Each time it’s my turn to write a blog post, I struggle about a topic. Writing doesn’t come naturally to me, so I often delay writing my blog post until the last possible moment. At the beginning of the week I sat down to work on my post, and as I was thinking of ideas, our CIO, Naomi Lenane sent her weekly CIO Huddle email. This week’s topic was change. Naomi’s email got me thinking about change; not only at work, but in my personal life. Thanks to Naomi, I had a topic for my blog post!
A couple of the projects I’m working on will bring about change for many at Dana-Farber, and I for one do not always deal well with change. Sure, sometimes change is nice, but I’m stubborn and often too lazy to want to learn something new or change how I do things. Instead of focusing on the negative feelings change often brings about, I decided to think about the positive ways change has impacted my life.
- If I hadn’t changed my lifestyle years ago after a health scare, I wouldn’t have started exercising, then eventually running. Over the past 10 years, I’ve raced in over a dozen states and one foreign country.
- If I hadn’t decided to make a career change to become a consultant, I likely would never have ended up at Dana-Farber. Being a consultant was scary at times because I was never certain of my future, but it led me here.
- If I hadn’t let go of some bad relationships, I am positive I wouldn’t have made some of the best and strongest friendships of my life.
So, I guess in the end, change isn’t always bad. Sure, sometimes it’s scary… but sometimes it’s awesome!
So glad I was able to help you out with a blog topic! Those are all healthy examples of change. It is on the looking back that we see how far we’ve come.