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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[I hadn&#39;t had a First Day at Work for 11 years, to the day. There&#39;s a lot to worry about, for a born worrier like me...&#xA;&#xA;a data-flickr-embed=&#34;true&#34; href=&#34;https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/52649120347/in/dateposted/&#34; title=&#34;don&amp;#x27;t panic&#34;img src=&#34;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52649120347461f260abcz.jpg&#34; width=&#34;640&#34; height=&#34;640&#34; alt=&#34;don&amp;#x27;t panic&#34;/ascript async src=&#34;//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js&#34; charset=&#34;utf-8&#34;/script&#xA;&#xA;...but things turned out just fine in the end. Lovely people, familiar problems, and a mix of familiar and novel solutions from prior folks that my new colleagues were now dealing with the consequences of.&#xA;&#xA;a data-flickr-embed=&#34;true&#34; data-header=&#34;true&#34; data-footer=&#34;true&#34; href=&#34;https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/52649615121/in/dateposted/&#34; title=&#34;the first day&#34;img src=&#34;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52649615121d38f145f12z.jpg&#34; width=&#34;640&#34; height=&#34;640&#34; alt=&#34;the first day&#34;/ascript async src=&#34;//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js&#34; charset=&#34;utf-8&#34;/script&#xA;&#xA;Can I help? Yeah. I think I can. Not overnight, but all in good time.&#xA;&#xA;I want to bottle this feeling because I know that over time I&#39;ll feel heavier with context and angles and responsibility, but right now I appreciate the lightness of feeling that comes with finishing a day, comfortable with not knowing.&#xA;&#xA;a data-flickr-embed=&#34;true&#34; data-header=&#34;true&#34; data-footer=&#34;true&#34; href=&#34;https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/52649884289/in/dateposted/&#34; title=&#34;warm evenings&#34;img src=&#34;https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52649884289727114a53ez.jpg&#34; width=&#34;640&#34; height=&#34;640&#34; alt=&#34;warm evenings&#34;/ascript async src=&#34;//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js&#34; charset=&#34;utf-8&#34;/script&#xA;&#xA;#work #NewYear #FirstDay&#xA;&#xA;Now Playing:&#xA;Spiritualized - Do it all over again&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p class=&#34;sig&#34;This was a post from a href=&#34;https://andrew.j.cosgriff.name/&#34;Cos/a./p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;p class=&#34;sig&#34;You can follow this blog on the Fediverse at code@cos@apintandaparma.club/code or a href=&#34;https://apintandaparma.club/cos/feed&#34;subscribe in your RSS reader/a./p&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hadn&#39;t had a First Day at Work for 11 years, to the day. There&#39;s a lot to worry about, for a born worrier like me...</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/52649120347/in/dateposted/" title="don&#39;t panic" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52649120347_461f260abc_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt="don&#39;t panic"></a></p>

<p>...but things turned out just fine in the end. Lovely people, familiar problems, and a mix of familiar and novel solutions from prior folks that my new colleagues were now dealing with the consequences of.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/52649615121/in/dateposted/" title="the first day" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52649615121_d38f145f12_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt="the first day"></a></p>

<p>Can I help? Yeah. <em>I think I can</em>. Not overnight, but all in good time.</p>

<p>I want to bottle this feeling because I know that over time I&#39;ll feel heavier with context and angles and responsibility, but right now I appreciate the lightness of feeling that comes with finishing a day, comfortable with <em>not knowing</em>.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lonelyradio/52649884289/in/dateposted/" title="warm evenings" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52649884289_727114a53e_z.jpg" width="640" height="640" alt="warm evenings"></a></p>

<p><a href="/cos/tag:work" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">work</span></a> <a href="/cos/tag:NewYear" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">NewYear</span></a> <a href="/cos/tag:FirstDay" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">FirstDay</span></a></p>

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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 06:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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