Who Moved My Cheese?
I just finished reading Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr. Spencer Johnson. It's a really good book that talks about change: that we should anticipate it, accept it, deal with it and adapt to it. Haw and Hem's story was a highlight... They've been consuming the cheese in station C till they realized one day that it's all gone. Eventually Haw decided to move on, to take a new journey he's unsure of as he knew it's time to search for New Cheese. He left Hem who decided to stay, who's hoping so much that cheese will come back to the same station. he just can't get over the lost cheese when apparently there's something that has changed, and that change requires him to move on and to adjust.
When I transferred to AC Corporation, things were generally ok... then things started to stress me out at the 2nd month. My PM can no longer drive for us to and from Philhealth everyday since he's assigned to a different client now. Then I started using my personal resources for work like the added fare for my transportation, the flash disks to migrate files and the internet connection at home when I need to send an email ASAP. Then they gave me a new laptop which I must bring everyday. yeah I know it's supposed to be a good thing, but now it's gradually becoming more of a hassle as it adds extra load on my back during back pain attacks, and makes me a potential holdup victim as a pasig-alabang commuter.
For the past week I've been wondering if I made the right decision 3 months ago. was it good or bad? I know moving to AC had pros and cons, as much as the pros and cons if I stayed in CAI-STA. but the past few weeks had been really stressful that all I could think of are JUST THE CONS I've been encountering ever since I moved to AC.
I'm Haw when I decided to leave CAI-STA. I wasn't sure of what's ahead of me, but I left because I knew it was time to do so. for the simple reason that I no longer have a sense of fulfillment developing software applications I'm not specialized in. and for my goal that at mid 20s I should no longer be coding like fresh grads do. I knew I have to do something, and so I moved. and I seemed happy about it at first, taking the baby steps to being a project leader.
But now I'm slowly becoming like Hem. I've been waiting for the same comfort to come. I've been doubting and ranting and cursing for it's been 3 months now, yet I haven't fully adjusted to AC's ways. nor I have adjusted to the new responsibilities of being a project leader. I guess I've been refusing to adjust. or I haven't let go of the comfortabe life I had in CAI-STA or the life where I could just sit, let the leaders do their jobs and wait for the solutions to come.
Yeah it's time to move on for reals, to take the journey and to find the new cheese! and I shall stop at every note which Haw had left on the walls:
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Movement in a new direction helps you find new cheese.
When you stop being afraid, you feel good!
It is safer to search in the maze than to remain in a cheeseless situation.
Old beliefs do not lead you to new cheese.
Change happens
They keep moving the cheese
Anticipate change
Get ready for the cheese to move
Monitor change
Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old
Adapt to change quickly
The quicker you let go of old cheese, the sooner you find new cheese
Change
Move with the cheese
Enjoy change!
Savor the adventure and enjoy the new cheese!
Be ready to change quickly and enjoy it again and again
They keep moving the cheese
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Wherever there is change, including the smallest aspects in our personal lives, this book fits. I'm so glad paul gave this to me as one of his birthday gifts. I needed it so badly. Thanks! :)