[XOMichelle]

Alright, so I am not the most organized person. I admit! And after sending a few emails to people who were not supposed to receive them (in my defense I wasn’t told explicitly not to send them and I am used to getting such directions), I have been put under closer watch of my supervisor. This is odd for me, since I am very on-top of my other projects (I seem to make all my mistakes in the most boring of the 4 projects I work on), and always get told I know what is going on and such from my co-workers. I took immediate steps to re-organize myself, and my work so a mistake like that would not happen again (although the one particular project itself is not extremely well-organized). I can't stand the new closer supervision, because all my boss does is send me another email (after the first email request) that asks me to do the same thing as the first. Thinking about this critically, how would a second email that immediately piggybacks the first ensure that I didn't accidentally forget to do a task? Wouldn't following up a day later be a better strategy? Everything I get a piggyback email, I feel like I am being yelled at. I think this is going to continue for a few months, and that makes me loath coming to work. If I had time to look for another job, I would. But I don’t. I can’t wait to get out of here and go to grad school, so I can do something that uses the skills and abilities I have.

ETA: the kicker is my job is very simple and very boring most of the time. All the projects I do which require thinking, I am very good at, but after a half an hour of administrative tasks, my eyes glaze over, my brain goes dead, and all the little things that should mean something to me start to blend together. To be fair, they did ask how I delt with monotony in my interview. I guess the answer is not well.