People don't resist change. They resist being changed

[lucymorningstar]

I don't like change, never have done. It doesn't matter if it's a big change - like moving house - or little changes - like a website being redesigned. I'm not good with dealing with the change.

It's the latter that's got me wigged out today. A website I like and visit regularly has unveiled a new look. I get that it's 'cleaner' and 'clearer' and looks more professional etc which was the point of the revamp but it's taking me a while to get used to it. It's definitely easier to read but it feels less friendly and I'm having difficulty with the new menu - things aren't where I'm expecting them to be.

I know it's a silly little thing to bother me, a first world problem as it were and I don't like that it upsets me so much. I also know it's not something I can control. I just have to work on it, work on getting used to the new site. Which I'm doing.

Comments

[kayim]

I get exactly the same way about websites changing - or the worst one is my Android phone doing a system update.

What's worse at the moment is that I'm responsible for doing a redesign on my work's intranet, and even though I've been doing it all, I still hate it :(

[musyc]

Ugh, I know what you mean. Any time a website I visit frequently changes its layout, even colors!, I get aggravated. Muscle memory along with spatial memory -- I scroll X times to get to a link that's in Y location -- and I don't like having that altered because I have to learn all over!

[conuly]

I don't even like it when grocery store products change their packaging a tiny little bit!

[kehleyr]

I hate change myself!

[cordjostler]

Hi Lucy - Saw your post on the addme group and am following along.

I definitely hear you re: change. I crave homeostasis, but I think at the same time, I realize that change can be fun.. it's just difficult for me to make those leaps.