#4 - IELTS Writing - Task2 - making changes It is known that most of people find it extremely difficult to leave the so-called comfort zone and to make changes in their lives. Despite the fact that it is considered as normal, resistance to making changes can influence a person’s life negatively, affecting different areas of life. First of all, resist of making changes can result in professional stagnation. To improve one’s career it is necessary to be flexible, to adapt to new circumstances and sometimes to introduce new ideas. If a person does not show enough flexibility, they are unlikely to get promoted. Secondly, people who are afraid of changes can face various problems in relationship. There is no doubt that in every relationship, may that be with friends, relatives or in a couple, people have to adapt to each other, find compromises and possibly change one’s lifestyle and habits. Lastly, resistance to changes can prevent people to improve their living conditions. Conservatism is not necessarily negative as a feature, but sometimes people do face necessity of changing something that they find global – a flat, for example, or a city, or even a country. If a person rejects a very perspective and interesting job position or study opportunity because it implies a move to another city, or if a family doesn’t change a small flat to a bigger one when there are kids in the family, such behavior seems irrational to me. In my point of view, if a person realizes, that he or she has problems with flexibility and making changes, the obvious answer is to try to simply overcome themself. It should also be helpful to try to remember similar situations from one’s former experience and to remind oneself that the results were definitely worth the changes. A further idea would be to take little steps to a big goal. If a person is scared to make changes because they seem too global, it should be much easier to divide a big change to a number of small changes one can easily cope with. All in all, one should always keep in mind that every change is to the best. However scary it might seem, the results are usually worth it, and even if there are some disappointments on the way, new experiences make life interesting.