11/3 Transformation Tuesday - Election Day

Electoral College results for the past 24 elections. Click on the image to dive deeper into this history. courtesy of https://www.270towin.com/

“The only constant in life is change”-Heraclitus

Today is #transformationtuesday for our nation. No matter the outcome it will certainly bring change of some kind, and, this too, shall pass. 
Folks talk about this being the most divided time in modern history. If you look at the image above of the electoral college results for the past 24 elections you'll notice other times when we have been divided. It's just we have been more consistently divided over the course of our lifetime. 
I usually write about mental toughness on Thursdays, and I figured today we could all use a reminder of the benefits of learning to live with change. We can find peace (and love and barbells) if we learn to tolerate change.
Notice I didn't say embrace. I'm not sure embracing change is the right idea. Some changes really suck and I don't want to embrace them. However, I do want to learn to tolerate them so they don't overwhelm me and send me down a dark path. 
Here are three great tips from psychcentral.com on how to positively deal with change. 

1. Get emotional -- Working towards acceptance
​There’s no way around it. For a while at least this will be a very emotional time. Give in to it and let it be what it is. Life has dealt you something you didn’t ask for and it sucks. Get angry. Be sad.

2. Get moving – Taking action and moving on  
Taking some kind of action, no matter how small, is the key to feeling like you have some control in your life. In his book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson calls this the ‘do something’ principle. Don’t wait to be inspired or motivated. Don’t wait to feel better or ‘ready’. Just do something, anything. The simple act of beginning will motivate you to continue:
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“You can become your own source of inspiration. You can become your own source of motivation. Action is always within reach. And with simply doing something as your only metric for success – well, then even failure pushes you forward.” (Manson 2016, p. 161)   

3. Get help if you need it
Winston Churchill said, “When you are going through hell, keep going.” It doesn’t seem helpful to be told that in time you’ll feel better but it is true. In 3 or 6 months’ time you’ll be surprised at how far you’ve come just by putting one foot in front of the other and keeping going. When you look back you’ll see that you have established a new normal and are a little more resilient and confident for the next time change comes knocking.

We are all in the same ocean, and some of use are in different boats. How you navigate the changing seas is totally dependent upon how you captain your boat. Let's help each other weather these storms together with love, patience, compassion and empathy. Good luck! We're going to need it. 

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