Day One of a New Chapter

Today is the day. Today is literally the day. I have talked about this for months ago: a new chapter of my life. A fresh start. A new beginning. New people, new experiences, new places. The soundtrack is different, I have a shaved head, I'm fully single and free, and today is my first day at my new job.

Today is the start of a new chapter and, wow, this is what it feels like.

My day started off early. Since I slept around 11 p.m. last night, I was able to wake up at 7 a.m. feeling okay. I had my food from last night microwaved as my breakfast and I was starting to panic slightly as the clock was ticking past 8. I ate my food, got one of the best clothes I have, and I was thankful to have a rider accommodate my booking and we were off. This time, I'm going to a place I have never worked at before. I listened to hype songs throughout the trip, especially Crazy by Le Sserafim. I eventually arrived at the building and it was insane. I had never been here before and this beginning was starting to look up.

Eventually, I get to the office and get my new hire kit. I waited for orientation to start in a room with fellow new hires and the feeling was interesting. It felt like I had just transferred to a new school and I was put in a room with fellow transferees. This is exactly how my first day of college was. Everyone was new, this was their first time being here, and no one knew each other. I love this feeling and I'm just excited to be here. Eventually, orientation starts and we all get to know each other better.

In the afternoon, the orientation ended and we all got our company devices. I use the time to catch up with the people I've befriended today. The others just go home since the day was already over anyway. I booked a ride home and I just looked out at the window, for the most part. I am in pure disbelief that I had just gone through this day and things were just nice.

When I got home, I just didn't do anything and let it fully sink in. I also played with Milktea for a bit and then waited for my sister to arrive. We ordered take-out since it was my first day and we watched some episodes of Hell's Kitchen together. I also got to talk to a few friends, Naomi asked me about my first day and I'm still glad I got to give updates to my friends in Dicey Memes. I also talked to Max today, which is always nice. At the end, I got to talk to Mom and my sister as well about our goal by the end of the year.

All in all, I'm personally glad to have this new start. I keep circling back to this song because it says that life and the show goes on. I thought, back then, that leaving everything behind would herald the end of my life and it'd go bad or something. To be fair, it did end my life. It ended that chapter of my life. But honestly, no. I'm still here. I'm still moving forward. And I have my full attention and energy into this. No distractions, nothing holding me back. And I'm ready to face whatever set of challenges this new chapter of my life brings.