The Kübler-Ross “change curve” is a psychological model; originally referring to the stages of grief but adapted to represent the process we go through, when faced with any major or unexpected change.
The process is said to involve a range of feelings of denial, anger, bargaining and sadness, before eventually moving to acceptance or integration - the point at which we adapt to our new situation.
This ability to adapt is at the core of who we are. We wouldn't exist today, if it weren't for millions of years of evolutionary drive to do so.
Ultimately - when forced into it - our instinct makes it that, in the end, we always adapt.
And yet, we so easily forget. Despite all the times in our lives that we've proven we will and do adapt.
From big career changes to relationship break-ups, to being unexpectedly locked down and working from home - when another big change arrives, our minds will easily focus first on what might go wrong, rather than on how we'll adapt.
When - based on every other time we've needed to - in the end, we always adapt.
So whether we're worried about the uncertainty, what might go wrong or the discomfort of change itself - the less we focus on that and the more we focus on how we'll adapt and make the most of it, the sooner we'll be able to make that happen.
Because, no matter how challenging it might seem, or how well we've adapted to the "normal" we find ourselves so comfortably in - in the end, we always adapt.