New keeper anxiety advice
Hello! I recently started my first position as a keeper. I had a plethora of animal care experience before this, but nothing in a zoo setting or taking care of such an array of animals in such a capacity. I have only been here a few weeks but I’m struggling with the anxiety of messing up. I know I need to allow myself to learn, and that learning involves making small mistakes here and there. No one on my team is expecting me to remember everything immediately, there is no timeline for my training to be done. They are all incredible and patient. I just feel like I go through each day feeling like I should be remembering more things, or feeling bad when I have to ask questions multiple times, stressing about messing up diet prep etc. In theory I know my anxieties are unjustified. Just looking for some advice or perhaps solidarity on this feeling going away.