I don't want to work, what should I do?

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The alarm clock squeaked disgustingly, but I didn’t sleep anyway, I only pretended to delay the moment when I needed to get up and get ready for work. "Well, come on, my dear," I tried to persuade myself, as a little one, "to suffer for two more days - and the weekend. And for this I … Oh-oh-oh, I don't want anything, I want to stay at home and not go anywhere."

Hmm, things are bad if even persuasion does not work …

If I don't want to work, what should I do? You can accuse me of cowardice, but I did it: I called the office and, referring to food poisoning, asked for a day off. If you think about it, it's not so untrue: my own work makes me sick, with creative ideas - constipation, and communication with colleagues looks like an intestinal disorder: unpleasant, disgusting, but impossible to stop. But even a year and a half ago, I was dancing with a telephone receiver in my hand, having learned that I was accepted for this position …

Is it about work?

"But really," I thought, "maybe I have depression? Or vitamin deficiency? Or PMS? Or some kind of crisis …" There can be many reasons. And before you start tossing your resume like salmon caviar, right and left in search of more interesting work, stop and think: is it a job? PMS is the easiest to sweep aside, if your favorite job gets on your nerves for more than two weeks, then you shouldn't sin on physiology. Let's go further … Avitaminosis. It seems to be quite logical: the end of winter, the body's reserves are running out, the sun does not appear in the sky for a week (infection!), Where, one wonders, can the mood appear? Depression is very organically entwined here. But what about: the end of winter, the body's reserves are running out, the sun is an infection … BUT! Remember what happens to your mood in your free time from work? If you are sad and apathetic almost always - run to the pharmacy for vitamins. And if not? If leaving work is a holiday that is always with you at exactly 19.00? If you start waiting for the weekend from Monday, and after waiting, you have time to read a book, go to the movies, and drop in to your girlfriends for a bachelorette party? Yes, the test for depression passed: the answer is no.

From love to hate …

…one and half year. “Eh, how great it was at the beginning,” I recalled. “The first months at work were full of adrenaline: you learn new things, you join the team, you delve into the intricacies. flourishing: when the lower classes can, the upper classes want, and the bosses hint at fabulous prospects. And then everything became boring, no, well, not immediately, of course, but somehow gradually. First, "boring", then "annoying" got to the hate mark.

I don’t want to work, what should I do, why is this happening? To answer this question, let's think: what is work in general? This is a necessary part of life, because it gives you the opportunity to earn money. But it's not just about money. Work should be satisfying. In fact, this is … one of life's games, which has its own rules, tasks that must be completed and bonuses. The bonus system consists of several components: material reward, pleasure in the work done, social status. When there is a deficit in one or several bonuses (they pay little, the work is monotonous), irritation and discontent arise. If this negativity is not thrown off, then illness, depression, apathy, and also global dissatisfaction not only from work, but also from life will come.

Jumping in place

"This is all true, but they pay me fine. Yes, I always want more, but what I have is really nothing. And with the status everything is ok. But there is no satisfaction!" - I continued to engage in self-digging. And then suddenly came to mind a stupid comparison that it is like … a bra. The first time, when I just started wearing it, I thought, what a beauty I am, everyone is looking at me, I already have breasts.

And now? A surge of interest in lingerie arises when I buy a new set. And it doesn't last long. Because the effect of novelty disappeared a long time ago. So it is with work. Sooner or later, even the most beautiful, super-interesting work becomes monotonous and boring if you do the same thing every day. And it is not a fact that if you change jobs, then after a while you will not find yourself in the same state. No, you can, of course, fly like a butterfly from place to place, but there is no particular sense in this. These are all wide jumps. It means that it is necessary to do something with what is …

What can you do to bring newness and freshness back to your work?

Total …

For information, of course, I went to the Internet, books and my favorite women's magazines. Monitoring various publications and Internet sites for overcoming disgust for the work they love has led to such results.

The most stupid, in my opinion, advice was given by women's magazines. They vied with each other to sign up for belly dancing, language courses, switch to family and other blah blah blah that can be christened. Hmm, we swam, we know, maybe for someone all this warms the soul, but not for me, because at work I am 9 hours 5 days a week, and dance courses take a maximum of 3 hours a week. Even my beloved is given in my life, alas, a much more modest place in time than work.

The second series of tips can be called, that is, all the time you need to expose yourself to learning new things. Refresher courses, seminars and trainings on the main job and related areas … Well, why not. The novelty is present, the interest is constantly warmed up. Bonuses are growing. The level of professionalism is increasing, and with it salary and status. Great, but it only works if your work is interesting to you from the very beginning. It is difficult to stimulate yourself to engage in the development of a new hypostasis if all the previous ones within the framework of your specialty have never made you particularly happy. Then it makes sense to proceed to the next point …

A radical way to change your attitude to work

I don't want to work, what to do is change jobs altogether. Don't be afraid to start from scratch. After all, most of us choose our profession at a rather irresponsible age. And just starting to work in your specialty, you suddenly realize that this is "not at all that". Well, change it before it's too late. And let the following information, read in one wise book, help you: "A woman by nature easily adapts to new conditions. Every 5 years she is renewed and can start life from scratch - change her profession, move to live in another country / city, join new relationship. Her whole life is an endless movement forward!"