It's awfully difficult to let go of things we've gotten used to, even things that no longer serve a useful purpose in our lives.  Old attitudes, behaviors, and material things that have outlived their usefulness often become so much a part of our being that we're reluctant to change anything.

Even though we may say that we want new and improved situations and relationships to come into our lives, there may be no available space.  We may become locked into a repetitive, inflexible pattern of life that really is in dire need of a major overhaul.  The quote that comes to mind (unfortunately, I can't recall the source) is, "The time to do what we really want to do in life is already taken up by what we settled for."

So why are people so reluctant to change?  One reason is that when things stay the same, we usually know what to expect, even if it is predictably uncomfortable.  People often stay in uncomfortable jobs, relationships, or situations too long, feeling that embracing the unknown is just too big of a risk.  What if the new situation turns out to be even worse than the current one?

To complicate matters, as we age we may find it even more difficult to make significant changes.  We may settle into a "comfort zone" where we attempt to minimize the possibility of anything unexpected happening.  

There are some specific times of life where we are astrologically stimulated to jettison the excess baggage that we've been dragging around.  The most obvious is around the time of our Saturn Returns.  The first occurs at around age 29 years of age and the second at age 58 or 59, and should we be fortunate enough to live that long, the third at about age 88.  At these times we're prone to assess our progress up to that point and decide what we want to keep and what needs to be let go of in order to make room for new things and so we may continue to grow and evolve.

The bottom line is that, like it or not life is change.  We may as well be willing to embrace change and work with it rather than against it.