Change is fundamental to my state of being. I don't mean it in the sense of “improving” (although that's obviously also good), but rather in the sense of constantly exploring new things: hobbies, expression, feelings, ideas, beliefs, and so forth. Of course, along the way I have and will find the things that I like and that I'll keep around with me, but I never want to reach a point in my life where I become stagnant, only improving at the things I'm already familiar with. I want there to be no definitive version of me, but rather a constantly learning and shifting person.

This concept applies on all scales, from the most microscopic aspects of me, all the way up to what I consider to be my most fundamental values. It can sound somewhat weird to say that even those “fundamental” values can change, and for that to be a good thing, but I firmly believe that there's a balance between steadfastness and reconsideration. I don't want there to be change just for the sake of it, but I will never be perfect, and acknowledging those shortcomings becomes far easier from a different perspective: one of change.