Juggling Roles

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They say with great powers come great responsibilities. I haven’t been entrusted with a lot of powers until recently when my entire department wasn’t around and I was the last man standing. It’s not easy on normal days to offer help in areas beyond your domain expertise, much less on busier days.

So imagine juggling multiple portfolios, wearing many hats and darting between sites, all while abiding to deadlines and timelines. The greatest challenge laid in gathering, understanding and resolving problems with little prior knowledge and limited time but I think I fared decently.

I won’t deny that it was a pretty stressful period trying to live up to expectations and continue delivering results in the most adverse of circumstances. Although stress-induced symptoms did not outwardly manifest itself, I could feel its effects psychologically. Perhaps days like this are going to be more common, but survived and emerged I did, hopefully stronger.