Why you should change your mind often

Over the last couple of weeks you may have noticed people posting throwbacks to 2016. 
 
If you haven't, it’s basically a trend on social media to showcase 10 years ago, but also the beauty of how good 2016 seemed to be. 
 
After seeing all these posts, I had a look at my 2016 and I realised how much I had changed. Not so much physically, but emotionally and mentally. 
 
Today I don’t want to talk about 2016 or trends.
I want to talk about change and simply how you should welcome it. 

“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while.” - Isaac Asimov

In life, you might have heard someone say the following to you;

“You’ve changed”
“You used to like this”
“I thought you thought [x] about this topic”
 
These sentences might sting when heard from someone you love, or maybe like me, they used to sting and they no longer do. 
 
When I was younger, I was stubborn. I still am, but I guess less. I would often fight these kinds of responses directed at me. I was always defending myself and my beliefs. 
 
“I haven’t changed”
 
I was stuck trying to please everyone; to be constant in who I was and I never allowed myself to change or grow too much. I didn’t realise that consistency in my beliefs or thoughts were holding me back. 
 
Why hold onto something that no longer aligns? Relationships. Jobs. Houses. Friends. Clothes. Hair. Beliefs. Values. 
 
Not changing keeps you stuck.
 
Now, I welcome change wholly. I know that knowledge, time and wisdom can alter your beliefs, likes and overall self. And that’s fine. It’s good in fact.  
 
I change my mind so often that yesterday seems so long ago. And what I thought 10 years ago about life is so different to how I think about it now. 
 
So all I want you to know is that you’re in no obligation to believe the same thing you believed yesterday. 

You can change what you like and what you believe in within the hour if you so please. 
 
And changing your mind doesn’t mean you were wrong, it just means you’ve learnt, shifted and simply changed.  

In life, you should be looking for alignment. 
It doesn't matter if it felt right once.
Does this feel right to me now? 
 
So… 
 
You don’t need to finish a degree that doesn’t align with you anymore. 
Or stay in relationships (romantic and friendships) longer than you need to because you’ve spent time building them. 

Throw out old values, clothes, beliefs…
Start things that feel right to you now, not yesterday. 
 
There’s no loyalty in something that no longer fits you. 
 
Today, I just want you to think about what you’re doing and if it is truly you or if it is just a glimpse of something that used to be you. 
 
Love,
Penelope
Co-Founder of Boring Studios, Writer, Always-changing