Been here a month now. My doesn't how time fly! It can't really have been that already.

Seems as good a time as any to reflect on life for a moment. If I recall correctly I read a quote on the day I started here about the life not reflected on being wasted. I'll have to dig it out.

Looking back through some of my posts there seems to be just the possibility that they might be interpreted as a general dissatisfaction with having moved jobs. I don't think that was intended although perhaps I thought there'd be a bit more balance between the "oh, it's better here" or "oh, it was better there". Perhaps I've focussed too much on the TheOldPlace's positive aspects because I'm more familiar with them and they're being thrown into sharp relief here. There are positives here but they'll take longer to become so obvious or embedded in life.

On balance, I think all my reasons for wanting to move were correct and that as I settle in here more and more, I'm just getting 'used' to the place if not actively thinking work is a thrill a minute! (Does anyone really love their workplace - as opposed to certain aspects of their work or environment?)

A couple of things, of course, remain to happen here to really get a sense of the place. First the students returning; and second a full training diary. It is vaguely worrying that as I check our shared diary I only have a couple of sessions booked so far, but a colleague seems to have them coming out of his ears!

The one thing I think I really had underestimated was the extent to which TheOldPlace filled certain social parts of my life. Tied up with having some good friends there who I miss terribly - email just isn't the same. It leaves with me a kind of melancholy which has hit before for a few hours but is a bit more disturbing after days/weeks even. That and the new environment leaves me feeling much more 'aware' of my surroundings and experiences, perhaps much more introspective or reflective of life at present. Possibly no bad thing. But not something I'm used to.