{"id":4356,"date":"2023-10-09T12:14:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T12:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=4356"},"modified":"2023-10-09T12:38:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T12:38:02","slug":"the-start-of-a-whole-new-chapter-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=4356","title":{"rendered":"The start of a whole new chapter: Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is an exciting day. It’s the first Monday of the first week in which I am full-time in my new business. Maren Deepwell Coaching & Consultancy<\/strong> is now fully underway. Woohooo!<\/p>\n\n\n

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It’s been a long time coming, and I didn’t really know what to expect from today. It feels a little strange not to return to the familiar busy inbox and long-time colleagues after returning from a two week holiday. Instead I sit at the same desk, in the same room, but in the unfamiliar virtual HQ of my new venture. It does feel strange and also thrilling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I have had months to wait, plan and prepare for this day, I have intentionally made a schedule for my first day and my first week on the job. The purpose is to provide a structure within which I can start to establish my new workflows, processes and routines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, the structure I put in place needs to flex in response to the demands of the new projects and clients I get to work with, that was clear to me from the outset. That said, one of the reasons why I set out to work on a free-lance basis is that I get to have a lot more control over what my days look like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday mornings are not my favourite time of the week, and used to be taken up with a lot of catching up with emails, staffing matters, meetings and so forth. When I sat down to decide what my ‘ideal’ start to the week would look like I had to pause and think. After decades of not having much choice, suddenly having all options open felt a little daunting. Quickly I realised that what I really want to start the week with is time to think. To use the energy, focus and creativity I have early in the day to work on things that require some vision and some uninterrupted time to think. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, my schedule for first thing Monday morning now reads: thinking time<\/strong>. And it feels awesome to have such a start to the week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today was my first morning of thinking about things, and I am quite pleased with how it went. I use Asana to plan and organise my work, and I set up a weekly task for Monday mornings, so I can keep a running list of anything that I need to work on or think about. Today’s list included writing a strategy document for the remainder of this year, to update my business plan for Q3, and to think about my financial strategy and reporting. Plus, blogging my first day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our day at home started early today, so I was at my desk first thing, with a blank screen in front of me, ready for ‘thinking time’. It’s a bit odd to change jobs as a home-worker, as you don’t have a lot of physical changes to help you make a transition like this: No new commute, new office, new desk or coffee with new colleagues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, I made efforts to change my digital set up and create a new workspace for myself: a new desktop, a new desktop organiser, new tools like a new email client, calendar and so forth, as well as nice filing structures etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with Canva and Asana, I made good progress on the strategic tasks for the day, updating various plans and actions, scheduling tasks and thinking through what I would need to do to achieve my objectives for the last few months of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It really helps that I already have a couple of exciting projects lined up, working with the amazing team at Reclaim Hosting<\/a> and also continuing with the wonderful AmplifyFE Project<\/a>, as well as my coaching clients<\/a> and upcoming hybrid working course<\/a>. So this first week already feels quite buzzy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s been a while since I started a new role, but what I am quite certain of is that time flies when you have a lot of new experiences, and so I want to chronicle some of my days via the blog (and some via my closed work journals). I love looking back at my entries from previous roles and projects, and reflect on how much things have developed since. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in the hybrid working course<\/a>. Join us from 20th October \u2013 register free now<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today is an exciting day. It’s the first Monday of the first week in which I am full-time in my new business. Maren Deepwell Coaching & Consultancy is now fully underway. Woohooo! It’s been a long time coming, and I didn’t really know what to expect from today. It feels a little strange not to return to the familiar busy inbox and long-time colleagues after returning from a two week holiday. Instead I sit at…<\/p>\n

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