Things Change and We Adapt: Use this time to reboot and upgrade yourself

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What if you saw this time of slowing down as a gift and looked at it as an opportunity to upgrade who you are as a person? A disruption in your life through an illness, a loss of job or home or relationship or a global pandemic is an opportunity to change and adapt.

Take a moment right now to reflect on the last 6–12 months of your life.

• What have you been wishing and dreaming about?
• Have you been receiving whispers of an idea?
• Have you been longing for a change?
• Have you received a wake-up call to change something in your life?
• What clues have been appearing in conversations you have been having with other people?
• Do you want to be a “better” person? A “better” version of yourself?

Now is a great time to reflect and begin to implement change.

What does it mean to upgrade and change?

Let’s use a computer as an example. Imagine that you decide it is time to upgrade the software on your computer. You commit to going through the process. Looking at the available options to determine which upgrade is best for you. Purchasing and installing the new software. Turning off the computer to reboot it. A…