The "Yeah, But" of Change

My husband walked out this morning without his cell phone. He felt lost. Had to call me on a land line, God forbid, to tell me about it and to tell me where and how he can be reached. Note, I said he had to tell me about not having his cell phone before he thought to tell me of how and where he can be reached.

Isn't it interesting, amazing, shocking how accustomed we are to the ubiquitous mobile phone. It has become a way of life in a few short years. In the past, other major shifts in how we live have taken far longer, sometimes even centuries. All of this to say that change happens faster and faster and we have to do more than just accept or embrace that fact. We must realize that in some instances this will be difficult and in others we will be able to incorporate major, fast changes into our lives without a hitch. Yeah but, you might say, "yeah but," there will be other changes that will take longer and may be even excruciating for us to acknowledge, much less incorporate into our being.

This wasn't intended to be a generation gap musing, however, it is important to note here, that the young'uns are now hardwired to fast moving technology and will embrace, expect and even demand rapid changes in that field. Does that mean they will do the same in any and all changes in their lives? The jury is out on that so I can only expostulate my opinion not based on any studies, research or facts.

There will always be resistance to change in one way or another. It has nothing to do with the rapidity of it only to the truism that we are human beings and how we accept change depends upon the purpose of the change and our involvement in making it happen.

You fill in the blanks from here. How do you bring about fast changes so they are embraced? How do you accept and make the most of necessary changes that are contrary to your way of thinking and doing? Answer these two questions with words that provide the solutions to these two questions for humankind and you've accomplished what millions have set out to do for centuries: You've built a better mousetrap!

Change: Good Start for 2010

Have your New Year's resolutions disappeared? What did you say you were going to do differently but for some reason, you didn't follow through with the "change" necessary to the resolution?

We experience change almost on a daily basis. Most of which we have little or no choice but to accept.

Change we choose to make for ourselves is good, yet we rarely stick with it long enough to succeed.

This year I decided I would do it differently. I didn't make a New Year's Resolution. I made a conscious decision to change from my old fashioned hard copy planner to the calendar on my IPhone and computer.

I know from past experiences that it takes the "proverbial" twenty-one days to make or break a habit so I know I've succeeded in making this change because we are now twenty-seven days into twenty-ten.

This change wasn't easy. At first I kept my planner on my desk, then I moved it to a chair not too far from my desk. Now it is across the room somewhere, yet still in my office. Truthfully, I don't miss carrying it around. It was heavy. My phone actually has more information at my fingertips, an obvious improvement.

I use Notes App for my to-do lists, email them to my computer and I can print them if I choose to.

Change can be good. I like this change. And you know, it really wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.