My multi-tasker sprung a leak the other day. Every time I started to shove something new into my multi-tasker one of the things I was already doing would slip out the other side only to be lost in the wake of my activity. Before I knew it, nothing was getting done because I was too busy running in circles trying to catch everything that had escaped.

I had to stop. There comes a time when I must just take a break, step back and rethink the plans and the processes that are driving my day. When things are not going the way I want them to go then it is time to change what I am doing.

Several years ago (before cell phones and GPS), my brother and I were coming back from Pensecola, Florida to Orange Beach, Alabama. We were taking the back roads because it was shorter on the map. The last turn we took would lead us right up to the condo – or it would have if it actually went that far. There was just enough time to stop the car after seeing the sign "Road Ends."

The road did end – right into the brackish water. The condo sat on the other side of the slough, but there was no way to reach it from where we were. We had two choices. We could remain where we were and wait for someone to build us a road to where we wanted to go, or we could turn around and go back to the road we knew would take us to the place we needed to be.

We turned around.

Nothing in my life will change if I am never willing to change anything in my life. The house will stay cluttered until I change the way I hold on to things. The chores will build up until I change the way that I organize the chores to get them done. The finances will remain in the red until I change the way I spend and the way I bring in income.

The way to a new life lies directly in the path of change.

Not everyone likes change. Sitting in the comfort of "we have always done things this way" brings stability to a life even if that way accomplishes nothing. Keeping the pond smooth makes things easier than making a few waves. Why bother with change? Acceptance settles into the way things are instead of dreaming about the possibilities beyond the horizon.

I like change. Change can inspire my muse and give me the motivation to accomplish something that I might not even have thought about before. The moment that I find myself pressed up against the brick wall or running around in circles will be the time that I know to mix it up and bring a little change to help me get things done.