The Seventeenth: Spare Change

Change is inevitable. So why do we bitch and moan when it comes about? That's a bit of a useless statement though, because death is also inevitable, yet I'm fairly sure a lot of people "bitch and moan" about that.

But change is different. It's something that we also want, and deliberately try to bring about. It's a thing that some people embrace, because it can cause very, very good things to happen. Most of the people in my life right now are going through changes. That sounds very puberty-esque, but that's not quite the change I'm referring too. I have a friend who just got signed to a major record label, and she'll be releasing her debut album in August. I've also got a friend who just flew over to Melbourne to perform his premiere comedy show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Big changes, right? So where does that leave the rest of us? The "not-so-amazingly-and-naturally-talented-in-our-field" people? I don't like to think of it as "I'm not going anywhere", but more just "my change hasn't happened yet". It's not always something you can do yourself. Some changes occur when you least expect them to, and go hand in hand with opportunity and chance. You could meet the person to help you out just by bumping into them randomly at a coffee shop, or meeting them through a friend.

Or you could sit back, carry on with your "average" life and wait.

Ashleigh, it's not that bad.