We All Hate Change

If you are following this series, it must be that you are dealing with change, or coping with changes you are witnessing in the North American Economy or other parts of the world experiencing similar changes.

I tried to summarize everything in one blog article about the Change we see in society today. I concluded that it is impossible to do that unless the thoughts are elaborated into categories so that they are easier to understand. Here is a link to my compressed article Doom And Gloom, Not Really, Just Change

Change is a constant. No one likes to change even if they admit that they do. Change requires effort and energy. It is normal for human beings to resist change. A biological reason is that the brain is designed to conserve energy and change requires the brain to consume energy to adjust to change. While it can change, it tries to do so rapidly but then once change has occurred we immediately try to control that change and make it as efficient as possible. Once you realize this is how the human body works, you can better understand the pain associated with change.

Realize that after change has occurred and you immediately begin the efficiency process that you will soon be back to the same comfort level as you were prior to the change, but hopefully better off than prior to. Normally we do, but occasionally we slip back to our "old ways" because we realized that the change that occurred did not provide the benefit previously anticipated.

As we age, making changes becomes difficult and we resist more and more. This is the large majority of humans, but there is always exceptions to every theory.