I've become even more convinced that change, including positive change, is personal. I've been fortunate these last few months to be engaged leading the strategic planning process for an out-of-town higher education institution, coupled with additional teaching loads as adjunct faculty for two universities. Much of the work has called for adapting to new and different organizational cultures, perspectives, methodologies and technologies (including some technology idiosyncracies!) Increased work loads coupled with steep learning curves called for altering my personal schedule and routines, which of course impacted other arenas of life and work as priorities were rearranged. As luck would have it, my increased teaching responsibilities included teaching a graduate course in Change Management, affording me opportunities to reflect on my change journey the last few months. Let me share some of what I've learned and some observations: