears, dye your hair. Don’t let the fear of change & difference & time scare you out of enjoying your life. I think I’ve spent the last 20 years being scared of change, and now, I’m still scared. But not so much. 

Understanding that “it will all come out in the wash” (thank you for that phrase Rady), that “it is what it is” and “what will be, will be” has helped me push through into and out of situations. Moving to college is a big change, making new friends is a good change, hurting your knee is a bad change, and reorganizing your closet is a small change. But without any one of these, I would not be who I am today. 

Growing is changing. Trying to become a better person is changing.  Making the effort is changing. Letting go of things is a change. Understanding what’s good for you is a change. I am starting to realize that change is a friend, not a foe. It is okay to be different. It’s okay to let go and do the scary thing. Embrace it and let it happen, you will be okay. 

In the wise words of Brittany Broski, aka my idol, “I don’t know who I am going to be in six months, but I know I’m going to like her.”