Change…

Change is never an easy thing to go through. As people we generally like to keep things as they are, providing we are content. Change is however, inevitable, whether we like it or not.

I am at a stage of my life where there are lots of areas changing, and quite significantly.

In the past I have gone through various transitions, going from primary school to high school, from high school to university, moving out of home (mostly), my family moving away from where I grew up. These have all been fairly significant changes in my life, and the next year is going to be full of even more significant changes.

I have just graduated from QUB, which means the end of full tine education. I find this bizarre, because up until this point in my life, full time education has been what I do. I have been in school since I was 4, so that’s 19 years of education at an end.

I recently started a job, and it’s a full time, permanent job, not a working in a shop on weekends job, but a real job. So far I really enjoy being in the working world, I have a lot to learn and get used to, but in time that will all come.

Probably the biggest change is one that is happening in a little over 6 months time. I am getting married in January. I know quite a few people think that I’m too young, and others don’t understand why I am getting married, but I am, and I’m really looking forward to this new stage of life. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little nervous about the whole thing. If I’m being honest I will probably find the transition from Belfast student,  to married life in Ballymena difficult at times.

I wouldn’t have it any other way though, I’m excited about getting married, and I couldn’t have anyone better to go through it with. I love Lorraine and am so thankful for her. I know that this next year will be challenging, but it is going to amazing, and I am looking forward to embracing this new phase in my life, with my fiancée, then wife by my side.