Living on the Edge of Chaos of Change

I'm tuned in. The title got me.

Need to be in the 'in between the zone'

What did Cheung-Judge & Holbeche (2016) intend to do with this captivating, SIOP panel-worthy title of a chapter? They said that most practitioners live between dominant traditional and excited organization development (OD) changes. Traditional approaches were well planned, structure and process focused, known solutions, and etc. While, new complex approaches to change focus on roles, patterns, and behaviors, small is beautiful, and reflect and see.

Learn how to dress and where the bathroom is

Classic Mitzi to provide perfect subtitles for my blog. Unfortunately boss lady would say "How's your PRP going? How's studying for comps going?" if she saw this blog.

Yeah, my face was exactly when I had to rethink my timeline in this program. Soon enough I will be learning how to dress and where the bathroom is. Just like I am learning that the coaching job would've been a nice thing to do as extra yet it wasn't dress code to this fast program. I will one day discover how everything works at my cringy 'Big Girl Job'. Yet, I feel like I a doing that in my life. In between old experiences, me, and who I vision for myself. What do I want? Is a question I have been struggling to answer. When Mitzi asked me those two questions from earlier it was so clear to me. I want to be in the community, meet people, give back, and blah blah but what I really want is to graduate in three years. So maybe that means not taking the Ruston High School softball assistant coach job (sad face, relieved face).

If we continue to trust in God, we will understand him better.

Life would be so simple if things were clear. Right now I wish my Multivariate was giving the overused word, parsimonious. Life's a balance. Trust the old things that have brought you to where you are yet understand how new things are complex and handled better (hopefully). What I love about the title is that through all the change, we are connected yet not tied down to what was. Changes don't always have to be so planned out. Maybe you don't have a solution right now. Much as how we all are learning the language of the job and programs we are currently in. We are learning the language of ourselves too. I am learning what I want. Through discovering the chaos of options, it all becomes less overwhelming.

Xoxo, in between old and new, edge of chaos, knowing what, and so dearly a 30th week PhD student (dirty thirty!)