Rookie Mistake VS Mistake

I don't know if I should call it a rookie mistake or just a mistake. Considering I'm not even 2 month in. 

I made a mistake while doing my job. Few times and that is the same mistake. I should be more careful as I've made it few times. I still got confused a lot especially things that involves calculating and Math work. 

I am quite bad at calculating subject and I never like calculating in general. Not even counting money. Weird, but it's true. 

I mistakenly place a wrong price for this product of us and I really hate how I made that mistake. My boss had told me about my mistake and I am so anxious that I think I need to quit this job, even when I'm only a month in. I don't want to keep repeating my stupid mistake. 

I know. We grew from our mistake but I am so afraid that I might make my boss uncomfortable from my repetitive mistake. 

I seriously hate my feelings right now. I can't calm down. I did apologize and the fact that I haven't receive any reply from that apology is making me more anxious. To be honest, I hate it when people ignore my apology. They can, not to forgive me but don't ignore my apology. 

I made my apology, sure hoping to be forgiven in return. I apologise it because I know I am in the wrong. And I made it with the deepest regret and sorry for doing that. 

I hate this. I hate this feelings. I hate myself who made this stupid mistake repeatedly. 😔

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a-nxnymxus #1
Error, correction, and discipline.

You made the error, you corrected it, but you're lacking self-discipline, meaning you're letting that mistake consume you instead of trying to overcome it. Like sleepingprince said, everybody makes mistakes. Nobody is perfect at their job, and I'm sure your boss isn't either

Emotions are extremely complicated, for me, I create a visual in my head when I am feeling anxious or bothered to help separate my emotions from my work ethic.

I picture 2 lines: one represents my emotions, and the other represents my progress. My goal is to have these 2 lines straight. If I feel anxious, my emotion line is not straight, and is all over the place. Once I have that visual, I realize I need correction, so I take a few deep breathes, and try to straighten and *maintain* that line. If my progress line is all over the place, I realize I need to get it together and tunnel focus on my tasks.



DO NOT QUIT YOUR JOB. This is simply a learning curve you need to overcome and it won't go away by starting a new job.



Lastly, this post is solid evidence that you are hard on yourself. When you beat yourself up, you are only making things more difficult on you, and nobody else.



Work on this, and maybe do some research on healthy coping mechanisms to balancing your emotions. Its a very long process and it never goes away, but the better you get at it, the better off you are.



Take care of yourself
sleepingprince #2
It's normal to make mistakes. You just need to be more careful in the future . Maybe your boss is busy at the moment so he couldn't reply . Most of the time , bosses actually don't really care or mind too much about small or slight mistakes . So don't be too harsh on yourself .

Also it is not advisable to quit your job within a short period . It will look bad on your CV and you might have trouble answering as to why you quit in just a month time for your next interview .
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