I love change.
Just saying that excites me. “Change it!” It just screams fresh starts, intentional innovation, and big dreams. When things aren’t changing they become stagnant – and I become bored.
That being said, over the past few weeks, my love for change has been put to the test.
Not only did I move from a two-bedroom apartment in Kits with a stellar roommate to a one-bedroom pad in South Granville by myself, but I also, concurrently, left my job at UBC and took on a new opportunity as a Leadership Trainer at luluemon athletica. Handing in my resignation before having a new job secured was probably the most liberating and scary decision I’ve made in a long time. But when you burn the boat, you get to focus on moving forward with everything you’ve got, right?
Dealing with these changes was an interesting process. I had to make myself physically uncomfortable to face the fact that the changes were real. I took things off my office walls, emptied kitchen cupboards onto counters, and made my well-organized life a little bit more chaotic. Surrounding myself in boxes and blank walls made me want to rediscover that happy home and functional workplace I had just demolished. It was as if each box I tripped over was saying “it’s happening – deal with it.”
We rarely change when things are comfortable. Sometimes, we just need to push them to the point of irritation – where we can’t stand to do anything else but change them for the better.
And – man – are things better!
Pick of the post: Vampire Weekend – Giving Up The Gun (official music video) [thanks for the reco Harmer and Lydia]
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Adrian says:
July 23, 2010 at 11:11 pm (UTC 1)
Matt, way to go with making the changes! Exciting times, and it sounds like a great fit for you! Congrats!
Matt Corker says:
August 9, 2010 at 8:28 pm (UTC 1)
Thanks Adrian! I hear cool things are on the horizon for you as well! (Or have already come)
Matt Corker » Life in Luon – week one at lululemon says:
July 23, 2010 at 3:21 pm (UTC 1)
[...] As mentioned before, I have recently jumped on board the People Resources team at lululemon athletica as a Leadership Trainer. To refrain from exploding with all the incoherent excitement I have after my first week, I’ll limit myself to a few key learnings about the way they have already made a fantastic first impression on this new hire. [...]