Personal: The Best Kind of Tired

So, there is no new actual content today because I started my first ever full time job this time last week.

Won’t go into too much detail (partially for conciseness, partially to avoid potential contract violations by saying too much) but I’m working in functional Quality Assurance (QA) testing for Codemasters. After some difficulty during induction and getting things set up, I was able to properly get into the groove of things and really enjoy my working days.

However, I have gone from being a layabout NEET who writes on impulse to a 40 hour work week, and that has very much acted as a shock to my system in the best way possible. I’m reliably getting up at regular times, I feel accomplished at the end of the day as I start to relax, I’m drinking more water at work which is doing wonders for my skin and system as opposed to the energy drink cocktails I was downing before.

But also, when I’ve been clocking off at the end of the day this week I’ve been so worn out that my creative juices just aren’t flowing, and I’ve preferred to spend my time chilling with a hot drink and a couple of films. Not to say I don’t have content ideas planned, it’s just very difficult to clock out of work and attempt to write the kind of content I want to write.

I’ll be doing my best to keep to my schedule of posting every Monday at 9:30am GMT, but the kind of content that will be outputted is going to vary drastically for about a month or so.

Once I’m fully settled into my routine though, the personal satisfaction I now have from my job will inspire me to greater heights.