What a week can bring?

 Wow, I have just taken a breath and realized how fast a week can fly.  I was supposed to be missing class tonight and tomorrow.  At work, we were doing an upgrade starting this evening but late last week the upgrade version was withdrawn and the recommendation from our vendor was to not proceed.  My upgrade was occurring in conjunction with another large application upgrade so the amount of preparation, testing, communication, etc. that was needed was massive and to have that all be stopped at a moments notice was daunting.  But within 24 hours my team and I were able to get everything in place to make sure that we did not impact the other upgrade that is still proceeding tonight. Now I need to fit the new upgrade/fix into the summer so we don't impact the testing required for the next round of implementations.  But hey, at least I will be in class today and tomorrow.  😂

This upgrade was a 3 version application upgrade with a number of hardware changes also required.  Changes to physical servers, operating systems on servers, net new authentication servers, and so on.  (I know that this does not mean much to most people but it emphasized how much change was occurring with this upgrade).  You never change multiple things at a time unless you absolutely need to as you compound your risk with each change that your do.

So this week passed in a blur but it was not unmanageable, it was actually very manageable.  That was all due to being organized, having a positive attitude, everyone knowing what jobs they needed to do, working together and being prepared for situations.  The biggest things that helped this week was the affirmation challenge I had put out to the team.  The notes around my house helped me instantly ground and regroup and I needed that many times during the day.

My upgrade was also at the back of my mind on Monday's class when we were going through our forms.  Especially the "don't make too many changes at one time".  This is pertinent in Kung Fu as well as my upgrade.  If you make too many changes it increases your risk of issues occurring and potential failure.  Then you can become paralyzed by not knowing where to start or you can jump all over the place trying to fix things her and there, missing how all these pieces fit together giving you the end product.

At work I can easily section out pieces of the project and know what needs to be done so it connects in with another piece, having many pieces being worked on at once.  I realize now that I have not been taking this approach with my Kung Fu forms.  I section out the beginning of the form and work on that and then add to it.  I don't break apart each section and focus on those individually and then tie them together to create the end product.  I am really excited to try this approach but why does it take so long to figure some of these things out?  

This whole week really showed me how Kung Fu has been integrating into all aspects of my life in a positive way.   When you approach issues logically and with a good attitude, you can conquer anything.

See you on the mats!!!