So, there are a lot of really exciting things happening in my life right now. I recently moved from one office to another office in our building. Both spaces were/are shared with a co-worker, but the difference is my new office has a door. I am beyond excited about my new door. But what I’m really excited about is the new level of responsibility.

Freed up from some administrative duties, I’ll be doing a lot more client work, which will include media relations for one of our biggest clients. I am SO completely terrified, but so excited. My company believes in me. They are invested in my future and my own development as a person and as a professional.

so, what about when it isn’t a change you want?

Change is great and exciting, but all of the good changes in my life [scary, but still good] got me thinking about how I’ll deal with the really scary, not so exciting, unplanned changes. Nothing like that is happening in my life right now, thank goodness, but who is to say that things couldn’t take a downturn tomorrow? [totally not where I planned on this post going] it’s important to remember the good in our lives and be grateful, because you never know what big, life-altering events can come up.

the real point

What I really wanted to say though, is that it’s how we deal with these things that counts. A blogger I admire got laid off last week. That is definitely not a change of the “more responsibilities,” getting a door,” “moving up in the company” type. Change like that makes us mad. It strips us of the comfort we thought we had. But his ability to see opportunity in such a potentially devastating change is what’s really impressive.

So, while I’m certainly embracing and appreciating the awesome changes happening in my life, I’m not going to forget how to deal with the potentially bad, scary and unplanned changes that I could be facing any day.

what about you?

How do you approach the scary and unexpected? Leave it in the comments, because I’d really like to be armed with some tools!