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Blink and the week has gone... again!

I've survived my first week! Of course it's flown by and I've hardly scratched the surface yet but the important thing at this stage is that the people I'm working with appear to be very nice, my team are engaged and up for change, and the office environment is good. Those are some of the key attributes that are hard to deal with if they aren't working and so are key to it being a good place to work. The commute this week has also been a huge improvement on what I was doing previously, even if I'm going to have to find those extra steps I got to and from the station previously somewhere else. On that front I worked out this week that Hyde Park is less than a 10 minute walk away, and immediately from the office you can get straight onto the canal and walk through Little Venice up towards Camden Lock or Maida Vale - very pleasant walking that will change with the seasons and weather given the water.

Blink and somehow it's Friday! I know from the past that if I don't finish a post on Sunday evening the week gets away from me but this has been a particularly busy week as I have had almost back to back intro meetings, as well as presenting to our Group Exec on Tuesday - no pressure on day 7 in a new role! It all went well and I got some good commentary so I will chalk that one up as a success.

The week has been a bit more hit and miss on the trains. I had marked out in my diary a hard stop on Thursday evenings in order to catch the 5:08 train and get to yoga. This worked perfectly last week but failed miserably this week with the train being 13 mins late leaving the station - not great but tight to make it. Unfortunately by the time we got to Newbury it was 27 mins late and I'd lost all hope of making the class. Doubly annoying as after such a busy week I really needed it.
Rather than get frustrated I decided to put the yoga mentality into practice, took some deep breaths and instead counted my blessings for all the things that have gone right. I went home and made the most of being back earlier than normal. I also reflected on the fact that 2 weeks in and travelling in and out of London most days, despite the hiccups I'm really noticing the 30 mins extra in bed and the shorter / easier commute time. I read somewhere that for an already active person more sleep is more beneficial than more exercise so I'm trying to put this into practice and not get fixated on the fact that I used to do more steps - now I get more sleep!

Overall it's busy, it's taking up alot of energy - metal and physical - but it's good. For the moment I'll bank that.

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