This Monday, I start a new job. It will be at a better company, with better pay, more opportunity for advancement and learning and hopefully a LOT more professional.

I just thought it was time for a change for myself personally and for my career. This time had come and the change had to be done.

Before starting the new job, I have a couple of days off and I immediately noticed something the NIGHT that I arrived home from my last day. There was an immediate calmness that came over me. The usual anxiety and nervousness was gone. The anticipation, dread and loathing of the next day was gone. To myself I thought, “Why is that? Why do I suddenly feel this way? I left a job I was comfortable in, going to a new one where I will be doing new things, I’ll be the “new guy”…Why am I so calm?”

The only reason for feeling this way could be that knowing there would be five days without a commute was subconsciously calming and liberating. Could this be true? Do other people feel that way? Is this something that is real? 

Is it possible to dread your commute more than your job? Judging by the way I feel the last few days, I am starting to think that is 100% true.

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