Argg, Change, Week Forty-Seven in the New Abnormal

A couple of days ago I installed an iPhone update. I find this new format annoying. I get it, things change. But sometimes the changes come all at once and too fast. I just wasn’t ready for a new change, small as it is.

I often hear from spiritual leaders, meditation teachers and self-care gurus that change is inevitable. Just this week I was listening to Dan Harris and Anushka Fernandopulle speak of the impermanence in life on the Ten Percent Happier App. I meditated in it. And I was as calm as I could be following each mediation. The idea of impermanence is appealing. It helps us accept whatever comes our way. At least that’s my philosophical take. But when I encounter change in real life, as much as I apply the concept of perpetual change, the reality feels very different.

One would think that my spontaneous side would embrace change. And when it’s a small change, I’m okay. But when it’s a small change like an iPhone update in a time of big changes, it feels less okay. I’ve been agitated. I…