I'm an "Office Manager," which means basically I am a glorified underpaid secretary. I hate it. I'm always making mistakes and my boss is always catching them and calling them to my attention. She makes me feel like I'm being babysat. If I calculate the tax wrong on something, or forget to call someone about something, you'd think the world was coming to an end. It's not as bad as it was when I first started, over a year ago. but it's nearly every other day I'm screwing something stupid up. Mostly because my boss works across the state in our other office, and I was hurriedly trained, so I end up in an lot of situations where I have no idea what I'm supposed to do, so I just guess. Anyway, the only thing that keeps me from going insane is the internet. I spend all day (sometimes, literally ALL DAY) browsing the web, posting on sites like PT and searching CareerBuilder for a new job. One day, I'll find one that's worth leaving this one for.

Now - I am ALWAYS harder on myself than anyone else is on me. I take everything personally, I worry about my mistakes, I mess something up and I convince myself I'll get fired. I hate messing up, even if I don't care much about the job. So, while I can't offer you a lot of advice on how to stop being hard on yourself, I can tell you I understand where you're coming from.