A friend of mine who taught Yoga once told me something very interesting about the concept of transition. In Yoga, muscles are never at rest and so are always in transition from one position to another. We normally tend to think of transition as the time in between doing one thing and then another, a period of stasis where nothing happens.
That’s impossible because we are always in motion whether we know it or not, moving from one place in our lives to the next. It's just that, unlike in Yoga where you see the muscles move, we're not always aware of the fact that we are in motion. That's what causes us to become frustrated and to stagnate.
The closer we get to the point where we become aware of our need for change, the more frustrated, stagnated, and less productive we get. The resistance to the necessary change comes from the fact that we haven't been accomplishing what we know we're capable of, so we don't have much confidence in our own abilities. Not exactly the most ideal of mental conditions to be in when contemplating a change, is it?
Hence the self doubts that plague most people just before they do make any sort of change in their lives. The human mind can be such a treat some times, can't it? I finally figured out what was going on, decided to take my own advice, and take the leap.
I have no idea what's going to happen or even if I'm going to like editing, but I'm not going to know unless I try. So as of today, as well being a writer, I'm now editor of the web site Epic India. Whatever else happens, at least I know I won't be bored for the next little while, and that's always a positive.
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