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When there is too much change
The Saturated Sponge Theory
For what it’s worth, I still try to incorporate some weight training into my exercise program.
When I was in my 20’s, “getting buff” was the name of the game. The more weight you could lift, push, pull, or heave, the better.
For a typical weight-lifting exercise, you would use as much weight as possible to complete 8–12 repetitions (or reps). At the point you could do more than 12 reps, you increased the weight by 5-10 pounds. That was always a cheap thrill for my younger self.
However, everyone hits a plateau. That is especially true now that I am looking at my 20’s in the rear-view mirror. My current goal is to at least maintain where I am and not lose what I have left. You could say that I hit my saturation point.
There is a term called change saturation, where people are undergoing many changes at the same time, especially in the workplace.
As change-adept as we need to be in today’s world, each of us has our own limit to how much change we can sustain at a given time.
Even a sponge has only so much absorbent capacity before the water just runs over the top of it.
I like to think I adapt to typical changes fairly well. Generally, I thrive on variety and detest…
