I'm a really quiet guy, I don't like drawing a lot of attention to myself and I tend to be a people pleaser. Because of this, most people at my company can see me as a well intentioned pushover - which is fine, it's a part I know how to play. But I'm also really, really good at presenting. Like, storytelling championship good. Last week I finally had enough information to pitch a solution for a company problem and I destroyed it. I now have two VPs actively working to put the project in motion and get me a budget. They're also trying to bring me to the attention of a lot of powerful people. I still don't like that part, I want people to focus on the problem and it's solution, but at least it's progress. I also have to make eight loaves of bread this weekend. I'm using nearly 18 pounds of flour. I'm really worried I didn't do the volume calculations correctly and there's going to be dough everywhere.
That feels like a lot of flour... how big are these loaves? Also yay for kicking butt at work! Perhaps you can use this as leverage to get where you want to be in your work life, if you've not already done so. That might make the being uncomfortable more bearable?
Now that you mention it, I think that's flour for 16 loaves - the standard recipe makes 2 loaves and thinking I needed 8, I think I multiplied by 8. And yeah to the work thing. I like these big challenges and starting projects, so this should be fun.