My husband and one of my children love tradition and for things to stay the same.  I, on the other hand, love change,  I like to shake up the status quo to see if it make me think differently.  I like to create annual customs instead of repeating the same thing as last year.  But, if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that my desire to shift things about really stresses other people out. 

Changes in the workplace — even small ones — seem to create drama.  Last week, i suggested to some colleagues that we could track their work better so that they could better understand where critical resources were being spent.  One person thought that was great - two others thought I had clearly lost my mind.  So we made some little changes — for now — because the big changes were just too much for them to handle.

Changes to team dynamics are fascinating to watch.  Just watch the politics when a new player is added to a sports team — or a new colleague joins the workplace — or a new pet joins the family (the hamster/guinea pig dynamics are something to behold).

Never mind if you try and switch up the holiday plans.  I really wanted to go somewhere warm for Thanksgiving…okay Christmas…New Year’s?  You guessed it, none of the above.  The little one would have none of it.  Who would cook the turkey? Where would Santa drop the gifts?  Where would we light the menorah?  The stress was too much to bear.

So, rather than stress anyone out, each year I indulge my need for change with new hair.  This year, a backward look at what I think is my original color (hard to say as it’s been a while since I’ve seen it).  While I resolve to try and keep other’s stress to a minimum in the new year, I still have to indulge my need for change and wish everyone out there a Happy New Hair!