New site, new blog, all the change

I wrote this and posted it on LinkedIn seven months ago: "Over the last couple of years, I’ve spent an enormous amount of time thinking about uncertainty and change — and learning about the difference between a transition and a transformation. 

While we’ve all existed in ongoing uncertainty for years now, I have also personally encountered changes, shifted through transitions, and ultimately, experienced a transformation. Who I was before is not who I am now.

It’s been a strange experience to feel new within myself and also feel out of control of the experience. I’ve been working on embracing the unknown, living in an ongoing time of “not knowing,” and reminding myself that it will eventually come to an end. Nature has seasons, and so do I. Right?"

And here I am, seven months later, still changing, growing, evolving, still new, still becoming. In fact, I have a quote hanging in my art studio/office that says "Being is always becoming." I'm not sure who said it — I first read it attributed to the Buddha — but it hits me anew every time I look at it.

We are hardwired to prefer certainty. In our baby lizard brains, knowing where danger was coming from was a useful skill. But in our modern world, our brains ARE the danger because by trying to keep us safe, our minds are keeping us from growing. And growing means stepping into uncertainty.

So, my hope for this space is to create a repository for my thoughts about change, growth, self development, creativity, transitions, and transformation. Because it's not stopping. Nor do I want it to. But I would like to find ways to make it easier for myself to flow with the continual process of growing, evolving, and changing.