And, fitting to my walk into Bohemian Melbourne life yesterday, I today got the news that I’ll have a new job, as of 1st of April.

I will be joining my old unit in the European Economic and Social Committee, that deals with relations with NGO’s, associations, trade unions, interest groups etc…

I first did not want to join my old unit again. I loved the topic I worked on – mostly the European Citizen’s Initiative, but I felt if I go back to that very same job, sitting in the same office again after all this trip – it would freak me out.

As if I had dreamt it all up, and none of this was real.

So when I got back in touch with Human Resources, and with my former director, I told them I’d be happy to come back, but with new tasks.

It was a lengthy process, especially because they needed to find a post for me – linked to a budget from which to pay me. My director really pushed for that post, and for me to be on it, and so it happened.

I have been in touch with my future boss, the unit was reformed and fused with another one.

It might become somewhat of a think tank on how to engage better with civil society, with the countless interest groups from the youth and student organizations, handicapped groups, or any small associations that have started to form on the European level, and try to make their voice heard when European laws are being discussed, shaped, and adopted.

So, after having rented an apartment, the other big question on my mind has been settled, more or less by itself. It all fell into place, and I am happy to go along with it.

To be totally honest, I have no idea what to expect. Not job-wise, but for me, in general, how I will feel going back, living in a structured environment with getting up, working, etc….

So taking a job that is familiar to what I have been doing before is maybe a good idea, it might smoothen the impact of real life.