Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end

As you set out on your journey to creating your vision, you and the people around you are likely to be feeling excited. But at the same time, you might also be experiencing a sense of loss or mourning for what has gone before, especially if things didn’t turn out in the way you wanted.

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

So before you can engage fully with your life as it is going to be, you first have to let go of your life as it once was.

As the Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca put it,

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

Marking these endings clearly is an essential part of enabling the new beginning to begin.

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

Realising this is the first step to starting to manage it 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? Would you like to shift your focus and energy from regretting what has gone to creating your life as you most want it to be?

Adapted from Inner Leadership: a framework and tools for building inspiration in times of change.

You can sign up to daily posts here.

You can buy the book here and the workbook here.

(And remember: you can’t learn to swim just by reading about swimming, you also have to do the practice.)

Photo By Andrew Hurley via StockPholio.net