Change a word more relevant now than ever
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:09 am
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to write a post on the theme of ‘change’.
Anne Alarilla shares an open and personal reflection of change in a time of pandemic.
At the end of last year, I left my job at Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and started a new role as an insight analyst for NHS Blood and Transplant. During this time, I was under the impression that this romania rcs data would be the biggest change of my year but whilst I was still settling in, a bigger and more rapid change is now happening to all of us.
Now, I am working from home on my makeshift ironing board desk, trying to be productive, whilst simultaneously feeling constantly tired and unfulfilled with any progress that I make with my work and always on the verge of worry and numbness about my personal life.
Ironing board being used as a desk
Image: Anne’s makeshift ironing board desk
I see two parts of the spectrum with friends and family getting furloughed but also some working as critical front-line staff. As I work for the NHS, we are operating with a heavy focus on how we can use our resources to react towards this pandemic. As a result, some of my work has lost its importance in terms of impact.
This is a whole new layer of imposter syndrome for me. Navigating with a sense of urgency but also trying to work “normally”.
Anne Alarilla shares an open and personal reflection of change in a time of pandemic.
At the end of last year, I left my job at Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and started a new role as an insight analyst for NHS Blood and Transplant. During this time, I was under the impression that this romania rcs data would be the biggest change of my year but whilst I was still settling in, a bigger and more rapid change is now happening to all of us.
Now, I am working from home on my makeshift ironing board desk, trying to be productive, whilst simultaneously feeling constantly tired and unfulfilled with any progress that I make with my work and always on the verge of worry and numbness about my personal life.
Ironing board being used as a desk
Image: Anne’s makeshift ironing board desk
I see two parts of the spectrum with friends and family getting furloughed but also some working as critical front-line staff. As I work for the NHS, we are operating with a heavy focus on how we can use our resources to react towards this pandemic. As a result, some of my work has lost its importance in terms of impact.
This is a whole new layer of imposter syndrome for me. Navigating with a sense of urgency but also trying to work “normally”.