Change is a new laptop. Transition is learning how to use it.

With that new laptop, I am:

• Thrilled by possibilities of things I can do with it.
• Excited by the size of its memory and the new programs.
• Stimulated by the idea of working on things in ways that I have never tried before.

However, I am also:

• Fearful and uncertain of how to use all the features, like the fact I can flip the screen down and make it work like a tablet.
• Anxious and worried that I will not figure everything out before the next time I have the laptop with me in a meeting or a training session.

I must:

• Give up something to get something. I gave up the old familiar laptop.
• Unlearn what I knew about the old familiar programs and adjust to things that are very different.
• Temporarily give up my cushion of comfort.