The Need for Change

The beginning of a new season always seems to bring with it the desire for something new. I’ve experienced this feeling nearly every time the seasons change for the past few years. It’s a feeling that is hard to describe, but it’s as if my body, understanding the change that is happening in the atmosphere, is craving an equal change for itself.

Over the past 6 months I’ve experienced some major changes. I moved, started a new job, joined two different community-based volunteer programs, and ran my first triathlon. Despite these new experiences, or maybe partially because of them, I can’t help but feel the strong need for a significant change.

I usually think of the desire for change as being birthed from a negative experience. People look for new jobs because they don’t like the one they have. Or, people move because they don’t like where they live. But I really like where I work and the people I work with, and I live with one of my best friends, and I’ve also really enjoyed the new things I’ve become involved with.

Still, I feel the need for a change. Normally when I feel like this, I just kind of chalk it up to the change of seasons and leave it at that. This time, though, the feeling has lasted longer than usual.

I’ve also recently become a big believer in not forcing things, but in letting them happen as they should. With that said, I guess the only thing I can do is be open to new experiences and enjoy the new things that I’m already doing, as well as the people that are in my life.

Anyone else ever get this feeling?