Dear all,

This is my last contribution to the Director’s corner on my last official day as an employee of TASK. It is time to say goodbye! I have to say goodbye to you because for me it is time for a change after 8 years. Change is good and it is necessary but change is also scary and creates anxiety. As much as I think routine is a good thing, I don’t necessarily believe in comfort zones. Nothing exciting happens in comfort zones as they say and we have all been pulled out of our comfort zones recently. TASK is changing but TASK has always been changing and often change leads to something exciting, hopefully this time, too. My former boss in Germany always said “Work doesn’t have to be fun all the time” and he was right. It should be fun most of the time though. For me work at TASK was fun most of the time. I sincerely hope that when things have settled, everyone of you will be okay and work will be fun again most of the time for you, too.

If it wasn’t for the great team, my job would not have been half as good and I want to thank all of you. Those who I only briefly met or didn’t even meet personally, those who I got to know better or really well and those of you who have become friends over the years. I won’t have the opportunity to say goodbye to every single one of you but I want to say thank you to those who have shown their appreciation on my last day at the office a month ago. That meant a lot.

Wherever I will go, Cape Town is my second, if not my first home and I will be coming back for sure. I hope to see at least some of you again in the future. I wish all of you all the best!

Thank you, baie dankie, enkosi!

Florian