I hate my job – what to do

If you type in “I hate my job what to do” on google, you’ll get over 93 million results. So, if you do hate your job and you’re wondering what to do about it, you can know that you can relate to millions of others who share your sentiment.

But, what can you do about a job you hate? What if you have to continue working the job in order to pay for your internet, your cell phone, your apartment rent, your electric bill, your food bill, your gas, etc? Obviously, if you have to keep paying for these items you use, then you need a source of income? And what if your main or only source of income is the job you hate?

What can you do about a job you hate when that job is necessary for your ability to pay for shelter, food, transportation costs and other expenses?

Here are 3 ways you can cope with that job you hate. These ways are simple, but powerful. Put them into practice and you’ll find that that job you hated has turned into something more bearable.

I hate my job – what to do

Here goes.

3 Ways You Can Cope with that Job You Hate

1. Write down what you want to learn at work that day.
Before you go to work, either the night before, or the morning before, or both of these times, write down exactly what you want to learn from work that day in order to make _____ dollars an hour working for yourself, or for someone else. In other words, write down a useful skill you can learn that would enable you to demonstrate more value in your next job so you can earn more money per hour.

Essentially, what this will do is provide you a new way of looking at your job. Instead of whining to co-workers, you’ll be watching everything carefully in order to absorb the best and most useful skills to earn more money at your next job, either working for someone else, working for yourself, or both of these.

The act of writing something down is a powerful gesture, as it puts into motion certain forces, as well as connecting your mind with your hand with paper where that idea is transcribed for the written record.

2. Write down what you’re looking forward to doing when you get home.
Before you go to work, write down what you are looking forward to doing when you get home from work. It could be continuing that book that you’re reading, that is so good you’re reading it slowly, almost like eating a meal that is so delicious you eat slowly as to relish the taste of every forkful of food. You’ve been there before, right? Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast” left me craving for oysters and red wine, even though I don’t care for both, to enjoy in some rundown, highly authentic Parisian restaurant.

When you write down what it is you’re looking forward to doing after work, then work will seem more palatable. Why? Because you’ll have something to look forward to, which will keep you in a better mood. A part of me is almost convinced that the reason why certain people are miserable in this world is this–they have nothing to look forward to. One must have something to look forward to in order to keep his spirits up, to keep his mind buoyed and alert, his energy radiant, and his outlook hopeful.

To keep hope alive, one must have a dream of some future place, person, thing, situation, or circumstance. In this day and age, many people’s dreams have been dashed by wreck less comments made by nay sayers who have no dreams of their own, and who for some dark reward enjoy smashing the dreams of others. Never come between a person and his dreams, because sometimes that’s all a person has. Or at least that is all they think they have.

3. Don’t care.
Don’t care so much about your job. Care enough so you get paid, and so it’s still a safe work environment, but don’t care too much more.

Not caring will enable you to have fun at your job by being creative. Treat the job as a social experiment, where you say as little as possible, don’t smile, and see how people react. You’ll probably be able to control the room that way.

Think of yourself as the most respected and intimidating person at your job. No, don’t think of yourself that way, but think of other people looking at you that way and thinking those thoughts–that they respect you and are intimidated by you. When change your thoughts of how other people view you, other people are likely to view you differently.

Not caring about your job will open up possibilities for you to try different behavior and elicit different reactions. Just see what behavior is useful and discard the rest. For more on this, Google “Richard Bandler meta models NLP”.

summary
If you hate your job and are wondering what to do, incorporate these 3 techniques or strategies.
1. Write down what you want to learn at work that day.
2. Write down what you’re looking forward to doing when you get home.
3. Don’t care.

Try these strategies
Try these strategies and let me know of your results. If you’re tired of hearing your friends complain about their jobs, backing that emotional dump truck into your lap and hey! – Where’s the beeping signal? I want a warning next time!, then share this with them. To share it on Facebook and Twitter and some other sites, click the share button below.

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