Process

Living in a gender role different from the one you were raised as is a gradual adaptation process. It's like slowly entering a hot bath and the body acclimatizes to the new temperature. At least this is how I needed it to be.

People know you and greet you and yesterday morning it was Mathilde (a lovely lady eight years my junior) who caught up to me on my morning walk with a bubbly "Hello Joanna how are you?".

You get comfortable and stop questioning and others see what you see in yourself.