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Changing Orbit

Method

How we are approaching change

Big changes can feel sudden from the outside. Ours have not been. We have spent a lot of time noticing what no longer fits, questioning assumptions, imagining alternatives, preparing, making the change, and then adjusting again once real life shows up.

We call those stages Recognize, Reassess, Reimagine, Prepare, Change, and Recalibrate. They are not a rigid formula; they are the way we keep ourselves deliberate when it would be easier to drift.

The Changing Orbit Method showing six stages moving from an old center of gravity through a planned transition into a new center of gravity.

  1. Stage 1

    Recognize

    Notice the tension and begin questioning whether the future should resemble the past.

  2. Stage 2

    Reassess

    Actively examine work, location, time, relationships, health, purpose, retirement, priorities, lifestyle, and identity.

  3. Stage 3

    Reimagine

    Ask what could be built rather than focusing only on what might be left behind.

  4. Stage 4

    Prepare

    Take concrete steps: financial changes, career decisions, downsizing, health changes, planning, spouse conversations, business building, and experiments.

  5. Stage 5

    Change

    Make the substantive move or redesign.

  6. Stage 6

    Recalibrate

    Adapt routines, relationships, identity, purpose, and expectations after the change.

The stages describe how we move. The Pillars describe what we want more of in the life we are moving toward.