I learned something about myself over break. It started with just a regular Thursday, and I had just gotten my cast off the day before. I decided that I wanted to be on the top bunk, and switch with my sister. I made a whole presentation, and Gwen (my sister) said no. I let it go, hoping that she would re-think it and say yes. As I expected, Gwen said she would switch bunks. We switched, and we added the addition of switching desks, and shelves.

After we had switched, I realized why I wanted to switch. I had been on the bottom bunk my whole life, and I was getting tired of it. I wanted change. Once I realized this, I started to think about why I wanted change, and why/if change is important in your life.

I pondered for a while, and came to the conclusion that change is very important to have in your life. Even though it is important, I believe that too much change too quickly is not good and could be very stressful. For example, if you have been in one house for your entire life, then one day your parents say you have to move across the world for no apparent reason, it could be stressful. However, when you add little bits of small change often into your life, you could benefit from it.

The reason I think you could benefit from little and frequent change is that it could be exciting and fun. If you have been doing the same thing for your whole life, it may become like a routine. Routines are good, but you should add some specks of things to change your routine. You may not realize it, but these small bits of change in a routine are like obstacles. These obstacles can get your mind working in times it may usually not be working as hard because it is used to doing the same thing every day at that time.

Change can be present in many different ways. You could be reading this and saying to yourself, I like my room the way it is, and I don’t want to change it. To bring small change into your life, you don’t have to change your room. Change could be eating a different breakfast (if you eat the same breakfast every day,) waking up earlier, going to bed at a different time, doing homework in a different place/time, and if you want to go bigger, you could even go for a new hairstyle, etc.

Finding that I need change in my life has made me realize lots of things about myself. I wanted change, and I needed change. I would like to throw in a little change in my life from now on, so my brain can get thinking, and my life can be more exciting. I would really recommend trying to add some change in your life. It may make you realize something about yourself.