NORTHERN PLANNER

So it’s a matter of weeks until I move jobs. I’m in that funny limbo period when I’m mentally half out the door. But there’s still work to be done.

Some of the stuff I’m working on will be finished by another person, but I’m glad I’ll get to see one or two things through. It’s nice to want to care.

You also notice things more when you’re about to leave a place. Some things seem far more special than they have done for a while……and you get less patient with little niggles too.

And of course, after the initial euphoria, as the day draws closer, reality sets in, and a few nerves. There’s the ‘Will I be good enough?’ worries of course – which is good. Fear raises your game.

No, it’s the ‘What will it be like?’ questions that creep into the front of my brain. Gossip is the social glue the keeps organisations together. I won’t be a part of that at first. And there are all sorts of unwritten rules in offices that you learn through osmosis. That will take time.

And what will people think of me? I’m usually the shy person in the corner of the room that no one notices. Will they get that I’m a wallflower? What are they expecting?

So I’ll keep my head down, keep my mouth shut and listen and learn as I go along.