Little Things

So guess who told his boss he could do the work of two people. Yup. I did.

Tomorrow is a co-worker's last day, and I'm taking over his position while still keeping up with my normal work. My current job duties include (but are hardly limited to) files maintenance, keying all orders into the computer system, preparing and approving test pressings for every new order, monitoring all reorders, answering the phone, giving tours, and invoicing. Starting Monday, I will also be in charge of copyright compliance, purchase orders, and the general email account (which will include sending out a gazillion price quotes to the morons too dumb or too lazy to use the quote generator on the website).

I'm honestly not sure if I can do it all. I feel like the bosses are expecting me to handle it, but it seems a bit ludicrous to me, especially during a busy time of the year like this. But I expect myself to do it all, and to do it all well. I know myself well enough to know that I will do whatever I can to make sure it happens, and that most likely I will run myself into the ground. Any slight criticism (from others or myself) will make me drive myself harder, and it could eventually turn into burnout. It's exactly what happened with Publix. I expected myself to be the best employee and hardest worker there, and my bosses learned that by offering me criticism instead of encouragement, I'd push myself even more. And those bosses took advantage of that. I'm paranoid that my current job will end up being the same.

But maybe not. Maybe it'll be okay. Maybe my bosses will recognize my work and reward me appropriately.

Either way, I'll focus on being diligent to do the best work I can. That's what God expects, after all--for us to be faithful in the little things. Of course, the way my luck has always been, I'm rewarded for my faithfulness in little things by being given twice as many little things to be faithful to in the same amount of time and for the same amount of money. Ugh.