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Old Feb 23, 2014, 11:16 AM
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I hear ya. I just started a new job a couple weeks ago. I left the old job because my position was being eliminated and although my former employer offered me a different position, it was a huge cut in pay from where I was at. I was also fried from all the extra (unpaid) hours they were requiring of me.

For me I was so fried i was thrilled to leave, but really didn't want to start something new. With a new job is uncertainties, insecurities, starting over, no friends, overall it just bites.

I just finished week three of the new place and I am still getting to know the people, I'm still getting to know what my job is, and I miss my old friends. Sure I'm Facebook friends with many of them now, but it's just not the same. I miss having people i can just say what's on my mind with little filtering. I miss my friendships with them. I miss knowing I could do my job well.

As time goes on in the new position i am starting to settle in. I remain opinionless on whether or not I will like the new job. I am insecure, wondering if I'll ever get good at it.

Times like these I try to remember I've been here before. I don't think I've ever had a job I didn't get good at or get along with the majority of my coworkers. With time I will become comfortable at the new gig and if I don't I can move on. For now I'm just trying to take it one day at a time and I'm trying not to stress, assuring myself it will all come with time.

Good luck with your new job. Change sucks, but eventually the change becomes the norm.
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Dx: depression and anxiety

Tx: Rhodiola Rosea, humor, denial, dance, and wallowing in my own self-pity

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Thanks for this!
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