It's a Puzzle

Earlier this year I moved into a different position within the organization I work for. Since then, I've slowly been transitioning into this new position, with the transition (hopefully) picking up momentum now that we've just gotten past a huge project we have to do every year.

I was thinking today that this new role I have - and it's expectations - are like a giant puzzle, with all of the pieces scattered over the table. I think I know what the picture on the puzzle is supposed to look like, but it's not entirely clear. To make it more challenging, no one else is any more clear either on what this new position is supposed to look like. We all kind of have our own fuzzy idea of what it's supposed to be, but it's still left up to me to move the pieces around into the correct place and bring it all together.

On the one hand, perhaps its good that not everyone has a clear picture of all of this; that allows me to "drive the bus" so to speak. On the other hand, frustrations can quickly arise when I feel like others are seeing the picture differently, or if I just want the whole thing to be assembled already.

So I think what I need to do is approach this like I would a real puzzle, and instead of allowing myself to get overwhelmed by the chaos of all the pieces scattered over the table, focus on a specific section - like all the straight pieces, or figuring out what that patch green is supposed to be. Maybe breaking it down like that will help prevent me from becoming overwhelmed and frustrated, and instead allow the finished product to slowly emerge.