Change is Constant!!
I read this in my MBA subjects and dint so much as to approve of it, but managed to write an essay type of answer and bag good marks in the organizational change and development subject J As and when I got engrossed with my work, career, etc., whatever you may call it as …. It occurred to me that of course change is the only thing that is constant…. And one who cannot adapt to changes remains obsolete. So TRUE!!
Be it your profession, personal areas or your very own wardrobe…….. Changes are a part of everything…or you end up feeling stuck, lost and frustrated, not only in the physical sense but psychologically too. Doesn’t matter what your profession/career is…, if you don’t present your brain with enough vivacious fodder on a regular basis, slowly your point of thinking towards any topic remains dull and conservative. So fortunate is our generation that we have internet as a 24/7 support to our life, that starting from your food recipes to your travel abroad almost everything is available on the net. MAGIC!! But unfortunately we all get engrossed with work, salary, career, movies; blah blah… we fail to think beyond a certain line. With all the facilities that we have and don’t have, we tend to forget “US” or being “US”.
I can only say that I have changed indeed!! My childhood worries were always attending math – monthly class test… J slowly it subsided as soon as I conquered the fear and told myself if I cant understand I will do my best to by heart J and hence my worry part moved from that towards the famous Wednesday’s (we had color dress weekly once in our school days)oOH MY!! Wat excitement about wearing a new dress and nearly matching slip-ons (sometimes the excitement was to see the other girl go green with envy and vice versa) Alas that also dint last for too long… The worries of X class only had to do with two things: how to skip the PT classes and what can I do to safely get out with a first class!!
OOPS!! I did it!! Now comes the next interesting part….. first day of college J J so exciting… new faces, new subjects, new ward robe, new lecturer.. wow oh know but I took commerce what if it isn’t of any use later L L never mind.. and I got into thinking as to what next …DOh cant it be a lil simpler so complex… which degree shud I opt for????
The boring finance classes and lengthy hours at college dint seem to bother anymore … for I was busy relishing on the half plate gobi , noodles, library and evening walks with Suni and Meenu (my new found best friends J)So the worry was whether we shud eat half plate gobi or drink tender coconut and find a superb novel from the library….. too many things to worry aint it…
But like its said nothing lasts for long… the worry suddenly changed and got channeled into : will I pass the GMAT with good marks or not…. Very important you see … For I had already decided to take HR as the specialization subject in MBA even though I had a pull towards marketing…
Fickle minded as one could be I took a dual specialization and felt proud about my choice and thought it was cool to study both the things.. lil did I know the hard work required L… ohhh by the way now the worries were all about… how to reach college in time for the first hour (8.30 AM!!) and ensure the lady lecturer doesn’t give me the usual frown!! Very difficult!! The worry was too much to handle in the final sem… oh my god project and this and that… painstakingly such hard work… I never could bring myself to it … but then you better do it!!
Partially worries came to an end… so many positive things… to be happy about … you don’t have to wake up early to go to the first hour lecture anymore… I get hot mom made breakfast of my choice!! No more mess food!! Of course the washing and cleaning that I always did hate were taken care… Dad and mom almost felt guilty for the last couple of years of my education… only daughter … don’t know what she eats… does she eat at all… L L sad…. So the pampering begins….and a while after that… mom starts her hunt…oh no…. no plss…. I want a job now come on…. Ok after the rona dhona episode … I landed into my first job..ok the worry begins…. First salary … what to buy …. What not to buy… hmm white or pink dress for my birthday… thousand questions… on my mind… oh my god… need help.. no probs mom is a call away aint it… Hey I met my best, closest friend in life at my first work place…. Cool na… well now I hv somebody to worry abt things along with me ho what time should we go for coffee…. Shud we eat the yummy masala dosa at the cafeteria or the boring idlis… hmm tough choice to make really…. J J
OOPSS!!! The worries ended – Change came again… this time differently… suddenly it was all about sourcing that right profile… getting into that “right job”… getting that right pay scale… ohhhh so many hires to be made so lil time.. work … so much… more weekends at work… more work… more targets… more candidates… more offers… ohhh my god !! that’s quite a change…. But… where is worry now ?? long time no see? Oh no no I don’t have time to worry… weekdays and often weekends filled with work and meetings and organizing interviews… No silly not that worry…… the small, fulfilling, tiny worries that was there… ho that’s gone…
Now did I loose that bit of the riddle of life… Change had arrived and significantly changed me and my life… Now I dint read books often… dint watch my fav movies – first day first show… now I ate only in the lunch break wen time did permit … to have a fav food kind of lunch once in a while… I dint play badminton in the weekends… becoz I had to catch up on sleep… Well well time to revoke the tiny worries …. Or I might change too much ………
Well Change is constant!! J
