Why Sometimes You Need Change

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Sometimes you need change

Sometimes you need change. After having our fourth baby, something become more apparent to me the first few weeks of his life. I have to prioritize my family.

In the past, I felt as if I had always found a way to balance work and life. Then you have your FOURTH kid.

On Maternity Leave

After the first week on baby leave, despite having 3 crazy kids and 1 crying infant – I realized that there was something missing in my life. That is until I plugged in my iPad and it came back. What was missing?

That DING. 

The first thing I did (when I was coherent enough) after having a baby was turn off my work email and work calendar on my iPhone.  There was barely a ding or vibrate. It was great. And then I charged my iPad. WHOOPS. I didn’t turn work off on that. I was quickly reminded of how driven dedicated I was to my job and how it was with me wherever I went. Needless to say, the iPad settings for work related communications was turned OFF.

Sometimes You Need Change – Change is Good

A simple change of the options on my iPhone changed the way I lived for a period of time. Not being ruled by work was freeing. This created a spark.

I’ve always been one to go with the flow. I’m a committed person, and can adapt easily. But sometimes change is needed. Change is good. As the graphic says – without change there’d be no butterflies.

By making changes and in my case trusting God – you are allowing opportunities for doors to open.

It’s important to know what you can change and what you can’t.

When to Know Change is Needed

I’ve never thought of myself as a list person, but am thinking maybe I’ve just been in denial. (Not to be confused with the Nile).  I make lists of things that need to be done. My grocery needs are in lists. There are blog topics to write about, that are compiled in what – oh yeah, lists.

So naturally – I have an on-going mental pros and cons list.

Establishing a pros and cons list is a sound way to make judgement to determine if change is needed. This mental list has saved me many ways from irrational decisions. I quickly turn on the list determine where we stand in pros and cons and then make a decision. Case in point some of the latest changes I’ve made in my life – each are the result of the pros and cons list.

Being a Mom – You Know Change!

My current record while being a mom for change in 1 day is 5 times. Oh and that change was my clothes – our first daughter had insane reflux. You looked at her and if you came too close *ralph*.

In all seriousness, one of the things being a mom has taught me – is change happens you deal with it. Whether you have a sick kid and have to get creative with how you work that day to your 18 month old baby throwing a complete fit in the store (not my kid, whatever) – change happens.  And chances are that change happened for a reason, if anything it’s teaching you a lesson.

Read: Learning that Change is Good

How Do You Deal With Change?

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