People change. It’s one of the oldest adages in the book. And yet, there’s a deeper truth: people RESIST change, even change they ought to embrace (because often change equals opportunity). For example, we moved in December 2020, because the company my husband works for relocated to a different part of North Texas. I did not want to move, and the re-location was close enough that – in theory – we could have stayed where we were, and Jake would have just had a longer commute. Much longer, but still doable, especially since he was partly working from home. So much had already changed during the pandemic. I had started teaching my continuing education writing classes from home. I’d even had to have a virtual book launch party. But by wholesale saying no more change, I was missing out on an opportunity. Jake and I were living in a one-bedroom apartment, which had worked until suddenly we were both working from home – with different work styles. I have to have noise on in the background. Jake needs quiet to focus. We needed a change – just to function. Once we committed to the move, we found a place that…