Under Construction - MHWA Retreat

Yes, Adrie! It's been fun having you in and out of my inbox today! Thank you for all the blog comments

I've always put a lot of pressure on myself to do a good job no matter what I was working on, so now I have the added pressure of other people expecting me to do a good job as well, plus feeling like I still don't quite know what I'm doing being as I am so new into my position. I know I can do it, but thinking too hard about the reasons it will be challenging puts the long road ahead into perspective. That's a good line you said: "all you can do is the best you can do." I think I will make a sticky note of that to stick on my work computer

I like your perspective on sharing experiences. We can all experience a similar feeling, but live through it in so many different ways, and how we write about those feelings will be different because they are influenced by our histories and unique perspectives. I'm really getting the feeling that this group will be cathartic for me. It already is, to be honest. I tend to over think things, but giving those thoughts an outlet will be good for me.

I haven't really written about my personal experiences in the past, but now I'm getting this tingling that's compelling me to write about them. I wrote this yesterday: "Anxiety"  and I'm not quite sure how I feel about it, but it exists. I started by getting into that head space and then just writing words that came to mind. This lasted about half a page and was completely incoherent to read back, but helped me get the mindset on paper so I could pull from that incoherent rambling and mash it into something semi-presentable. So I hear what you're saying about writing being your way to purge. It is really therapeutic.

Yay for being able to sit longer! Woohoo! That's good news! And thank you for the welcome!
-Em