I was prepared for some of the stress of starting a new job. Everyone always talks about how it is one of the most stressful things that happens in life. I assumed I would have a fairly large learning curve and it would take a while for it to feel familiar. I was not prepared for how stupid I would become due to the stress. In my effort to learn 458,596 new things associated with the job, I have completely forgotten how to do normal things that I would have been competent enough to navigate before starting this job. In the past 2+ weeks I have done screwed something up just about every single day I have worked.
Day 1
Killed It. Showed up for orientation and managed to take a decent ID picture (I did forget one form that at the time felt like an enormous failure-- but that was before I realized exactly how much more stupid I could become).
Day 2
Missed several turns driving in, making my commute 25 minutes longer than it needed to be. Sort of to be expected.
Day 3
My car got towed and I was too afraid of a giant opossum I saw on the road I had to walk down to get it so I got an Uber to drive me a 1/2 mile.
Day 5
After the huge success of not screwing things up on Day 4, I thought the dumb phase was behind me, until I got on the wrong train home and ended up having to call another Uber (my 6th that day alone) to get me to dinner that night.
Day 8
Drove the wrong way down a one way street.
Day 9
Wore my workout clothes to work in hopes of hitting the gym and realized I had left my suit to change into at home....had to metro home and back all by 9 am.
Day 10
Forgot to put any makeup on....which is hardly a mistake compared to half of the other things I did.
We'll see how Day 11 goes tomorrow. Pray for me.
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