Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it – unknown
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Why do we hate change? OK, maybe not everybody hates change. I don’t hate change, most of the time. Let me repeat that, I don’t hate change, some of the time. 
A tweet or two or several sparked this from a thought to a full blown post. The tweets were pertaining to the new Facebook that is set to roll out soon. Yes, there are some changes with the NEW Facebook. Unbelievable right? This isn’t the first time Facebook has done this and we whined about “Oh how horrible the changes are. I’ll never be able to use it. EVER!”
In my line of work I see changes all the time. One in particular has to do with a client changing from one software package to another. Everyone HATED it. Some users were scared. Some were intimidated. In the end though, most hated it. To be fair, well, I’ll not get into that. Talking to some before it happened and just saying the word “changing” would send them running off pulling out their hair. They just didn’t want to do it.
Way back in 1985 when Coke changed the recipe for the soft drink Coca-Cola it was a catastrophe on so many levels. We hated the change so much that soon after it’s release, very soon after (3 months according to Wikipedia), the old recipe was back in the new soft drink, Coca-Cola Classic. This change was good..well, the change back was good. At any rate, we said yuck, don’t change it! So they didn’t in the end.
We don’t even like change in the form of…change. Pennies. We don’t want the pennies anymore. Which kinda goes against everything I’ve been writing about. Seeing how in order to lose some loose change would require changing.
I’m not even gonna talk about the crazy climate CHANGE that we all some folks fear. So, we are going to change that back to what it was, somehow. We are going to fight that change. I’m thinking, good luck with that. Doesn’t really matter anyway. It’s gonna get really really really really hot here one day..just all of a sudden Fight that one. Good thing I wasn’t going to talk about it.
Anyway, I’m sure there are countless other scenarios running through your head. I’m curious to hear some if you don’t mind sharing. It’s intriguing to me all of a sudden.
Why is it intriguing? One sentence.
Having determined that we just don’t like change, why or how in the world did a man win the presidency on one of the words Americans hate the most? Change.
Because of HIM
SC
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Hi, Scott: I think it’s a comfort thing. We love to be comfortable, so once we have it and settle into it and start to enjoy it, we just want it to last… so we cling to the comfort when change comes around. Yet, once we become uncomfortable, we seek change. The more uncomfortable we are, the more we reach for something to shift.
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@Julie – Hey Julie! I’m sure it’s a comfort thing. I’m the same way. I hope that I can look at change as something positive from this point forward. Realizing that change brings a new comfort.
LOl…the facebook change! I hated it at first, but love it now, it just takes some getting used to. That is what change is all about… Sometimes it takes awhile to flow with the change, but then we realize it really was for the best.
I still don’t like pennies though…
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