There are so many types of beginnings : a relationship, new friends, new job, new house, new city or even country, etc. A new beginning mean change. How do you deal with the beginnings and the changes in your life? Embrace or avoid them?
How true - new beginnings can occur in all aspects & times in life. I used to dread that. Although, I also dreaded being caught in something (as I was personally).
Now that I'm allowing myself to evolve & exploring myself, I am scared of the changes I have been jumping into. I'm feeling so good about pushing myself to embrace the changes even though they scare me.
That's led to a complete change in my life. I'm now living a much more healthy & enjoyable life.
I'm usually pretty centered regarding most situations of change. I'm aware of the time need for transitioning. I take my highs and lows pretty much the same. With appreciation, but I'm also aware that it will pass.
Anxiously... but if it's inevitable, I typically just mindfully take a breath, and envision the first step out of an airplane into free-fall... a lean into it, with reckless abandon approach. The fear is in the transition. But, yes, I have always found transitions anxiety producing... but I reckon that puts me in the embrace approach, with eyes closed and breath held.
I don't think new beginnings scare me, they can annoy me. Beginning a new job means a learning curve. New houses are fun but moving is HARD. You just get through them.
I generally just accept them as they are inevitable. Some beginnings are happy events. Others are not.
Your question brings to mind:
I relish those new beginnings. It isn't that everything else has become stale, but it's nice to have an influx of something new to keep me on my toes; otherwise, for all I know, I'm the one becoming tiresome and dull.
I love beginnings, lose enthusiasm easily and dread endings. ?
In some things, I love beginnings--friendships, relationships, travel--and with other things, I'm more resistant. Major life changes tend to upset me.
I don't like change even when it's good. My mind had a hard time with changes, BUT I know some change is good so I do try to change certain things.
Once worked with the most intelligent yet least educated guy I’d met. Around my own age … I can still hear is signature line (in deep country accent): “Change is not good.” So, when change is forced on me, I think - either change, or ending up like ‘John,’ ..change looks better
I deal with change straight away and move forward whether by the inch, by the day, or by the year. I keep swimming swimming swimming, I just keep swimming swimming swimming
..have you reached shore?
I like a lot of beginnings if they aren't too drastic. At 70 I don't think I'd be able to move to another country and be able to get along. I hate routine and one of the best things about retirement is that I can do what I want, when I want.