Lots of Change

My life is filled with change at the moment. My company has been merged with another larger company (our HR Dept has asked us to eschew the term "been bought by") . . . friendships, some of them quite close are dissolving before my eyes . . . moving forward in many ways with the family and our future . . . and even my own job is on the verge of changing drastically.

It's nice to note that among all the change there are still some things that don't change. Among the non-changer's in my life . . . NaNoWriMo (see here). Yep, it's National Novel Writing Month and it's nice to embrace the constancy of that event.

I've been working on a novel for the past year now. After suffering through Vapor Trail (see here), a novel that took three or four years to complete, but that finally came out and has been my most well written (see here), my fourth novel is turning out to be as much a marathon as my third novel. As much trouble as I was having with this fourth novel, NaNoWriMo has certainly helped me get over several hurdles.

So far I am on par for finishing the 50K words by the end of the month. I'm looking forward to writing the second 25K words as much or more than the first 25K. I usually work as a (seat of the) pantser, not a planner, but this novel is based on a short story I wrote almost fifteen years ago. I'd share it with you here, but then the mystery that is woven throughout the novel would be immediately ruined. I am thinking about including the short story at the end of the novel just so the reader can see a different perspective on the same story.

Nevertheless, back to change. Before the "merger" I made sure to read "Who Moved My Cheese" to try and get some perspective on change management. Change happens. It's nice to reminese on the Golden Moments in our lives but things never stay the same. It's nice to find consistency and constancy in our lives where possible to help overcome the challenges of change.

Onward to the next 25K.