A Note to Students From the Counselor: Dealing with Change

Dealing with change

When I think about change I think about consistent movement. As students you will lose teeth, change grade levels, teachers, get new siblings, move to a new neighborhood, city, or state, and even grow up to be successful individuals. These are all changes. Although most of the changes I mentioned many readers may welcome them or at least know that they are possibilities, or even know that no matter how much you'd like to stay in elementary school, you know that middle school and grow up is all a part of life. So what do you do when change comes your way? You adapt! Most of the time you adapt without even realizing you are doing so. The word adapt means to adjust, alter, modify or CHANGE the way we are doing things. Here lately you have experienced a lot of changes, learning from home, not seeing your teachers and friends, your eating may have changed and you may be asked to share and spend a lot more time with your siblings. You may have been asked to do a bit more work around the house to help out. Know that parents and adults are experiencing just as much change as you are. So what are you going to do about it? Are you going to adapt to life as we know it by helping your parents around the house, doing your school work, maybe not challenging your brothers and sisters so much. In classroom guidance we’ve gone over tons of character traits. Remember that character traits are our personal characteristics that makes us who we are. Are you considerate, responsible, kind, caring, sharing, motivated, committed, respectful, just to name a few?

Yes, things have changed for the time being and for some of us in ways that we don't like but we cannot control them. Know that some things in life we cannot control but we always have control over how we respond and react, or in this case adapt! That's called self-control. Self control is our ability to control ourselves, our actions, behaviors and responses. How can you ADAPT? What will you do to ADJUST your attitude and behavior to be more helpful at home? How will you ALTER what you are currently doing to make things better for yourself and the ones around you? How will you MODIFY or CHANGE your personal hygiene and social distancing to make things better for all of us?

Share below in the comment section how you have made changes to adapt to at home.

Thank you for reading!