Are you Living to Work? – Part 19

The emotional stress of a job you hate

Beyond boredom is the emotional weight of stress that comes from being in a job which you loathe. The clock moves slowly, the focal point of the day is home time and productivity is low. But you may be caught by the secure income, the logistics of life, in the compromise of your existence.

A great curse in any fact of life is boredom, the sense of ennui. The irony is boredom becomes enveloping and prevents us from escaping; it is the promoter of inertia. We know we need to break away but sit waiting for a rescue which isn’t going to occur. It is the same attitude that prevails when the person knows they want another job and hopes the perfect role miraculously appears in a surprise email or letter. It can and will only happen if you take action.

How debilitating is it when you get out of bed in the morning knowing a very long day stretches out in front of you and it will be the same tomorrow, and the next day and the next week…?

Sadly, the frustrations you feel may affect your home life as well. One of the temptations is to fill the rest of your life with interesting things and then fail to spend enough time with the family and friends. An alternative scenario is you become as boring as your job is to you. You have a responsibility to yourself and those you love to still be the lively and interesting person you always were.

Does your family know how you feel?

Does your boss know?

Do you know what it is that bores you?

What could change to alleviate the tedium?

Is there another job in the organisation which would be more fun?

Do you need new skills?

Rob Ball
Connections:
07850 954075
rob.ball@workhorizons.com
rob.ball@naturallyconcerned.com

Websites:
Work Horizons – Organisational renewal through engaged, productive people
Naturally Concerned – Developing better business leaders
www.framingourfuture.com 

Books:
Beating the Wisdom of Hindsight: 75 Ways to Pursue Fulfilment and Avoid Regrets eBook : Ball, Rob: Amazon.co.uk
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Sponges-Overcoming-behaviours-absorb/ Online Programs:
Empower Change by Learning to Live Well (indegu.co.uk)
Expanding Your Work Horizons (indegu.co.uk)