I have not forgotten about the blog. It is just that I am not having enough time to write. I promise I will write a detailed post about my first three months working at the company in this very nice city. Today I will just make a brief summary.
I feel extremely happy living here. I do not remember last time I felt like this, honestly. It is this wonderful feeling of coming to a new place that you did not know before, where you did not know anyone, and starting to build up a new life. It is the feeling of discovery, of challenge, of having nothing to loose. I know that for some people the beginning of a new life is hard (that is what it is usually said and what I was expecting when my plane landed). But it has been totally the opposite. I have even made some friends already and I am trying hard to improve my language skills in order to favour my integration. I am loving this small city that has greeted me with arms open.
At work everything is very different from my previous lab. Not only because I am not working inside a lab, but because working at a company has nothing to do with working at a public research institute. Some things are better than others, but altogether, I am learning a lot and I still do not regret my decision.
I am enjoying this experience.
Deciding to leave Academia 