It’s likely this is negatively impacting your job performance, productivity, and creativity. It also implies risks for your physical and mental health, and could affect your social relationships. If it feels overwhelming, talk to a professional.
To improve your risk level, we recommend you to focus on the factors: Cynicism and Depersonalization.
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Huh i thought i was doing better
Tip #1: Start with your body. This might sound cliché, but take care of yourself.
Tip #2: Pinpoint the root of your problems. Decades of research have boiled work problems down to six things:
Heavy workload: You feel like you’re drowning, unable to catch up. Work keeps coming at you like that I Love Lucy episode with the chocolates on the conveyor belt.
Lack of control: You feel you have no agency or choice in your duties, process, or deadlines.
Insufficient Reward: You feel exploited. You think you’re not being appropriately rewarded for all that you do in terms of finances, prestige, or positive feedback.
Unfairness: You feel that your work environment is hostile or unjust.
Lack of Community: There’s a surplus of backstabbing and mean-spiritedness among your co-workers, plus a deficit of support and camaraderie.
Working in Opposition to Your Values: You work against your conscience or morals, like evicting old ladies or harpooning baby whales.
Once you know exactly what’s snuffing your fire, try Tip #3: Imagine the best version of the future. The opposite of job burnout is job engagement. Imagine what it would take for you to be engaged. Where would you like to be? What are the things a great workplace should have? How can you take control of your work and make your own choices rather than have them made for you?
Tip #4: Aim for a better match.
Tip #5: If you’ve done all you can with your current job, make some big decisions. Think like a boss. Make some executive decisions. If making a better match fails, that might be your cue to start looking for another job or to go back to school.
Tip #6: Shift your expectations. So make some internal changes as well: shift from saving the world to helping those who will let you. Or aim for improvement, not perfection.
Tip #7: Delegate. Hear me out on this one. By “delegate” I don’t mean dump the part of your job you don’t like on the intern. Instead, fight the feeling that you’re the only one who can handle things.
Tip #8: Diversify your time.
Tip #9: Take all your vacation days.
2009-2011
2009 job gets stressful (24/7 support and they aren’t hiring help)
2011 quit without job lined up
Take first and only offer post unemployment, move to Texas leaving behind friend family etc starting from scratch
2012
Don't like (new) boss
too hot
too far from family
Look for job, any job
Take first offer, move to Virginia, again leave everything and everyone behind and start over
2017
Work stressful post VCs takeover
Health poor (migraines and trouble sleeping) - resolves once i quit
mom declares tea business dead
Had planned to wait until July and follow S.O. because tired of small town
Decide to take first and only job offer
Forces issues with S.O., breakup
Stress forces issues with second S.O. and we break up
2018
I wanted to spend 12 months at job
it's not bad, it's not great
work is interesting
coworkers are ok
puzzles to solve, things to organize, pay is good
some things i dislike and people say won't improve (but i have not yet pushed the issue, too new)-like the rigid hours, dress code, and NO work flexibility or remote work (they weren't)
wasn't getting to enjoy area b/c visiting parents a lot and long commute
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