Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end

As you set out on your journey to create your inspiring vision, you and the people around you are likely to feel excited. But at the same time, you might also be experiencing a sense of loss or mourning for the way things used to be.

This can happen with relationships. It can happen with projects. And it can happen with jobs and roles.

Before you can engage fully with your life as it is going to be, you need to let go of your life as it once was. And the way that you do this is by marking the endings. This is what enables the new beginnings to begin.

As the Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca put it,

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”

In a time when so much change is happening all at once, almost everyone you meet is likely to be experiencing some kind of ending, or beginning, or both. 

Simply realising this is the first step to managing the changes better. 

And that is another step towards becoming antifragile.

Have you ever started out in a new relationship, project, job, or role only to find yourself pining for what had gone before? Would you like to manage this process better next time? And is there an old ending that you need to let go of before you can truly begin your life as you most want it to be?

Adapted from The Churning, Inner Leadership: a framework and a set of tools for building inspiration in a time of change.

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