Life is a process of change - but all too often, and especially as we get older, there seems to be a reluctance to accept change and to fight against it.

We seem to be seeing that now on a number of fronts as various aspects of our lives are changing in mainly small ways.

Last week we had the news that most railway tickets offices across the region are likely to close because more passengers are buying their tickets from machines or online these days.

The offices at Ipswich, Colchester and Norwich will stay - but those on medium sized stations will be shut.

I know many are concerned about this, but given that only 16% of tickets are bought at station ticket offices these days compared with 80%+ in the 1990s that doesn't seem unreasonable.

I can understand rail unions' concerns - even though the companies have said their staff will be redeployed to help passengers on platforms.

But I can't really understand the fears of disabled passengers. Having seen people in wheelchairs struggling to reach the window at some ticket offices, I can't help feeling that for many people with disabilities having someone to help them on the platform would be a bonus.

Another change we heard about last week was East Suffolk council's revelation that 1.4m visitors to its car parks used a parking app last year compared to 150,000 just three years earlier.

At present there are no plans to do away with pay-and-display machines - but if this trend continues that seems almost inevitable as the latest machines start to need replacing.

Change does have to be handled sensitively - and I'm not sure that's something that is understood by ABP who are planning big changes after taking over Neptune Marina in Ipswich Wet Dock.

East Anglian Daily Times: Neptune Marina will cease to have its own moorings under plans outlined by ABP.Neptune Marina will cease to have its own moorings under plans outlined by ABP. (Image: Paul Geater)

I can see the logic behind their proposed changes - but I can also see the concerns felt by some boat owners and heritage groups.

But I can see that with a bit of give and take it shouldn't be difficult to come up with a plan that pleases everyone.

However the boatowners I've spoken to feel ABP has taken the attitude that "It's our Wed Dock.  We know what we're doing. If you don't like it, tough."

Not a great look if you're trying to win friends and influence people!

Some changes aren't as radical as some people try to make us think in bid to whip-up hysteria for their own sake.

I keep reading about petrol and diesel cars being banned from 2030. 

Well that isn't happening. You'll still be able to drive and fill up your petrol and diesel cars for years, possibly decades, after 2030. You'll be able to buy and sell them on the second hand market. 

What is happening is that governments around the world have agreed that there should be no more new petrol and diesel cars built after 2030 (although plug-in hybrids can continue to be built until 2035).

It's a decision that is backed by the motor industry because they know where they stand and that puts it on a level playing field when selling across Europe, North America and much of the Far East.

Does anyone think that if the UK government did renege on the international agreement it signed, that Ford would reopen its Fiesta production line or Nissan would abandon its plans to electrify the Qashqai range for one comparatively small sector of the global car market?

Eventually when changes do come in we all end up accepting - or at least working through them.

I resisted the idea of buying a satnav for years until I got lost trying to find my way out of one of the housing estates in Colchester.

Now I wouldn't be without it - even if it struggled to cope with some of the postcodes for villages during our holiday on the Isle of Man!

My mother never got to grips with self-service petrol pumps. I learned to fill up the car as a teenager in the mid-70s and I still had to fill it up once a month until she stopped driving in the mid-noughties.