Adjustments and Adapting

So today we spring forward! One hour taken away! If it were I alone, one hour would have not been a big deal. Unfortunately, I have two children at the peak of their hyper-mode to tuck in an hour earlier. I also have a husband to prompt to turn off the video game before his gaming curfew.

Thankfully, I am not as woozy as my sleep-deprived brood. Dragging my seven-year old out of bed is always an exercise and changing a one-year old’s strong- whiffed diaper are enough to wake any zombie up! Plus two cups of coffee helps!

So we all went on our ways this Monday morning, school, playschool, and work. The adjustment was a hump, but we got back on track. Change is not easy—for a one-year old, a seven-year old, a 38-year old, nor a 42-year old, but humans are instinctively trained to adapt.

Another kind of change is a good change. The things that positively affect our lives. A new job, a new home, a new car. These are changes we look forward to and even though it takes adjustments, we don’t really complain. We get excited with a new job even though we have to drive more miles to get to it. We overlook the hassle of moving when we know a new home is waiting. We don’t mind paying a higher lease amount for a newer car model.

A Wiseman once said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Lao Tzu is right. If we can bring ourselves to initiate changes for the better, a small step is a start. Take for instance considering investing in a home instead of renting an apartment. That monthly rent budget could already be building you an equity in a home that you are owning. Or if you already are paying mortgage, a lower monthly mortgage payment could be a good change. Have you explored refinancing into a lower rate? These are some of the changes that positively impact us and will not make us cringe to undertake—such as it did today when we lost an hour’s worth of sleep.

Adjustments and adaptation go hand in hand. Drastic or trivial, we either just need to get over the hump and move on, or initiate that positive move by beginning with a single step.

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