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[drifters_be]

I am 45 days into my new position as Project Manager at work.Today is the first day I felt like I was way in over my head. Sitting at my desk starting at the calendar before me,wondering how I was going to fake my way through this one. I don't have thoughts like this often but when I do they take away all sense of logic. I am also coming down with

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[mamma_jo]

Yes! Don't take all this so seriously. Come on, it isn't like lives will be lost if you don't get the paperwork right or sound smart at a meeting. There is a series of checks and balances and your supervisors know that you are a newbie and will be checking a balancing you until they are certain that you're doing it okay most of the time.

Its okay being in over your head. Especially if you remember that when you get too tired of treading water you can relax, lay on your back and watch the clouds.

Go to meetings, get hugs, eat healthy, take your vitamins, call your friends, make sure you limit your work hours so you have time to hang out with your Honey, hug a tree, and if all else fails do something really crazy like wearing a pink wig to work--remind yourself that losing your sanity isn't worth any job.

MJ