Made a throw away account for this, hope that is okay. 

I was recently hired to manage a process for a complex government agency. I have had experience managing process for other companies, so the job isn’t foreign to me. 

However, the boss ended up being OoO for my first few days so I was kinda flying by the seat of my britches with people asking me questions. I was relying on other senior staff for specific knowledge on how they worked. I made some calls, almost all of them ended up being wrong when the boss came back, fortunately none of them were un-fixable. 

I was told when hired that in addition to managing their processes I would be assisting another department that did work I am familiar with. I started helping them for a few days, then was told to stop doing that and focus solely on the process management. 

Okay, can do, but now I’m worried about everything I do. No one is mad at me, boss keeps saying it’s okay to come to them with questions, but I still feel this terrible mix of anxiety about every email I send and impostor syndrome about the position. 

I know they were impressed with me in the interview because I was told they had like a week of interviews left to do, but called me back same day to offer the position. I know I can do this. 

I just. Ugh. I can’t shake this anxiety of failure.