How many times do you mess up at work?

Just out of curiosity, does anyone seem to have their days where nothing goes right? Today was one of those days. I’ve been at my job 4 months today and I felt confident, I breeze through tasks, I’m independent most of the time, etc. I felt like I was on a roll, on a winning streak, no stress, and felt like I was near perfecting my job.

Well, I guess this time of year a bunch of new things happen so I’m “new” again and learning a couple things. Today it seemed like I just had mistakes raining down on me.

I forgot to schedule a new hire’s benefits meeting so he could receive forms and understand what he’s eligible for. Out of the 40 new hires I’ve had I never forgot. Some how, I check marked that I scheduled his appointment… No idea why! Not a big deal, I called him up to meet with the Director. He only started 2 days ago but 30 days later he wouldn’t be eligible…luckily My coworker caught it.

And then today I made a payment for June when it was supposed to be July. Well, we already paid in June. I’m not sure if this is a big mistake either because I think we would get credited toward the next statement bill right? That’s how things usually work? I always always triple check amounts of pay, guess I should’ve checked the payment for what month.

This is more of a vent and for me to hear if anyone is normal like me.

Anyways, I don’t know if this makes sense but I hope they don’t see me as incompetent. I was wondering is it normal to mess up as often as me? I make mistakes once in a while but I catch it because I double and triple check now. But when a mistake is made, even small, I am mad at myself and feel like I’m looked at as stupid. I feel like I shouldn’t be making mistakes this far in.