Overwhelmed

Every since I started the new job people have asked me how it is going. The only word that describes it is overwhelmed.

I am overwhelmed by the nice welcome I have gotten from not only my staff but everyone in the district.

Overwhelmed by how much I don't know. I am a person who likes to know the answer to things and if I don't know the answer I know where to find it. I mean I am a librarian - isn't that what we do :-)...but right now I am lost. I don't have the answer to anything..

I know I will learn and I am not expected to know everything but it irks me to be so lost. It is hard when you come from a job where you know how to do everything to one that you don't know anything.

Everyone feels like this at times. We forget this feeling because it passes but and I am not sure we should.

When a new teachers start a job it is overwhelming. When students start at a new school year they also have the same feeling. We administrators need to remember that and do all we can to make the experience less overwhelming.

One of the main reasons I am blogging my journey is that I can look back at it later and remember the lessons I am learning a long the way. I hope the people reading this can also learn too.