Practicing off the mat
Today, at work and along with my team, I was moved from the 5th floor, to the 3rd floor. This sucked on so many levels, but most of all, it sucked because on the 5th floor, I was in a secluded cubicle with a lot of privacy. No one walking by could see what I was working on or look at my computer screen. Now, on the 3rd floor, I am in one of the busiest hallways, with no privacy, and directly in front of my boss’ boss’ boss’ (that’s three levels up) office. Jeez, what a turnaround.
So, I spent all of last week and most of this morning all pissy about it. The injustice of it all! But, you know what? I was making only myself miserable. No one else cared, and no one else was impacted. There was nothing I could do about it. No matter how miserable I made myself, nothing was going to change. Clearly, this was not helping.
The realization came to me that I had to accept and embrace this change in my work life. I had to ease into my new surroundings, instead of trying to hold them at bay. I just had to breathe, easily, calmly, without rejection. With an open mind, and see what happens. It was very much like being in a difficult pose for the first time. You tense up, you frown and get your yoga face on, and the pose becomes much more difficult. Instead, relax, breathe into the pose. Embrace change. The challenge becomes much easier and you accomplish more.
That’s how the rest of today has been so far. I’ve accomplished more work today than I have in a long time. And the day has flown by. The best part: I took what I learned on the mat and applied it to my life off the mat. I feel so good about that. Now, if I can only do that more often 
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