Transitions… My view
Posted on Dec 13, 2007 By Dan Healy“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” – Isaac Asimov
My name is Dan Healy, and this is my second attempt at blogging. Since beginning my senior year of college I’ve been looking for an opportunity to express myself, to talk about things I am interested in and to share my experiences with as many people as possible. Along with my friend Matt Goldberg we decided to start a blog. The result is what you’re reading now.
Standing at the peak of our college career about to embark into the real world, The Big Transition seemed to say it all. At the same time however, I’ve been managing big transitions my entire life. The most important things I’ve done have included a big transition — moving from Seattle to Connecticut as a kid, getting adjusted to a new school, trying out for sports, or more recently, moving to Ohio from Connecticut to attend The Ohio State University.
But this does not just apply to me or to Matt. Anyone going through a transition knows that it’s impacts can affect your life in a BIG way. Whether you are moving to another city, applying to a new job or making a career shift, graduating from college or buying a new car, you know that your life is about to change. And though it may seem easy to others, you will be enthralled with challenges only you can teach yourself to adapt to, and with any luck, learn from.
So I invite you to join us as we explore the road ahead — both the negative and the positive — and we urge you to share your stories too!
Thanks for stopping by.
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Comment by Andrew Franco on the December 14th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
My name is Andrew Franco and I know Dan from hitting the links back in High School. Dan and I have always been on the search for something great and greatness I’m sure we will eventually find. But in order to get there I think he brings up a good point. In order to get there we must make it through the transitioning phase in life.
As we all know transitioning is possibly the most stressful time in our life. In my experiences as a kid I too grew up with a family with the “American Dream.” Moving from state to state and place to place trying to get ahead however we could. Trying to make the best of every possible opportunity to get ahead in this cruel society that we live in. Transitioning for many is a fearful process and can be scary in reality. But it should not be seen as negative, rather it is an opportunity to embark on something great and something new. After all, if we did not make changes in our own life situation we would never learn anything nor would we be able to figure out the great mysteries of the world. Transition has many benefactor, not only does the process say a lot about the individual that a person is but it can also be a reflection period of who me might want to be in the future world. Don’t look at transitioning as an action that will take you to places that you don’t want to go, but look at it as an opportunity to maybe start anew or just change a few things that can benefit not only yourself but the others around you. So I, like Dan, invite you to embrace the transitioning experience and other experiences of our lives and reflect to self what you might be able to do better the next time around.
Comment by Dan Healy on the December 14th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Drew,
Thanks for the comment. You bring up good points, and I know you have experienced many transitions between moving, and transferring schools, etc. We absolutely need to embrace transition daily as an opportunity, because if we don’t we will all get trapped by close minded unproductive ideas that can hold us back from true success.