We are operating in temporary quarters, so our traffic flow has never been ideal. Adding two more desks complicated things just a tad. The change has been hard for all four of us. No one has a comfy nest anymore, and none of us really know how to make it all work. And we are all making compromises like not going to the bathroom until we absolutely must so we don't interrupt the person beside us who has to scoot in her chair and squish under her desk a little to let me pass.
So, we decided to innovate. We moved, sorted, compressed, consolidated and came up with a whole new floor plan. And the most amazing thing happened for me. My desk is in a much better position to receive patients when they walk in the door. By moving out of the comfort zone I've occupied for nearly four years, I found myself closer to the people and better able to serve.
I think that is pretty much the way it always goes with comfort zones. Once we leave them, we find a new and better world. (Plus, I'm right beside the bathroom now.)
I love this. Can you believe it? Me loving an admonition to get outside my comfort zone? I think it's because I haven't actually been comfortable in a long time. I'm pretty comfortable in the work-at-home zone though, and still, I feel really ready for a change there if necessary. I'd be farther from the bathroom but definitely closer to people. :)
ReplyDelete"Plus I'm right beside the bathroom now"! I love it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to say it: that a new and better world is just outside our comfort zone. Why does it seem so scary? Once we jump in, the water's fine.
Just reading a few of your blogs when I should be working. This one struck me as this is my last week in 'my comfort zone' of 9 years working from my home. Next week I leave it and go back in the office with real people - I just hope to find a new and better world - and there better be a bathroom close, ha! The saga continues....
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