My trip to Toronto last week was very enlightening. Until now I didn’t have a real clear picture of what my life there would look like. But after spending a week in Toronto with time dedicated to looking for a place to live, visiting the new office, discovering neighborhoods, I now have a good idea of what to expect.

I’ve always been a pretty loose unit so things like where to live, what I’m going to eat and who will love me have always been things I didn’t really worry about. I’ve always trusted things will work out, and they have. But this move is different, this move is not 100 per cent about me. I would be happy living in my car, I would be happy with nothing - I’ve done it before. But, as Ricky from the Trailer Park Boys says, “I’ve got responsibles now.”

If I was going out to Toronto and only had me to worry about I wouldn’t worry for a minute. But there’s more to it than that this time, I’m taking a new company into a new market and being trusted to make it succeed.  And to be honest it’s making me a little nervous and a little scared - there, I said it! But, this is not a bad thing. Fear has always been a great motivator for me, I like doing things that challenge me, I like the rush. I love the sense of accomplishment that comes with knowing I’ve overcome something.

So, I guess what this post is really about is me coming clean - I’m nervous about moving to Toronto. I know I will be fine when I get there, and I know I will meet people who I will love just as I have done everywhere else I have lived, and I know ICUC will be a success. But in the next few weeks I will be a little nervous - please bare with me.