Returning to the office is not a return to our old habits!

We are now different persons, we might learnt some things, we might developed new skills, we might found we care different things, people, situations, new passions and lifestyle, new ways of being and relate to others, to collaborate vs the ones we used to be before pandemic.

The brain, once panic getting into an uncertain, complex and out of proportion situation back in early 2020, has found a new normal, a new comfort zone at home office, so, as we get closer to back into the office physically, the brain starts ringing red alarm bells seeing a new challenge upfront, and torture ourselves over the situation, again uncertain, complex as we might come up with hybrid new schemes and we still have health challenge since we, globally aren´t out of the pandemic completely, actually, new variances arise every day, and we still in the storm, trying to catch all challenges to feel save and certain again.

We really cannot deny uncertain is the new normal, and the challenge is not about hold on to our certainties but embrace uncertain and create together our new reality, learning how to navigate into an uncertain world, which will continue this way, like it or not, and design our world, our future our new way of enjoying life.

We do lots of scenarios planning, list pros and cons, agonize over ifs and buts. When it gets too confusing, our mind distract ourselves so we don’t have to feel the anxiety about change coming up again.  We even fool ourselves into thinking that where we are is perfectly fine, and we don’t need to make a change at all. In doing all this, we keep ourselves trapped.