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Settling down


Change is so daunting and one feels that one will never be able to realign oneself to the new situation. Yet, eventually, one does realign and adapt oneself to the changed reality. The world as you knew it before the change is definitely lost forever. Yet you learn to accept this fact and model yourself to the new world.
 
Here’s what has happened. Our company has been taken over. In our company the environment has always been very family-like. We have all been great friends of each other and quite into each other’s homes as well. In the face of adversity, most of us stuck together and fought it. Some, compelled by their personal priorities left. Now, we are down to less than half our strength…which number is less than 20. So we are all clinging on to each other and this family is more tightly-knit than it ever was. That’s the upside. Downside ? Loss of independence is the major one. All others are operational inconveniences – large and small – which we will gradually get (or have to get) accustomed to.

Contrary to what I expected of myself, I’m helping myself adjust to the new systems and feel less change related anxiety. Two things are definitely helping me in this…firstly the strong attachment with all colleagues and secondly the change in job profile which I am enjoying a lot :)

So, I’m doing fine.

P. S. Regular blogging will soon begin (in case anyone was wondering)

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Ai Ling said…
Hang in there! I'm not fond of change either but as they say, change is the only constant so we all have to get accustomed to it :-)
8 March 2011 at 20:23
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