This article provides a guide to help have the right mindset, attitude, and action steps during periods of change.
Have you ever lost control during periods of change? Suddenly, you may find yourself overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unresponsive. That experience is common during sudden change, but it also occurs when during periods of welcomed and expected change.
Managing change is a process that has some ups and downs, or bumpy moments, along the way. Yet, it is imperative you stay on course. You must stay devoted to taking care of yourself and continuing to engage in action steps for your goals. By doing so, you are then actively creating your desires into reality.
You may not always have control over whether a change is welcomed or not. However, what is consistently within your control is how you respond during any type of change.
Helpful Attitude And Action Steps To Feel More In Control During Periods Of Change:
The information below offers a starting point for things you can practice to successfully manage all types of change (the good, the bad, the expected, and unexpected). These action steps can occur simultaneously or independently of one another, and they do not need to occur in any particular order.
The key is remaining aware and create a response where you are facilitating a process of conscious engagement – to effectively respond versus react – during periods of change.
COMMIT TO YOURSELF: The best person to decide what’s needed during times of change is you. Remain attentive and listen to your inner guide. Stay devoted to creating what you need to feel fulfilled or balanced.
Ask yourself: What do I want? What are my needs? How am I remaining connected with myself?
HONE DESIRES – Engage in self-discovery to name desires or personal goals and create a plan on how to carry out action steps to create into reality.
Ask yourself: What are my dreams? How do I wish to live?
ACCEPT REALITY – Look fully into the benefits or challenges of the changes. Remain honest to gain deeper understanding, then use useful information to your benefit.
Ask yourself: What’s the wider view of my situation? What are the things going well, or areas that require improvements? How are these changes affecting my life? How do I want things to look like?
NURTURE VALUES – Stay away from tunnel-vision behaviors focusing only on experiences directly involved with the changes. Keep a balance by devoting time to other parts of your life. It’s especially helpful to build the internal self by engaging in activities related to your personal values (e.g. you value relationships so intentionally create quality time with loved ones).
Ask yourself: How am I remaining connected to my values? When was the last I spent time with ______ or did ______?
GIVE TO YOURSELF – Take moments for personal time-outs and self-care. Take part in activities that brings feelings of joy and peace to replenish and anchor you.
Ask yourself: Where can I get some time alone? What enjoyable activities have I engaged in most recently?
EMBRACE EMOTIONS – Emotions are natural and provide information regarding how something has affected you; therefore, there are no “good” or “bad” emotions. Fully embrace energizing emotions. Work to understand and improve the challenging ones.
Ask yourself: What am I feeling now? What’s helpful or challenging about the identified emotion(s)? What am I doing to keep up or improve my emotion(s)?
SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS – Utilize the people in your support system as a resource to help with things like: celebrating successes, maintain accountability, or sharing of ideas.
Ask yourself: Who are part of my support system? How am I accepting their help? How can I express my appreciation for them?
So, ask yourself:
What supports do I have available to me?
What are my indicators that I need to reach out to supports?
How am I permitting my supports to help me?
