It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes:
I’m a 23-year-old woman currently working at a nonprofit. I’ve been in this position for less than two months, but I’ve already received very positive reviews from my supervisor, and I love working with everyone in the office. However, there’s one issue that I’ve been grappling with: I can be a bit dense.
In terms of “book smarts,” I’ve never had a problem — I’ve always done well in school, have never had any complaints about work reports or communications, love reading, etc. But when it comes to common sense matters, I’m a total airhead. I was famous for forgetting to use coffee filters before brewing coffee or spacing out and incorrectly assembling meals during food service jobs in college. Now, in an office setting, I do things like ask for updates on reports that I completed two days ago, or lose a file that’s sitting right on top of my desk. In a recent meeting, someone joked about how a staff member had let the meeting “run on too long” (the conference room clock hadn’t been adjusted for the time change). I glanced at the clock and, in complete sincerity, said something to the effect of, “No way, I can’t believe we’ve blown past two hours already!”
This has been a pretty embarrassing trend throughout my work and social life. None of my past supervisors or coworkers have ever mentioned it, and it’s never affected my work performance. But really, I’m more worried about the subtle effect it might have over time, especially as I get older and my ditziness becomes less…acceptable? “Cute”? My day-to-day work might be good, but no one thinks of the office airhead as management material. I try to be aware of this tendency and think things through before I speak, but it always pops up no matter what I try.
Is this something I can actually address, or ask my manager for feedback on? Am I overreacting about how much others notice this tendency? Or should I just resign myself to occasionally having slip-ups?
Readers, what’s your advice?
I’m worried I’m an airhead was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager.
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