Would love your wise words and what’s worked for you in similar situations.
I’m starting a new job this week - senior role in a similar organisation to before, but we have relocated so a completely new company and team - none of whom I know. I’d been at my previous company 7 years, had both my children whilst working there. I knew everyone, had a fab team, had a great reputation etc - everything felt relatively manageable.
This new role, I know no one, don’t have my own (working in a matrix way). I’ve also developed anxiety in the last few years, numerous health issues, have two smallish children and generally feel exhausted and low energy.
I'm conscientious, hard working and in previous roles have tended to really own the job and taken on success or failure as my personal priority. In this role, I want to reframe and recognise that things working or not are not solely incumbent on me - it’s a complex industry with huge interdependencies. I want some distance and mental ways of seperating and coping. My family and health are very much my priority and work is really just that.
Would love thoughts on mental framing for this. Please no comments around why I’m doing this role / something so tricky. Lots of reasons - the fact I’m well capable being top of the list.