Reflecting on my new role after 12 weeks

Well tomorrow is my final day  in this Nurse Manager of Clinical Information Systems role. What a steep learning curve it has been. The best words to describe it would be overwhelmingly busy, anxiety creating and finally appreciative. Appreciative of what other people do in my organisation, Appreciative for the opportunity to stretch my comfort zone, improve my skill set and learn new things. Things I have learnt: how to manage new data bases, extend my excel knowledge, analyse data, have a broader understanding of the organisation, that IT systems and problems often scare people and that it is very important to make them feel comfortable and less scared. I have also learnt that I'm not good at feeling uncomfortable, out of control and I had to sit in that place of uncomfortableness for over 8 weeks before I even started to feel like I was managing this new role. Am I glad I did it? 8 weeks ago I would have said I needed my head read, but now I can appreciate the journey and take the positives away with me, so yes I am glad I took the role on. Would I do it again, probably yes but this time I would have more realistic expectations of myself. Thank you to the people who were patient with me and assited me along the way.