Another interesting aspect of change is that it can bring some pretty unexpected things – things that you otherwise would take for granted.
For example, for nearly 14 years I worked every day on a Mac. I loved it. The Mac suits my way of thinking and is designed for the creative work that I do.
For-um-ever, The Boy has worked on a PC. It suits him – analytical and functional.
You might say that this is who we are by nature:
Then along comes change.
With that change came a PC at work for me. I feel completely out of whack while trying to design specialty pieces.
But I don’t feel nearly out of whack as The Boy, who sent me a text on his first day as Senior Accountant at a creative agency saying:
I am trying to figure out this Apple.
That’s right – he’s working on a Mac!
So, as I said, along comes change and what we’ve taken for granted gets all mixed up. Suddenly, the Hayleys look like this:
Full disclosure:
- All thanks to good friend JuJBe who pointed out that this is what was happening to us, and
- I laughed like an evil scientist when creating these mash-ups…on my PC.