I Don't Really Do Much Here

I think my main contribution in my office is personality, plain and simple. Seriously. Technically, I'm an Executive Assistant to a rising, young CEO-type person. However, I think my true job function is just preventing this place from being a grey pit of misery for those around me busting their asses to build something truly great and visionary.

I listen when people have problems and I try to give good advice. I've been doing this for a looooong time, so I sort of have a unique point of view as an assistant. I've seen so many different office dramas play out that it's not hard for me to come up with a pearl of wisdom when requested.

I try to be very approachable. I try to make my boss approachable. I try to make people comfortable and do right by them because I know it just makes things easier for them. However, that leaves me in a sort of weird place, career-wise.

Some of my co-workers have asked me what I want to do; to which part of this situation can I see myself being a more significant contributor? The answer is and has been for some time: I just do not know. I'm not sure there's another set of shoes I can fill here, which is kind of unfortunate because I really do believe in what this company is attempting to do and it's an exciting time to be here. I just feel so left out of the process. I feel like I'm wasting my brain, but when I direct it to try and figure out a better use for itself, I just come up blank.

So, for now, as I focus on getting healthier mentally and physically (everything is going great, btw, I feel absofuckinglutely fanfuckingtastic), I'll just continue to run the soul of this place, undefined though it may be.