🐶 Fun Friday with Snickerdoodle: Who Moved My... Stuff?

Hi hooman friends,

It’s me, Snickerdoodle, your Chief Wellness Officer, back with another tail-wagging truth for Fun Friday.

Let’s talk about… dog doody and change.

Yep. You heard me. Every week, a very suspicious crew shows up at my yard and TAKES. MY. STUFF.

Not just any stuff. 𝘔𝘺 stuff. The stuff I carefully curated and deposited with intention. I worked hard for that! And every week, poof, gone.

And let me tell you, I 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 barking at them. It’s personal.

Strangely, I don’t react this way to the mailman or the Amazon driver. Or even the neighbor’s cat.

But those Doody Be Gone people? They’re 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 cheese in a big way.

Here’s what I’ve realized: sometimes, we get attached to what we leave behind, even when it’s no longer serving us (gross, but true). When someone comes to clean things up, make things better, or shift the environment, it feels like loss. Or threat. Or disrespect.

But really? It’s growth.

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲:

When change happens, especially when it involves “moving” things people feel 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 over such as old processes, projects, routines, or even unspoken norms, expect some barking. Maybe even some growling.

It’s not always about what’s being removed. It’s about what it 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.

So next time your team resists a cleanup, a reset, or a shift, don’t just bulldoze through.

𝗣𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲. 𝗔𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀. 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆.

I may never stop barking at the Doody crew. But I’m learning that maybe, just maybe, they’re helping me create space for something better.

Tail wags and cheese snacks,

𝗦𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗲

Chief Wellness Officer | SRJ Collaborative

“𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘺... 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧.”