Separate urgent from desirable
Make two lists. The first holds known commitments with dates: agreed appointments, necessary services and work. The second holds things you would like to discover: markets, exercise, cafés and walks. An important appointment and the search for a perfect breakfast do not need equal priority.
Check administrative dates and requirements with the relevant service for your circumstances. This is an everyday-life plan, not a route to obtaining residence status. If appointments are numerous, leave space between them: finding the entrance to an unfamiliar building takes time too.
Build a small personal route
Choose a few places near home: food shopping, a familiar everyday service, transport and somewhere for a short walk. Walk the route if that suits you, and check how it feels with shopping bags, during working hours and on the way back in the evening.
Valencia’s municipal Geoportal lets you select layers of city information, including markets, gardens and mobility. Use it as a starting point for your own routes. A map marker does not confirm today’s opening hours or access through a particular entrance; check those separately.
Try an ordinary working day
Spend one day without a sightseeing programme. Get up at your usual time, have breakfast at home and test your commute or remote-working space. Where does unnecessary rushing appear? What might improve by moving something, and what depends on the neighbourhood?
Write down observations that evening. You do not need to conclude that Valencia is wrong for you if the problem is a desk position or the journey from a particular flat. Naming a specific inconvenience makes it easier to ask a specific question and look for a solution.
Leave room to become familiar
Choose one place you would happily revisit: a park, small café, market or activity you enjoy. Repetition helps you notice details missed during an intense first visit. Every walk does not have to become a search for useful contacts.
If you would like company, check current information from organisers, including the language, format and participation arrangements. An event being close to home does not mean you can arrive without booking. One simple evening plan can be more appealing than ten saved event posters.
Review without giving yourself a grade
After a couple of weeks, talk with anyone who moved with you: what is getting easier, what is tiring and what is missing? Answers may differ. One person has a favourite local spot; another still cannot work comfortably at home. These are useful observations, not a contest over who settles first.
Choose two changes for the next week instead of another enormous list. If your home is temporary, keep the findings for a future search: which routes, rooms and habits really matter? Those early weeks can leave you with more than memories: a much clearer brief for the home you need.