It is time for a
transition. To modify the phase from the
movie “Risky Business,” “Transition happens.”
The Oxford dictionary defines transition as “…the process or a period of
changing from one state or condition to another.” I feel like I just went through a transition,
now I am preparing for yet another transition and a short way down the road,
there will be yet another transition. With
a transition in life, in work, in roles and in attitudes, there seems to be no
end to this in sight.
As a child, I remember going
to school, playing outside, playing with friends and family mystery car
rides. Yes, we had mystery car rides
where our parents would pick out something to do, not tell us and off in the car
we would go. Sometimes it was an
amusement park (most of those from that time are gone, like Bertram’s Island),
sometimes it was to some ice cream place with an arcade, sometimes it was…I do
not even remember. One time, I swear it is
true, we were driving up route 17 and they announced on the radio that the
Zeiler Family was out driving on a mystery car ride. I never figured out how my dad pulled that
one off…but I digress. Our transitions,
when we were young, were the BIG EVENTS: changing schools, reaching a religious
milestone (in my case, my Bar Mitzvah), or getting a first real job.
In this past year, I feel that
I have been involved in many transitions – I started the year transitioning to
a new company, to new roles in the company and to different clients (normal in
consulting). We watched and were part of
our children’s transition from graduating college, moving back home, to job
changes, to a first real job and to other interests. As president of an organization, I have been
part of some small transitions which included changing mindsets, addressing
real issues (which, like change, people tend to avoid), opening new doors and
within the next six months, transitioning out of this role. They say life is like a roller coaster, pull
the bar down and hang on. Yup, I can see
that.
Transitions happen like a
river, forever moving forward and never giving the chance to stand still. It is important to take advantage of this
while you are still able to do so. As we
begin the last few days of 2019 and move forward into the next decade, it is
time to plan out the goals and objectives for 2020. It is a time for transition…for all of us.
Happy New Year!
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