Keeping My Footing in the Seas of Change
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Keeping My Footing in the Seas of Change

The more things change, the more things stay the same.

I am in the midst of change right now. A lot of it.

Since I last blogged, I retired from one career, traveled several places, and am on the edge of starting a new career. All of this is good.

Changes, even good ones, can be unsettling and upset the balance in my routines, in my life. These changes turned my foundation into a slippery slope – more than I expected.

To keep my footing, I have had to catch my balance several times in the past weeks. Catching my balance always means failure in some way.

I enjoy the beach much more at half my size. I feel younger, better, and more energetic than I ever have in my life, even though my age now gets me some senior discounts.

And, I have failed. More I than planned, and more than I would like to admit. Failure works that way.

But, failures are a natural part of the self-improvement process, the ongoing process of being me, of facing myself, of understanding the shadows that shape my life.

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