Same couch... five years later.

I ran into an old acquaintance at the store today.  We chatted awhile about our lives.  This retired, smart, attractive, healthy woman is bored out of her mind.  Sadly, she really has nothing to do.  I hadn't seen her about five years and she was in exactly the same place in her life that she was five years ago.  Bored. 

I have another friend whose son dropped in to visit with some old friends.  These friends had not been a good influence on him but he told his mom same place, same stuff, same couch five years later.  The son was wise enough to decide that he didn't want to "sit" on that old couch any more.

Change is hard.  Really hard... and it's scary too.  I think that I have to be very intentional with some good life planning so I don't end up on the same couch five years later.  That for me is even scarier than change.

What couch are you sitting on?  Is it time for a change?
How do you over come your fear of change?