Work for the past month has been bananas. We were on a limited scope from December 15th until January 1st and in the midst of all of that, a co-worker got another job. I was doing 2.5 times the work I normally do and feeling like I was falling behind completely on everything.
BUT, I am now caught up for the most part and feel better about my position than I have since last spring. In the last 12 months, my project expanded with 3 new positions, a statewide hotline, and 2 new grants. It has been a huge transition supporting 2 additional people, not to mention that our workload tripled overnight in July. In spite of all of that, I kept the ship upright and I'm proud of that.
Could I have done it better? Probably. Did I take on too much outside of my day-to-day work? Oh, you betcha. I do think I solidified my abilities, and now hopefully will soon have the time to do some additional duties that I have not been able to take on until we hire a new person to take some of my administrative tasks.
This is the best I've felt professionally in my life.
