I definitely remember, as it was important to me to be able to obtain one after my wild-ass past. I was very self-conscious about it and found myself doing those "things" that new carriers do. Fiddling around with it, constantly checking it, constantly checking that my shirt was not riding up, etc... It's just completely natural now, and I actually feel a little "naked" without one. I do work in an environment where you are not allowed to carry, so I just deal with that daily.
I had a lot of good advice on this forum to help with starting up, and eventually have come to a good place with how and what I carry. Same as some...small, medium, and large. I pocket carried with my old Colt Mustang. That has now changed to light gym shorts/dirty property work/around the house jammies with my light, little Taurus TCP 380. Light/small carry (either pocket or IWB) with the new SIG P238.
My primary, almost all of the time carry is the Kahr CM9 with a Sticky Holster. Honestly, this is just one of the very best carry pieces I could own. Doesn't cost much, extremely light, tough, great DA trigger, and it has been 100% reliable from the first day I had it out of the box.
For "bigger" carry, it is the SIG P245, and if I really want to have some firepower, the high cap Springfield XDm 45acp, both with a Sticky Holster.
I have always carried cross-draw, and really preferred that. However, recently I have been checking out appendix carry. I really like that for presentation, but it is not as good when sitting, particularly in the car, and it still makes me nervous having the business end pointing right at my junk, or femoral artery. So experimenting with that.
As an aside, I also often try to guess who is carrying, but usually can't.
