AROUND THE COMMUNITY

ANNE-MARIE ELIAS

“Don’t fear failure. Fear being in the same place next year as you are today.” (source: unknown)

As we are already into the second month of 2023, I wonder how many of us have acted on any resolutions we made. I am sure they were well intentioned, but why have they resulted in no action?

Humans inherently fear change because the outcome is unknown. Our brains are designed to find peace in knowing. When we don’t know what will happen, we make up scenarios, which then results in worry and inaction.

Fear of change in its extreme form is known as metathesiophobia and it causes persistent, unrealistic and intense anxiety when facing new situations or experiences.

Take a moment to consider how many times you have thought of making a change, no matter how small, and then something stopped you from following through. What thoughts and feelings did you experience when considering this change? Were you overwhelmed? Did you worry excessively about different