Today was the first day of a new contract, and it felt quite dismal. This is for the contract for which I was interviewed without realising it about a month ago. For one, it’s a far more corporate setup than I was prepared for (though I should have been), with corporate email address, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, the whole lot. And remote 9 to 5 availability, which I am struggling with in the way that the rest of the white collar world struggled with last year when they were sent home for the pandemic. In the afternoon I had a meeting with a couple of colleagues and tried to find out what I should work on, with few results. The 40 minute meeting was a series of ‘well, you could this’ swiftly followed by an explanation why I couldn’t. Well, I’ve planned to set up some more meetings in the next day or two and hopefully will find something to do soon.
I have discovered the muscles I strained through inept squats a few days ago. Hip flexors.
Also, I am not, it turns out, a fan of the working life.