Monday, August 1, 2011

Changes

I was thinking about change today and decided to do a little research on the web.  What an education.  Shocking as it may seem, many people think change is a bad thing, that it's something that only happens when you have to adapt to the unforeseen or unwanted, or it's what happens to ruin something good that you are experiencing.  Wow.
I love change.  OK, not big changes like moving or becoming a blond.  I do like change, however.  Doing the same thing every day becomes monotonous.  It's hard to work up enthusiasm to greet the day when every day is the same.  The same exercise routine, the same breakfast, the same types of clients presenting the same types of issues.  When the enthusiasm goes away, in a lot of cases, so do the results.  Exercise gurus say that you need to change your exercise routine every once in a while or your body gets used to the  routine and you stop seeing results.  Change from hammer curls to concentration curls, and you're still exercising the same bicep muscle, but it feels different.  Increase your running mileage and change the terrain and it feels different (and not just because it's farther).  You really feel like you're working your muscles, and face it, it feels good, not just physically, but mentally.  You're excited again to work out, to see what your body can do.
Give me a new and complicated issue in a case, a challenge that has to be resolved, and I am energized.  I remember what it was like in law school to learn new concepts, to be excited at the novelty.  What's really funny, is that energy and excitement flow over into all my other cases.  A little change brings big results.  What can you change today?

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