How do I stop feeling overwhelmed by plant operations?

The scale and complexity are real. A plant is a thousand moving parts, and trying to hold all of it in your head at once would overwhelm anyone. The feeling isn't a sign you're not cut out for this. It's a sign you're trying to grasp the whole thing at once instead of one piece at a time. No one runs a plant by understanding everything simultaneously. They run it by knowing their systems, trusting their people, and focusing on what actually needs them right now. Complexity becomes manageable when you stop trying to master all of it and start mastering it in order, one system, one shift, one problem at a time. Choose one part of the operation this week and learn it until it feels solid. Just one. Then the next. The overwhelm comes from staring at the whole mountain. The way up is the same as it's always been, one steady step, then the next. The scale doesn't shrink, but your footing grows.