A coworker asked for confirmation on something by the end of the week. But only my boss knows the answer & he’s on vacation until next week. I thought I’d be letting my coworker down though if I didn’t help her by her deadline. So I spent over an hour looking through our files and through past emails for a similar situation to try to find an answer, but I still wasn’t sure. I spent even more time drafting an email to her to essentially say unfortunately this has to wait until Monday when my boss returns and can confirm. I asked my fiancè for advice on how to word the email, to make sure I wasn’t coming off as rude, & I eventually ended up sending it. I often put lots of pressure on myself to be nice & perfect & to have all the answers for everyone. But I was proud to have admitted I don’t know, despite it being scary & uncomfortable for me.
