And... What's next? Managing through change

As I look at my current timeline I see an inflexion point in September as the kids will (hopefully) resume some sort of school routine and companies will (hopefully again) start looking at growth. So, some of the ideas for projects for this period until september: Finish MBA Intensive learning German Write a book for kids from the story of the French Opa Write a book about my grand-parents? Spend planned time with the kids; make it memorable! Study psicology? Study herbs? Learn how to write a book Sew pants & pj's for the kids How can I become a certified coach? Intel? Vegetable garden Work on my CV & LinkedIn profiles Explore location alternatives to Munich/Germany for the future Read at least 1 book a month... start a book club? Learn bricolage... build a coat hanger & a shoe rack or an structure for the balcony/garden... a canopy? Make my own cosmetics Become more plastic-free (find more alternatives to plastic goods) Other creative projects......

It's funny, I just read one of the last posts in this blog... it was about the thought process to go/no go for an MBA in the mist of potential job los. And here I am, a year later and with an EMBA almost in my pocket! Today I signed the separation offer from Intel; like all good-byes, it's bitter-sweet... Bitter for the end of something that has tought me so much, that has formed me as profesional and as the person I am today. Bitter for the current situation with the pandemic and the economic crisis ensuing that will make it so much harder to find a new opportunity in a world where there will be much more people looking for one Sweet because it's the end of "hanging by a thread" nausating feeling... I had searched and kept hope until the "quite sure" opportunity that I had with the connected division. That opportunity jumped out the window towards the end of January amidst rumours of another Intel sale of business (which was finally announced a mo...