Change is the only thing that's constant?
It sure doesn't seem that way, anymore at least.
When I was a kid, things were constantly changing, and I had no control over it. I had to move up a grade every year, make friends with new people, new teachers, my parents planned our trips, made something special for dinner every night, and we moved houses obviously without my consent. Nonetheless, change was constant back then. I didn't know what the future held for me, and it wasn't my choice.
Today, I'm working at a fast food place I've been at for 2 years, and I'm in my second year of a two-year degree at university. I probably couldn't find a job I dislike more, and I have no passion for what I'm studying. So why do I do it? Because it's comfortable.
I know that I can get the hours I need, and want at work. I know the people. I know the job like the back of my hand. I know that as long as I show up, I'll be getting money. Money to go towards paying for schooling that I have no interest in. Enough money to get me through what I don't want to be doing, yet not enough money to reassure me that quitting soon is a possibility.
Today, I'm working at a fast food place I've been at for 2 years, and I'm in my second year of a two-year degree at university. I probably couldn't find a job I dislike more, and I have no passion for what I'm studying. So why do I do it? Because it's comfortable.
I know that I can get the hours I need, and want at work. I know the people. I know the job like the back of my hand. I know that as long as I show up, I'll be getting money. Money to go towards paying for schooling that I have no interest in. Enough money to get me through what I don't want to be doing, yet not enough money to reassure me that quitting soon is a possibility.
Change doesn't happen until I make the choice now, because there's no one paving the road for me anymore. How easy it is to get stuck in a rut once you become comfortable. Change is scary and unknown. At times it's easy to avoid, and that's exactly what we do. We put up with people and situations that don't treat us right, for way too long, because it's easier than starting new.
So when the pain of working for a company I can't stand, and studying things I don't enjoy becomes too great, then change will happen. Not when my parents push me into a different direction, or when I think new opportunities are going to fall into my lap. When I realize that I'm holding the power to make the changes in my life, that's when change will happen.
