How Being Flexible Helps You Grow

I’ve been thinking about flexibility a lot lately.

My mom told me that I was always a stubborn child that did not like change. She helped me change my room around regularly to help me learn how to become more flexible.

I learned how to be flexible thorough every job I’ve had. Whether it was lifeguarding or teaching my first few years, I’ve learned how to be flexible through that in order to meet the demands of the job.

I was flexible when I did my exchange, then again when I moved to Wales and then again when I moved back to Leeds.

I’m past a year since I moved back home, and the past year has been filled with a ton of flexibility with finding a new job and dealing with working from home.

This past year has been challenging. I recognize that I’ve been lucky in this pandemic, but that doesn’t mean it has been easy. We’re not through this yet, and being able to be flexible about the ways I teach has been a massive learning opportunity.

I’ve written about being relentless previously, and these connect very much. I have my relentlessness and my flexibility to thank for where I’m at today. I’m grateful that I’ve been able to cultivate a life full of new experiences because I’m flexible enough to seek out changes that will make my life better.

Being flexible means rolling with the punches. It means changing to meet the changes going on around you while having the integrity to stay true to yourself.

Have you been flexible?

-Daniella

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