How to deal with a job you hate

The term job dissatisfaction has been a popular topic of many water cooler discussions. How many times have you heard someone complain about their job? A better question is, how many times have you done it? How do you deal with a job you hate but have to hold down to pay the bills and feed your family?

Some studies show that job dissatisfaction is one of the main causes of stress and stress is one of the main causes of illness. This article is not about how to tell if you hate your job or not. If you hate your job, you know it. So let’s see what kind of options you have to deal with this without completely cutting off your only source of income.

When you have a job that you hate, it is very exhausting both mentally and physically. But if you’ve had your job for a while, chances are you’ve done what most people do. You’ve found ways to make yourself believe that work isn’t so bad. You focus on the good things about the job to bring out the bad things.

Although this is a good temporary solution, it will have an adverse effect on you over time. You can’t lie to yourself for long. That fake smile you put on every day will eventually turn into a scowl and your attitude will suffer as well. So what is a better solution?

Find out exactly what makes you hate your job.

Is it the actual work itself or the environment or working conditions? If you have a job that you don’t care about, then the obvious solution is to find a way to get a job that means something to you. If you have a job in a field that you like but hate because of the working conditions (pay, coworkers, lousy boss, etc.), then you need to find a way to improve your conditions by going to another company or getting a promotion. .

While these solutions may seem obvious, the challenge is that because many people use rationalizations to feel better about their jobs, even though deep down they hate it, they will feel comfortable where they are. As long as we are comfortable, we will stagnate and do nothing to change our situation.

So the way to deal with a job you hate is to really hate it. Don’t deny your emotions, they are telling you something. Use that energy to create a plan and take action to move toward a job, career, or company you’ll truly enjoy working for. When you know there’s a bright future at the end of the tunnel instead of a brick wall, even though you’ll still hate your job, you’ll have something to look forward to every day. That will make a big difference in your level of happiness.

You will spend most of your adult life working. You have one life to live and it is short. If you agree with both of these statements, then there should be no point in staying with a job you hate for the rest of your life.

So the way you deal with a job that you hate but can’t quite quit yet, is to create an escape plan so that you can eventually leave work and do something you enjoy even if it takes years to achieve because if you don’t, you won’t. you will end up hating your life. And when you hate your life, what’s the point?