Saturday, March 29, 2003
Change -
You know change can be a scarey thing - I am looking at possibly changing ALOT in my life and man I am scared.... but then there are things that might change but are minor when you look at the whole picture - take the internet message board I monitor.... They recently changed the format and everyone seems to really dislike it... ok it's not what we were used to but we will adjust.. and if you look at it w/an open mind it's not that bad really... I have been a leader on the board for gee almost 2.5 yrs now I guess... it's probably more then that but I can't remember, anyway... I have done my best to guide the board - bring new and fun things to it and keep everyone interested... Granted my home life has interferred alot the past 9 months but I still do my best to give it everything I can... then the format changed... *sigh* Ok I will learn to live w/it, eventually - not the first change there, chat used to be so slow and antiquated then they moved over to "live, real time chat" and while we all balked at first we survived... But instead of giving things a chance a few of the girls created a "new" board that is similar to the old look of the 1st one... While I understand the girls want to keep what's familiar/comfortable and have a need to stay in touch w/their friends why not give the new look of "home" a chance... So many things are similar to what the "new" place offers - new posts are on top, you can arrange so that only unread messages show, etc... Without stepping down as a leader of the 1st board I can't in good conscience participate in the "new" one and I am sad about this since I see that so many of my "friends" have started to post there... I just feel a little betrayed by my friends that so quickly jumped ship and did so before really talking to me about it or even giving the new look a chance - it's like they are being traitors to what was so comfortable to many and even a bit backstabbing to me and my co-leader... *sigh* I am rambling I know, I am just in a very blue mood today.... I know my friends are still around, easy to find when I want them but just like they feel uprooted by the format change I feel wrung out by the exodus from the board.... Well it's just my feelings and thoughts anyway... My friends are still my friends and I am sure they understand my feelings and the fact I just needed to get them out... Well it's off to finish dishes... Til next time...
You know change can be a scarey thing - I am looking at possibly changing ALOT in my life and man I am scared.... but then there are things that might change but are minor when you look at the whole picture - take the internet message board I monitor.... They recently changed the format and everyone seems to really dislike it... ok it's not what we were used to but we will adjust.. and if you look at it w/an open mind it's not that bad really... I have been a leader on the board for gee almost 2.5 yrs now I guess... it's probably more then that but I can't remember, anyway... I have done my best to guide the board - bring new and fun things to it and keep everyone interested... Granted my home life has interferred alot the past 9 months but I still do my best to give it everything I can... then the format changed... *sigh* Ok I will learn to live w/it, eventually - not the first change there, chat used to be so slow and antiquated then they moved over to "live, real time chat" and while we all balked at first we survived... But instead of giving things a chance a few of the girls created a "new" board that is similar to the old look of the 1st one... While I understand the girls want to keep what's familiar/comfortable and have a need to stay in touch w/their friends why not give the new look of "home" a chance... So many things are similar to what the "new" place offers - new posts are on top, you can arrange so that only unread messages show, etc... Without stepping down as a leader of the 1st board I can't in good conscience participate in the "new" one and I am sad about this since I see that so many of my "friends" have started to post there... I just feel a little betrayed by my friends that so quickly jumped ship and did so before really talking to me about it or even giving the new look a chance - it's like they are being traitors to what was so comfortable to many and even a bit backstabbing to me and my co-leader... *sigh* I am rambling I know, I am just in a very blue mood today.... I know my friends are still around, easy to find when I want them but just like they feel uprooted by the format change I feel wrung out by the exodus from the board.... Well it's just my feelings and thoughts anyway... My friends are still my friends and I am sure they understand my feelings and the fact I just needed to get them out... Well it's off to finish dishes... Til next time...
