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The kind of changes you list are kind of normal - a typical year. So if you're having difficulty with those types of events, perhaps there is some unaddressed underlying issue to explore?
In all honesty, those particular changes you mention I see as normal. I have seen all of these acted out multiple times in my lifetime, so I am more surprised when the do not happen .What mindset do you use to deal with change?
That change is just a way of life, the only thing constant?
I just noticed plenty of changes going on for (all within a year. A bit exasperating). Let's see ...
1. Favorite musical act - band leader left
2. Favorite baseball team - cleaned house, traded their star players
3. Friend moved out of state
4. Favorite news program - the best anchor (in my opinion) left
5. Cell phone service - just got email, need to get a new phone, 3G soon no longer supported
6. Bank account - changing to new bank
7. Computer - Win 11 on the horizion
That's enough for now. I'm sure there is more if I think harder.
No trouble. That having to change my cell phone email hit me hard today .
I'm unlike those who jump at the latest and greatest. I'm thinking, "Hope that isn't a big pain" .
Oh, and I can feel you pain w/ the 3G sunset. Changing the cell phone isn't a huge pain (we use cheap Android devices) but the home security system also needs to be updated and it will be a pain to change out the module.
The kind of changes you list are kind of normal - a typical year. So if you're having difficulty with those types of events, perhaps there is some unaddressed underlying issue to explore?
+1. I've always welcomed and encouraged change, life would be boring otherwise to me. So when change comes about for less than ideal reasons, I move past it pretty quickly. I know a lot of people who resist and dislike change, I'm just not one of them. DW and I moved 750 miles south for retirement, to a state we'd never lived in, where we didn't know anyone at all - that's interesting to us...Personally, I tell myself that life is nothing but change. Very few things stay static and I always expect multiple "changes to the change." I am sure 20+ years in the Air Force probably taught me A LOT about how to deal with it.
Biggest thing I tell myself is plan for the worst and hope for the best.
Oh, and I can feel you pain w/ the 3G sunset. Changing the cell phone isn't a huge pain (we use cheap Android devices) but the home security system also needs to be updated and it will be a pain to change out the module.
I deal with change by putting it in a coffee can when I have some, and then donating it to Salvation Army each year, making some bell ringer smile.
Changes? 2020 "the year from hell" started a bit early for me.I just noticed plenty of changes going on for (all within a year. A bit exasperating). Let's see ...
We are very spontaneous travelers pre covid.
We might only book a one way flight or a flight into one city and home from another city or country eight weeks later. Everything in between is subject to change other than the first two or three nights and the last night prior to flying home. Always with carry on only. It has been this way for 10 years and we love it.
I think this works for us because we have always lived with a great deal of change in our career and our personal lives. Whether it be job related or relocation.
I believe change is reflected in, and very visible in, people's careers, their investment strategy, tolerance to risk, and their personal lives.
We have found that in retirement we are even more accepting of change. We have had as much, probably more, change in 10 years of retirement than we did pre retirement. Keeps us on our toes and enjoying things that we were previously not able to.