How do I see what is in front of my face!

[Switcheroonie]

Looking for help and advice. I have a job where I'm supposed to check a lot of small details in documents, sending out for things and forms and whatnot. Work is pressing and fast paced and high volume.

I make so many mistakes not seeing what is in front of my face. It's getting so embarrassing. I genuinely check for things. It's like I can't see the screen.

How do other people manage to not make these t ridiculous mistakes? I just don't seem to engage properly with the screen?

I'm on the spectrum and possibly ADD.

Is it easier to check if you print them out? Is that possible?

Maybe it's just a part of the job that isn't for you? Could you look at other departments in your company or a different job? It sounds awful and not something I would be good at!

No there's no printing out. Firm laptop won't allow it for legal reasons. I have three screens to look at. There's about a million small rules to remember spread out in multiple documents that I have to search through to find answers. It's pretty crazy. Then I do stupid things like not actually seeing what I'm reading and sending out a wrong message. I do this all the time lately and it's taking a toll on my mental health because I feel stupid.

I know I'm much better at hands on work but I'm too old to retrain for a physical job.

How do I make myself slow down and not make mistakes all day long? My manager seems unimpressed.

Can you listen to it? I saw that a tip for students writing essays, with text to word, the mistakes become obvious.

Nice idea but no. It's reading documents all day and trying to discern things and follow many different rules. I know it sounds crazy but it's the job. The sheer volume won't allow that.

My new strategy is trying to stay calmer and slow down? But I had to work an extra 10 hours to stay almost on top of things in order to slow down.

Ugh I should have been an electrician

CTRL F will help you find particular strings easily.

You might find Dragon Naturally Speaking's coloured overlay helpful.

Is this really the job for you? I say this kindly, as if even doing everything you can the job is still very difficult, it will impact your confidence and be exhausting. Perhaps doing an online strengths assessment - such as a DISC - will help you understand where you could really thrive. Do you have a HR team that could help? Consider a job transfer? Talk to your boss?

How old are you if you don't mind me asking?

Changing job type also doesn't necessarily have to mean total retraining. You could look at sideways entry using skills that you already have just jobs that tend to avoid this specific task. Maybe not on here but put a post up on the work and employment board, or somewhere general like chat. MN is pretty good at suggesting different directions to look at. If you can list some things that you like/are good at and then the things that you struggle with/prefer to avoid they will suggest different ideas. Some that do require retraining, some that don't.