Fitting in

January 4th, 2024

If that is conformism, then I am a conformist extraordinaire. Going by my life experiences, I always fitted well within any group of people I encountered — either personally or professionally. It is no different now at my new place of work. I had a very pleasant meeting today with my closest co-workers and my manager. We were discussing last year — what went well, and what needs to be improved — a traditional yearly review. As for a very good and important thing, my co-workers said that my arrival and the way I seamlessly fitted within their (and now mine) group and company at large, was the most important thing that happened to them last year. When I heard it, I couldn't stop smiling, deep and warm pride was radiating from my whole body. I see it myself and it is actually a little surprising to me — I went to work with a group of people who have been together for ten years and didn't miss a beat fitting in and filling in for the person I replaced. I already feel like I have been working there and with those people for many years, not for six months as it is. I had doubts and was anxious about this transformation, but it went extraordinarily smoothly. Of course, the way I was taken in by the group is very important as well, but my adjustments to a new place and new people were very much appreciated — as I was told in nice and satisfying words. It seems very easy for me to show myself to belong to any group of people. Normal people, that is. Thinking back, there were a few groups where, from the get-go, I knew I didn’t fit and I did not attempt to try to belong to said groups — and that was when the group consisted of assholes, rude and obnoxious and self-important people, or racists and xenophobes — usually they were the same people. Other than that, if you are a normal person, I see no problem fitting in with you and your group.