10/17/14

I've been given a new role at work yesterday. It's not a job promotion, but it's one of those additional tasks. It's not a new role in the team before, it's just that the role has always been handled by other people. 

I have officially accepted to become a content writer for one of our recently acquired clients. 2 of my other colleagues were originally doing the content plans but one of them got transferred to the marketing department so that leaves an empty slot to fill. They've been bugging me to be a content planner for months now and the current lack of manpower in the team makes it hard for me to reject. 

It's not that I don't want the job, but there are some concerns that I will eventually have to face.

One of them is my lack of writing expertise. I know I'll only have to write short copies and captions, but it takes a certain skill to capture the user's attention. But more importantly, I am worried on where to get resources for the content. It's not like I can post quotes everyday. I need to find inspiration to write something good again.

Another concern I have is the lack of compensation.Sure, in case I forgot to mention, I just got regularized last week and my salary got a little boost. But that boost was still not enough for all the work load that we have been doing. Now that I have another new task, I expect to feel more stressed and unhealthy.

Speaking of heavy work load, time management has been quite an issue for most of us with so many things to juggle and deadlines to meet. I don't know how I'll fit all of them in a day. Plus, I still want to retain some free time to destress by watching some non-work related stuff.

This new role is something that I've seen coming from far away and it's a challenge to bring up my A-game. I'm not certain if I can do so, but it's a damn good distraction to keep me away from my bigger personal problems.