Accepted an offer after 5 months - 5 months and counting

After 5 months I accepted a job as a web developer. I have been trying to stay organised about it. It is not my dream role, but the pay is fair and the people are kind. What helped you in the first month?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 5 months ago, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.