A little something about nothing

One of those days...

Have you ever had one those moments at work where it feels like no matter what you touch it somehow gets screwed up?? This week I've had a few of those moments! What makes it worse is the projects the issues were on happened to be things my boss was involved with...meaning, there is no hiding it from him!!

Now I am the type that openly admits when I make a mistake...not because I want to, but I figure no one is perfect. However, I do prefer being able to catch my own mistakes and correct them before the higher powers get their hands on them!

The first issue was one that after the fact I realized I could have stopped from happening if I would have sat my boss down and clarified everything with him from the beginning. See, this was a termination of a plan that we were projecting how allocations would be made and it was something very out of the normal for us and the process was against everything my boss and I know and believe, but the attorney said it was okay. In the end it all worked out, but still put that little bit of doubt in my boss' head about my work I'm sure!

Today I found a mistake that I made, which I had started working on a few months ago. It is possible it isn't fully a mistake and I may have a way to clear it up without an issue, but again, my boss is getting involved. I don't mind that he is involved, I just hate that the times he gets involved, which are not that often, that issues like this arise. I feel like it puts a little red flag up and makes him question whether I should remain as an employee.

The sad thing is I realize my mistakes and most are made because I end up overlooking one small thing. I have told myself I need to just slow down and triple check my work. I do this for a while, but get bored when I am not seeing any mistakes so I figure I'm good to go at normal speed again...until I hit the speed bump! Dang it!!