Don’t want to go to work It may be these four aspects.

Editor’s Note: The 98-year-old Japanese granny Inspur said in "Enjoy Your Life" that working is actually to earn money to support yourself. Indeed, most people do. Nigerian writer Adiqi wrote in Women’s Rights that we don’t have to like the work itself. It’s a revelation. This article may further free you from the "don’t want to go to work" curse. This article is compiled from Psychology Today, the original author, career coach Brynn Johson, the original title:4 Insights on Why You Don’t Want to Go to Work.

Maybe you silently repeat when you get up every morning, "I don’t want to go to work today."

Maybe you think every night, "I don’t want to go to work tomorrow."

Maybe you know in your heart, "I don’t want to go to work anymore, but I need money."

Of course, there will be times when everyone doesn’t want to get up, start a new day or go to work. Commuting is a burden, and the boss is a terrible existence.

But what if you keep doing this?

If this is your case, it’s probably a bigger problem. You need more than just encouraging your podcast or Starbucks double espresso latte. If you have a work-life crisis, you need to think about what the core problem is, so that you can "cure the root" instead of "cure the surface".

But, first of all, I think you know this, but I still want to mention:You have to work. No matter what job it is. Unless you are very rich, in which case, take care of your money and enjoy life.

The essence of life is that we must make a living. However, people don’t realize that, in fact, we can largely determine how our work makes us feel.

I am not a millennial generation who likes to entertain foolish ideas. Well, I’m a millennial generation, but I grew up in the Midwest and witnessed my parents go through the ups and downs of the oil industry. They tried to feed us. I understand professional ethics. I also have a work ethic. I’m also optimistic,I believe that if we work hard enough, everything will eventually get better.

If you don’t like something, there must be a way to improve it, even a little.I never believe in the idea of "living one day, bumping into the clock one day, and being grateful that I still have a job".

Now let’s look at some of the main reasons why you don’t want to go to work tomorrow. These are some common factors that clients don’t want to go to work in my professional coaching career.

Usually, you don’t want to go to work, and the reasons behind it may be: work, family, health and expectations. Every factor will bring you the feeling that you don’t want to go to work again.

Probably a colleague who doesn’t get along. You may not like commuting. You don’t like people heating fish in the microwave in the lounge. Or office life is not for you.

In 2020, we all have a lot of home office experience. According to a survey by Global Workplace Analytics, 77% of the employees interviewed like the flexibility brought by working from home, 69% are satisfied with their physical and mental health, and 76% want to continue working from home after the epidemic.

But if you are one of the 24% people who don’t want to continue working from home, your job satisfaction will not be restored until you return to the office and stop having so many Zoom meetings.

It is a fact that HR knows that employees’ private lives have a great influence on their work schedules. Private life can also affect job satisfaction. If your private life is too stressful for you to pay attention to or enjoy your work, you can choose to talk to your employer. Here are some things you can do to curb the influence of private life on your work (from Forbes).

1. Talk to your boss or employer.

2. Don’t talk too much about personal life.

3. When using electronic products, set the boundaries between public and private.

4. Separate private life from work.

5. Try company counseling.

6. Give yourself a break.

7. Meet your emotional needs.

If you have no energy, usually, you also have no motivation. Your health is an important part of job performance and job enjoyment. Ensure adequate sleep, healthy diet and regular exercise. If you think that your job makes you lack energy, it’s actually a problem that will accompany you when you change jobs.

Note that I didn’t say that you should make sure when you go to bed, how many calories you eat, or how much intermittent training you do. This is because each of us has different needs for calories. What works for one person may not work for another.

As for diet and exercise, you may know how to deal with it. But as far as sleep is concerned, you can first understand your "time pattern" and what time you like to do. In fact, some people’s sleep habits are naturally different, which will also affect your job satisfaction.

Another reason why you don’t want to go to work is that you have many common misunderstandings about how work should be done. These misunderstandings make you believe that work is painful and make you don’t want to go to work again. As follows:

In order to make money, I must work hard even if I don’t like it.

Hard work doesn’t mean suffering.In fact, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) shows that the quality of experience is related to the flow state. The author was previously titled Beyond Boredom and Anxiety (Beyond Boredom and AnxietyIn a research paper, "flow" is defined as "the state of peak enjoyment, energy focus and creative concentration experienced by people in adult games, which has become the basis of a highly creative lifestyle."

The initial study found that all the factors that predict the quality of experience (except leisure and motivation) are more influenced by the state of flow rather than "being in the state of work or leisure". Excitedly, flow state is more common at work than at leisure. What is the point? Compared with unemployment, work may give you a better experience-as long as you can achieve a flow experience at work. Although a little effort is made at the beginning (remember, motivation is not positively affected by flow), flow is a state of pleasure like a party.

In the current economy, it is good to have a job, even if you don’t like it.

I won’t be overly optimistic: the job market is not good now. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the COVID-19 epidemic has brought about a soaring unemployment rate, and our economy will not recover until 2030.

However, it is still possible to change to a new job.

The trend of working from home will continue. In this case, you can apply for a lot more jobs than the previous commuting distance requirement. This has greatly expanded your employment.

In addition, people are saving at home instead of traveling. Some people suspect that there will be explosive consumption after the vaccine is effective, and many companies need to find more people to meet the demand.

In addition, in 2021, work is not the only way to make money. The United States has experienced a "entrepreneurial wave", and many newly unemployed people apply for companies and start their own businesses.

Many people have also begun to enter the "odd-job economy", working one project at a time. Many people have signed up for freelance websites such as Fiverr and Upwork, and you might think that supply will exceed demand. However, due to these new entrepreneurs I mentioned earlier, freelance jobs are also growing.

That’s the way work is. Nobody likes it.

It is common to complain about work with friends. It can release stress. However, not everyone hates work. I assure you, you know at least one person who likes his job.If they can, why can’t you?Writing and exploring yourself may help you.

• What would it be like if you could make money and enjoy it?

• What will it be like to make money without pressure?

By the way, I know that when you are stuck in the mentality of "I don’t like work", you may not want to write at all, but it is useful-I promise you with my career coaching certificate and my degree in psychology.

Most people know what they don’t want. It’s simple. But it is very difficult to find what you want. We have never learned this matter.

Thinking about what you really want is neither superficial nor indulgent. It is very effective.

Because even if we don’t realize what we want, we will always find ways to achieve it. We can also let it surface, admit it and get what we want earlier.

• Close your eyes. Where do you want to go most?

• If you could go back in time, which career would you choose?

• If you could get a job without an interview, what would it be?

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Translator: Shen Chenye