Americans relocate an average of once every 5 years, and each year 20% of Americans find themselves unpacking in a new home. One of the most popular weekends for moving, Labor Day weekend, is fast approaching. Moving, whether from an apartment to a larger house, going away to college, or from one state to another, is a huge and sometimes overwhelming experience. Moving changes so many aspects of our daily lives.
Glenview, IL (PRWEB) August 18, 2004 -- Americans relocate an average of once every 5 years, and each year 20% of Americans find themselves unpacking in a new home. One of the most popular weekends for moving, Labor Day weekend, is fast approaching. Moving, whether from an apartment to a larger house, going away to college, or from one state to another, is a huge and sometimes overwhelming experience. Moving changes so many aspects of our daily lives. We face new surroundings, new jobs, new people, and many other new experiences most people never even think about.
Every major change or transition in our lives, including moving, involves risks. The fear of jumping into the unknown and failing is always present," states author and change expert Cheryl Perlitz. How people cope with major life changes varies. Perlitz says, Moving and starting something new is a perfect time to redefine ourselves and also what we want out of life. Major change alters our view of the world and profoundly affects who we are." In her book, Soaring Through Setbacks: Rise Above Adversity Reclaim Your Life (Peak Publishing, $16.95, ISBN 0-9745824-1-7), Perlitz relates moving and other life changes to climbing a mountain, and she provides survival tips you will need to help you adapt to your new surroundings.
Having an adventure attitude will help your move be successful rather than overwhelming. This attitude is about a lifestyle choice and how you define yourself, your life, the world around you, and your circumstances. As Perlitz explains, You will need to climb out of your comfort zone and take some risks. How else are you going to get out and meet new people and experience everything your new location has to offer?" Meeting new people is an important step because we need others in the process of transition, especially when we are feeling most vulnerable, or perhaps homesick or nostalgic for things of the past that we were familiar and comfortable with.
Perlitz asserts that when you begin to feel overwhelmed by all the changes occurring in your life, you need to realize that its okay to be sad and to honor the past. Some of the techniques she advises include: surrounding yourself with living things in your new place, such as plants, animals, and fruit; having plenty of colors around to perk you up and make you happy; writing in a journal; embarking on a personal adventure; and allowing yourself to just be. When you follow these and the other survival tips Perlitz provides, your move will be one of the smoothest, exciting, and rewarding transitions youve ever experienced.
Cheryl Perlitz is neither a counselor nor therapist; she is a regular person" who, through personal experience, has become an expert on change and loss. She is also a mountain climber and nature lover who enjoys sharing the lessons she learns from physical challenge, from nature, and from pushing personal boundaries and translating them into daily life. Cheryl is a motivational keynote speaker, has been a program facilitator since 1997, and has 14 years experience operating her own business.
For more information or a review copy of Soaring Through Setbacks: Rise above Adversity Reclaim Your Life, please call 1-866-372-5678 or send an email to Amy@cameopublications.com.
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