Work

On Friday I was offered and accepted a new job with a medical clinic in downtown Austin. They are even going to pay me more than what I was asking for, which is always great. I start working & training on Monday morning.

I am very excited and relieved by this development. Immediately makes me feel more like a real, adult human being again. The plan is to just keep living like I have been while out of work which means living on next to nothing money wise, at least for the first few months so I can put most of money toward aggressively paying down what debt I have. Then I can move on to saving for/buying a car and looking for my own place to live again. Baby steps for sure. Won't happen overnight, but I am finally fucking able to take a step instead of retreating backwards.

Going to have a heckuva commute for a while but that just means I can listen to podcasts while stuck in traffic on the way to and coming home from work. I don't have much anxiety about adjusting to the new job, at least in so far as my ability to do the work well. But I am nervous about new and plentiful social interactions among co-workers. That will take longer for me to feel comfortable with. Another silver lining is that in three months I will have health insurance again and will be able to afford the prescription anxiety medication that I function better with.