A Long Tale of Change – the Preview

So, after months of summer playing and general avoidance, Fall hit with a vengeance and I’m thinking that the best way to enjoy chaos is to blog about it! In September, I decided to clean up a lot of old chores and to make a number of changes. And a few unexpected changes landed in my lap. One of the many changes is that I’ve been invited to be a guest expert for Compass and have created a MAP called Make it Happen! that will be featured in January, 2009. It’s all about changes, so it couldn’t be more appropriate. As we move into 2009, I’ll be following my own advice and chronicling it hers, so stay tuned! So – the rest of September – I have wanted to teach coaching courses in a university setting for a while now, and an excited to have been added to the faculty of NYU’s coaching program, where I am currently teaching an independent study course and will teach Foundations of Coaching II in November. I also wanted to help managers understand how to coach and to play with visual thinking as a problem-solving tool, so I’ve added two new programs for NYC managers through Citywide training. And I wanted to spend more time exploring midlife with my peers, so I joined a newly-formed peer group through The Transition Network. And I wanted to learn more about my Buddhist practice, so I joined a Sophia group. Whew!!! So, this wasn’t enough. I decided that it was about time I upgraded my apartment, so I’m having it painted and getting the floors re-done. And just in case this wasn’t enough, Ernest the Magnificent, my hair stylist, decided it was time to move my part to the other side of my head. I think I’ll go lie down now – no – wait – I need to go buy tile and meet my brother, sister-in-law and niece at Penn Station. More soon.