Getting past a bad day at work

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I made a stupid mistake at work, realised in time and fixed it. Spoke to my manager and all OK. In the grand scheme of things it's fine but (from past experience) it will take over my weekend. I just find it really hard to let things like this go and will overthink it and by tomorrow I will have built it up to be massive.

I've had CBT before and am trying to use strategies I learned there but I can feel worry creeping up and can't get it quashed.

If anyone has experienced similar I'd love to hear what works for you

I don't have an answer but I'm the exact same, and doesn't it always seem to happen on a Friday leaving the weekend for you to fester?!

You made a mistake. You are human! You told your manager and your manager isn't cross. It's all sorted.
I totally get you...I'm the same. Give yourself a break. It's late in the day now and you're probably tired. Forgive yourself and Hopefully you'll feel better in the morning.

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At exactly 3.30 on a Friday Nellabella

Thanks Chimchar, am repeating your post to myself like a script

How would you act if someone else did the same thing? Bet you’d be more forgiving.
Forgive yourself, op. Move on. Worse things happen at sea...

Huge well done for owning up and sorting it out. That's the best response in all aspects of life. We cannot deliver perfection 100% of the time - and no-one (reasonable) expects us to - so all we can do is do what we can to sort it, or ask for help. And then move on. The last bit is the most important bit.

Thank you so much for the replies, they are very much appreciated

The trouble is, the things you do wrong take on huge proportions, and all the things you’ve done RIGHT this week are totally forgotten! I bet you’ve done so many things well this week but you’ve just totally taken those for granted. Write a list of ten things you’ve done well, however mundane and normal they might be, and take a minute to think about how competent you are. And then enjoy your weekend, knowing that next week you’ll be competent and trustworthy too, and that if you do make the occasional mistake you are big enough and positive enough to turn that to your advantage, learn from it, and be even better.