by Amanda Blake

Created on: July 10, 2008

It's easy to lose touch with people, however strong you may think a friendship is. Putting off a phone call for a day becomes a week and before you know it, several months have gone by without even a brief "hello". You didn't intend for this to happen, but it has. Sometimes a fractured link can be repaired, and other times you have to simply cut your losses and think if the good memories that you both shared. Situations change, people move on and find someone new. Whether it may be in the context of a relationship or a friend, nothing stays the same forever.

That said, it can be easy to find yourself in a position where nothing seems to change. Get up, go to work, come home and go to sleep. Like a modern version of Groundhog Day brought to life, one day simply blends into the next until you become an automaton hamster on a wheel that seems like it will never stop. Maybe if there is an incentive to make change happen, you are more likely to be pro active. If there is no push for you to make things happen, it can be very easy to let the situation you are in remain the same. One year becomes two and then four, and no change. So what do you do? Decide on your goals for the year. Maybe it is a new job, to move out and find a place of your own, or to develop a new skill that you always wanted to learn. Stop dithering and get a move on! Send off applications, revamp your CV, and maybe that dream job can become a reality. Change does require effort and maybe that's why it can be far easier to let things be' and simply accept your present situation. However there comes a point when doing so has to stop. Otherwise you might wake up in forty years time in the same job, house and situation in which you find yourself at present. Taking your time to move on is one thing, but wasting your life is a completely different prospective. It's not as though you will get a second chance to do it all over again, and do you really want to be left sitting around thinking "what if"? Personally I would rather be able to look at the successes I have achieved. Whether they be large or small, each one is down to my hard work.

Maybe now is the point to get a move on and do things. It's easy to think about the time already gone by, but don't consider it wasted. Think about what has been learned and use that knowledge to a positive effect. You hated an office job? Then look for something different instead. Maybe it's time that we all stop dithering and start doing.

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