Regular; NC because this is outing.
I'm starting a new job tomorrow and, although I know it's silly, I am really nervous. The place where I'll be working is a small family-owned plant nursery and they're excellent at what they do. I'm a keen gardener, and my brother's a professional gardener/landscaper, and we both really rate them. It's also a very beautiful place to work - there are birds that fly in and out of the building where the tills are, it's lovely.
I'm going to be earning minimum wage and I'm under no illusions that it won't be hard work, but I am feeling really nervous as I've given up on a career that I trained for for years, and which I gave up on rather reluctantly. When I could get secure work I earned a lot more in that job - not masses by MN standards, but easily three or four times what I'll earn here, plus a pension, and if I'd stayed in that job and made it (big if!) I'd have earned a fair bit more. I feel really relieved to have walked away, as it was really stressful and horrible. But a tiny bit of me is worried that I've made a huge mistake!