Learn to Detach

"Detachment is an art of enjoying something while always being open to the possibility of losing it someday." John B. Bejo

I just got the talk last week at work about taking on another role at the command. I have a unique position in maintaining our hospital's accreditation compliance. It involves a lot of reading, communicating, collaborating, and selling and persuading the vision and mission of our command. The work is not always pretty because it involves being at the friction point of contentions, which sometimes weighs me down emotionally. Although, I love digging into the root of issues and helping make processes more efficient.

As a patient, I truly hate being a patient at my hospital because many quirks in our patients' touchpoints could be more pleasant but somewhat inaccurate and time-wasting. In my current role, I'm in a position where I can promote change and help increase our patients' healthcare experience.

Fun backstory about my work, huh!? I love my job because I hate being a patient there.

Anywho, I may be assigned to another section that needs my specific skills. As much as I don't want to change, God sets our path for a reason, and this change might be good for my mental health.

My work is not yet complete in my current position, and I have drafted the future schedule with the initiatives we need to launch. In reality, the job was temporary to help prepare the command for our Joint Commission Survey, which concluded a few months ago with excellent results.

I am struggling with the transition and cutting ties from my current department. I've been in the military for 19 years, and it is always hard to change course, especially if I'm in the midst of a project.

Moving forward, I will accept the new plan and make sure that I create a plan with the transition to ensure my current department can sustain our gains. I want to make sure my commitments are manageable, but I'll make sure I am still available to my team to keep the bridge intact with the Quality Management initiatives and the uniformed personnel. We didn't work this hard just to let it fall apart.

Of course, other manning factors make it the wrong time to leave the department, but there is a gigantic shift of roles in the command so our organization can continue to support big Navy missions. I am a Navy Chief, and I go where I am needed. I need to learn to detach. But detach in a tactful sequence to ensure things are smooth with my departure.

Train your replacements!