Over the past week, I continued to grow into the confident woman that I am. I dealt with fully transitioning into my new role; it was a good feeling to leave behind all the drama and problems associated with that old role. Now I am in my new position, and getting up to speed is going slow, but it is good that the only expectations I have are the ones that I put on myself.
I realized that I have a lot of patience. I have been dealing with a retailer and their inefficiencies in fulfilling my order in full since April. It is October, and my order is still not fulfilled correctly, so I demanded my money back. After a lot of debate back and forth, I won the debate. I have proved to myself and that retailer that I can win the fight in what I believe.
I met with my new manager and discussed my expectations of her as a manager. I told her that she hired me to do the work that her team needs, so I trust that she trusts me to do the job. We discussed how she likes to communicate and the cadence of our meetings. Interestingly, we will not have team meetings, but communication is expected daily or every other day. I am not a massive communicator while working because I like to be focused on my work then share my final findings for review or presentations.
My next task is to focus on open daily communication with my manager. I have started to think about what this means. Before, open communication meant reaching out when I didn’t have any capacity or met a roadblock with a project. It also meant letting my manager know what I was working on weekly, but daily or every other day.
Success in this new role means being able to communicate effectively, set and stick to my boundaries, live in my truth and values, and enjoy every moment of work and life despite its challenges.
Disencumbering my Chains 