Feeling unimportant at my job

Hi there,

I am working in my current company for almost a year now and I feel really unimportant. I have a coworker with a little more experience than me and he’s doing an amazing job.

This is my first job and I feel super unimportant, I get done with most of the tasks that is being given to me.. there are tasks I’m not able to complete but my coworkers are really nice and help me whenever I’m stuck. I’m not really working on any critical tasks.. but all small / menial tasks are being given to me and I do learn from them.

I’m trying to fight this feeling of not being important at work and it makes me feel very bad. I feel like I’m behind in everything compared to my peers.I really don’t know what I should be doing about this. Sometimes my lead does not even respond to my messages while they talk to my coworker and everything. I know it’s probably because they are really busy and my coworker is working on critical tasks, but I don’t really feel good about this.

What should I do about this feeling? Really need some help navigating this situation. Sorry for the huge message.. really needed to get this off my chest 🫩