Change Made Easy

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Welcome to my BLOG
It's a work in progress and so it will change a lot.
But that is o.k. since it will be dealing with change - for now. Who knows what the change will bring?
They say: the only constant in life is CHANGE. So might as well get used to it.
If only it would be so easy. But, hey wait, that's were I come in....I'm a change facilitator, i.e.
I make change easy.
Mostly for others though - seems change for me is just as hard as for anyone else. UGH!
But it is actually not bad when your inner voice pops up and says: "Hey, you know how to handle that"
And than the right brain starts clicking into action and WOW soon there is a plan.
And where there is a plan, there is a way
Change made easy. So here is the

First rule of change
Taking stock (make a list or write down what your current situation is)
Then write down all the things which you don't like about that situation.
Now we know where you stand and what is bugging you, or? (Is anything else rubbing you the wrong way? Put it on the paper. This is your LIST of STUFF to get rid of.

Second rule of change
Make a LIST of Resources. What do you know that can help you with the STUFF?
Who do you know (and trust) to help you with your STUFF? Where else can you find resources?
From local library to the Community College. From old (and long lost) friends to organizations that help with your STUFF. And of course there is that know-it-all, the INTERNET. Really, there is an amazing amount of information on practically any subject available!).
Try it you'll like it!

Third rule of change
You know what bothers you (that's your Point A) and you have tools/resources to help you get away from there. So now you have to determine where you want to go/be when you change from your current STUFF. It's called Point B. In order to make this even better and easier, here are practical ways to select Point B:
Visualize yourself in the perfect surroundings. Make it in color, dream of the smells and tastes and hear the sounds that go with it. (I'm thinking Luau in Maui, right now). But what ever you want to achieve, where ever you want to be in life. Day-Dream about it!
If you feel like it, take a recorder and tell all the details to your recorder. Or write it down.

Then there is the "Treasure Map".
Take a big card board and onto it you paste pictures and items which symbolize (for you) the outcome you want to achieve. (Mine has pictures of places I want to go to and representations of what it is I want to do. Perhaps in one of the the next versions of the blog I can post a picture of my treasure map.)
The important part here is to make the place you want to be at or the situation you want to reach as clear to yourself as possible. ONLY when you know where you want to go/be will you have a chance to get there!
Otherwise you'll have to follow Yogi Berra who said: "Where ever you go - there you are!" (In the digital age you can of course also create anything on the computer, etc.)
But it is also a good kinetic/tactile experience to touch the paper and items.
So now you have the short version of 1,2, 3 - Change Made Easy

1 Find out what you want to change
2 Find resources to help you achieve change
3 Be clear about the outcome - where you want to wind up

More on how to change easily - next time. So come back next week and there will be more!

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