Is change really as good as a rest?

There must be millions of old sayings knocking around and in our family we've probably got more than our fair share, but is it true that change can be restful and invigorating?

Some people find change quite stressful and this fact bears testament to the thousands of pounds HR departments spend each year on coaching courses on Managing Change and Influencing Change etc etc.

You've only got to look at people who go back to the same holiday destination & hotel year after year to realise that some people don't like change, they like their lives to be ordered and uninterrupted by excitement or wonder. But how do these people know they wouldn't rather be somewhere else; that they're not missing out on paradise just around the next corner!

I like change, in fact it's no secret that I'm very easily bored. I'm a 'what if?' kind of person.

This of course manifests itself in the decoration of my home, and although I love all the decor in the house, I'm keen to change it, to ring the changes.

It's not that I've grown tired of the slat grey, Night Jewels 2 from www.dulux.co.uk Or the rich brown of the hall panelling, London Clay www.farrowandball.co.uk , it's more that I have a yearning desire to see what something else looks like, to create something different.  I think a little reinvention is good for the soul.

Now, I'm not advocating that we all continually have the 'wet paint' signs up at home, it's been more than 5 years since we fully decorated. There has however been plenty of tweaks in between. I very often move pictures and objects around, it's a form of relaxation. We stop seeing things when we're too familiar with them, we stop looking at that photo on the landing or that beautiful vase on the hall table & that is the optimum time to shake things up a little.

Make a promise to yourself that you are going to change something in your home this week. Put some beautiful flowers in a vase that normally lies empty, www.grahamandgreen.co.uk have a lovely owl vase which looks great against a dark wall. Group some coherent pieces together for greater visual impact or display family treasures you have acquired from a beech or a woodland walk under a glass dome to create your very own curated masterpiece.

Go on make a change - you know you want to!