However you describe this moment in time for you in terms of change, clearly, you've got some changes going on. And change does stuff to us. Dealing with change is very difficult, especially difficult at times of overwhelming change. But change, sometimes even the most positive change that we think is going to be a great deal can be hard. So what I'd like to do is explore what is it the change does to us? And how can we deal with these storms of change?

I'd like you to find this worksheet. How is change impacting you? And this is a great conversation. So what I'd like to do is if you can find one other person, or maybe even your whole workgroup could have a conversation sharing some of these ideas. What are you noticing how is change impacting you right now on any of these dimensions physical, social, vocational, spiritual, psychological, intellectual, emotional array. Anything else you might consider.

So simply push pause and have a conversation or make some notes to yourself, how is change impacting me right now socially? How was change impacting me emotionally? So take a moment. And let's see what you came up with. Here are just a few of the very classic signs of how change impacts us as people in each of these categories. So let's start with physical for example, you may find yourself worn out and physically tired, you may have put on some weight, your immune system may be running low and you've got an ongoing flu or cold that you can't shake.

Maybe on an emotional level, if we go counterclockwise around the will be cranky all the time. You might be more impatient here. Perhaps scared sometimes, and maybe you haven't laughed in a long time. intellectually, you may find yourself unable to concentrate or you can't remember even shortcut things. You might be really fired up because you are learning things right now and lots of it and you love that intellectual stimulation. Psychologically, you might find your sense of self esteem rate, very low right now, you might be questioning your own competency and an other category and you can put anything you like.

And you may find that you've noticed your stop saving money, you've been burning through a lot of cash, like maybe you're not taking your holidays, spiritually might feel lost and overwhelmed. You may be questioning many of the things that you've taken for granted on the spiritual level, you might find yourself hating coming to work and you might find yourself just simply working far too hard. And when it comes to social it might be holy cow, what social life I haven't seen my friends forever, it seems like you have no downtime. So those would be some natural, normal impacts. And if nothing else that comes out of this. I'd like you to know first of all in the conversation that you've had, perhaps with your colleagues or Even if you've just done this on your own, all of this stuff is perfectly normal and natural.

You are not going crazy, you're not losing it. And you're not alone. This is the very classic signs of how change is impacting us. Now, given all of that, you're still obviously functioning at a very high level. How are you doing that? What are you doing to take care of yourself?

I'd like you to then make a list of some things that you could actually point to whether you're cognizant of it and have done it intentionally or it's just good management on your part. You haven't really thought about it, but you're finding you're doing some things to take good care of yourself. Again, physically, socially, vocationally, spiritually, whatever it might be. So again, push pause, take a moment and take stock. How are you taking care of yourself right now? Here's some ideas.

Let's start with physical again. physical wellness is all built around three dimensions, what are you putting into your system, how much output and rest. So input is all about eating properly drinking lots of water, and healthy and nutritious food output is about. Without taking it to an extreme, you don't have to become a triathlete. But let's make sure we're doing something physical each day. strength, flexibility, breath, those kinds of things.

And let's make sure we're getting a good rest. Socially. How can we take care of ourselves? Maybe it's being very intentional to stay connected with old friends, whether it's old, five, or six or seven or eight or 10 friends, or your own best friend, staying connected to a support group around you. Perhaps you might find you're doing too much of that and it's over stressing you you might find it's important to find a few moments of quiet time alone. Vocational wellness is if you can tell whether you're in good shape vocationally by simply answering this question with the affirmative.

Would you apply for your current job right now? And if the answer is yes, then you're probably in pretty good shape. But occasionally, if the answer is no, the question then is, why are you still there? So it's really helpful even if you answer yes, that I would apply for my current job and this is a good place. It's really important these days to have a resume and a network up to date. Continually staying connected with what's coming in going in terms of jobs and opportunities and careers in your field.

And it also might serve you well to ease up on some of the overtime hours and and essentially work within your means, if you will, all of those things are helpful around being vocationally in good shape. From a spiritual perspective, as any number of things that can be done, could be journaling could be simply meditating. It could be spending time In spiritual places where, whether that's in a mosque, or a church, on a prayer rug, or wherever it might be spiritual wellness connected to something beyond your own ego in your own skin. From another category, perhaps it's time to commit to start saving again. Or maybe it's stopped banking time and take your holidays. from a psychological perspective, continually staying in touch with things that you are good at.

Often change, especially major change in organizations can put us in a situation where we're constantly having to do things, learn new things, and we lose track of the fact that we may never be able to get this new system of money. But there are still some things that we are good at. Also surround yourself with people who love you, in spite of the fact it feels like you're half off your rocker these days. So a good support network. Again, that critical connection between social and psychological can be very helpful. intellectually, maybe there's some things that you can learn.

Maybe you can ask for help. from people in your organization or people in your social circle, maybe you can also lower the bar on expectations and take it easy on ourselves for the next little while, relative to our intellectual output. From an emotional perspective, taking care of herself is really all about an emotional wellness is, is simply the ability to stay in touch with and find ways to express the myriad of emotions that will flow through us on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly basis. So if it's time to cry, cry, so if it's time to get angry, find ways to get the hang around. If it's if it's been a long time since you've laughed, watch a funny movie. I mean, something that will help us deal with emotional impacts of all of these changes.

So what are you doing to take care of yourself?