by Bernadette A. Sahm

Wow! Welcome 2025!

Change is the norm, yet we seem to push back and fight it! I know I do … well at least sometimes I do. This year started just a few weeks ago and already we had to replace our 1) garage refrigerator/freezer 2) my beloved Keurig duo coffee pot and 3) my laptop. All unexpected and all successfully replaced. However, the one item that is giving me a bit of a run for my money is the new laptop. Here we go again … upload new programs, move files, learn your way around yet another device.

So, the new refrigerator/freezer slid into place without skipping a beat and its nice, new, clean and perfect for our extra needs and garage usage. Letting go of my coffee pot brought about one bad purchase, it was small for us and our everyday usage, and we decided to give up the duo machine. I love the new turquoise colored pot that we went with it and a stand-alone Keurig. All is good.

Now the lap top while still in “learning mode” is nice, sleeker, updated system and programs but definitely causing me to use my brain! Things that came naturally with the old computer, I now have to give some thought too. I know, I know, learning again is good even when it brings about a certain number of frustrations. My internal dialog is something like; I could use a young tech savvy intern, as I soldier on.

I was told by the computer salesperson that the number one reason people don’t upgrade their computer is fear. Fear of losing content and files and fear of having to learn a new device. That would be me.

So, the bigger question is why do we try so hard to resist change? Isn’t that how we grow and learn? The changes that we feel are forced upon us, when we may not be ready seem to be the most difficult for us. The ones like a vacation to a new destination we seem to openly embrace.

Change is a constant in life, we know that and embracing it more often leads to a better experience. When we fight it or when we are not open to it, it does feel different and more difficult. In the big scheme of things my changes since the new year are small. We know there are those facing major life changes like a move, a death, marriage, divorce, an accident, a newborn child and more. Some are happy and some are sad. The big changes are life altering. Some we embrace and others we fight.

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin

What I have come to understand is that change is necessary, and it represents life, movement and growth. As much as we may fight it, who really wants to stay stuck in the same old place, situation etc.

And then there is success! I am writing this and uploading it to my WordPress website from my brand-new laptop! Yippee!

Happy Healthy 2025 all …

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