You too find yourself in this situation if you frequently experience the following symptoms:

• in the evening you are not looking forward to a new working day;
• rejoice when the working day comes to an end;
• you work on autopilot;
• you don’t see any prospects for your job.

But don't despair. Even those who love their work sometimes feel bored. Here are two main reasons why this happens.

1. You stopped challenging yourself.

Maybe you hate your boss, your co-workers, or your industry. You may have even tried to change something, but nothing worked. And what happened next? You have given up.

In psychology, this state of accepting unpleasant conditions without trying to do anything is called learned helplessness.

“But I can’t just go and find something else!” - you say. This is learned helplessness speaking in you. Why not? Think - why not?

When we stop challenging ourselves, we stop growing.

And you don’t even have to hate your job to do this. Maybe you're just too knowledgeable in your field. Then a similar situation arises: you stop.

What can I do to avoid this?

• Regularly rethink your work.
• Diversify your activities.
• Constantly learn something new related to work.
• Set yourself new goals.

2. You don't have a clear vision of your goals.

Whether your goal is to create your own brand, become the best person in your field, or simply raise your children, you need a clear understanding of what motivates you.

If you don't have one, invent one. People are not born with a ready-made set of goals and desires. Ask yourself what you want from life, how you want to see your future. Just don't say, "By February 15, 2023, I want to start my own company." This sounds absurd. Just try to figure out what direction you want to go in.

Understand what you are striving for and remind yourself of it every day.

If you change, your aspirations will change with you. But whatever you do, never live aimlessly.

It's boring at work? It's your own fault. Not your boss, not the economy, and not your hopeless city, but you.

It was you who stopped developing, you forgot about your dreams, you became lazy, you gave up. Only you yourself can say “no” to boredom. And for this you need to start acting.

Of course, you need to work at work, because what kind of employee is this? chilling in free time . But let’s be realistic, we all know that from time to time we need to rest, there are times at work when it’s very boring and tedious and you think what to do with yourself. Therefore, I bring to your attention several things that you can do: do it in your free time from work.

What can you do at work in your free time?

1) Take an “unofficial” lunch break. Perhaps you took delicious buns or chocolate with you to work, if you are bored, then this is probably the time to eat deliciously. Or you can, for example, order pizza to your office. But you shouldn’t take risks with this, because your boss may be angry that you didn’t share it with him and fire you.

2) Every person has a computer, now is the time that there is no shortage of it at all. Play cards on the computer If you are not allowed to play real games and it is very noticeable, then on a computer you can easily hide it. Play solitaire, every computer has built-in games. You won’t notice how you passed the time.

3) You definitely have beautiful employees in your office. Chat Perhaps make advances or flirt with them. You will like it, perhaps such extraordinary communication will develop into something more and you will receive a reward or a pleasant evening after work.

4) If you are from the fair half of humanity, then you can take beads or threads with you to embroider. This may be a bit of an old activity, but it will still be nice to remember how you did this as a child. You can also create drawings of beaten Christmas decorations and eggshells. Then you can give them to your friends. There are small books that tell in detail how to weave baubles.

5) Take it with you to work interesting book. You may find reading the book boring, but believe me, this is simply not your book. Sometimes, in a good book you just drown and plunge into an unknown world. Therefore, when you are free, you can read an interesting book that you have been wanting to read for a long time.

6) Have a cup of tea or coffee with a slacker colleague. Such drinks are very invigorating and increase performance, while lifting your mood. If you are currently on a diet, then drink tea without sugar or with dark chocolate. It is best to spend time in the company of a good friend with whom you have been working for a long time.

7) Walk to the window. Sometimes, it’s very interesting to just look out the window because you are constantly at work and sometimes life passes you by. Just stop for a moment and look out the window. Look what beautiful nature as people are having fun, take pictures.

8) Listen to cool music on your player or phone. You can even dance, suddenly your boss will notice how beautifully you dance and promote you. But just be careful and don’t disturb anyone, because some may even work.

9) Watch a movie on the phone. It’s better, of course, to use headphones to avoid burning yourself out. You can download the film from the Internet, or watch it via the Internet. Now is the time that Wi-Fi is available in almost every place.

10) You can entertain yourself with crosswords or scanwords. Eat a large number of intellectual, entertaining toys. But if this kind of vacation doesn’t suit you, then just scroll through social networks and chat with old acquaintances.

Bring a chainsaw to work and place it on the table next to you. If someone asks, whisper mysteriously, “Just in case.”

Laugh hysterically for 3 minutes, then suddenly stop and stare suspiciously at those who are looking at you.%cut%

Bring some plasticine to work and start making little people out of it. Do this very carefully and try to make everyone look like your colleagues. When employees become interested in what you do, tell them that in this way - through creativity, on the recommendation of a doctor, you relieve stress and smile. Employees must understand that you are molding them, for which you must hint to them about it. At the end of the working day, when you are done with sculpting, start mocking the figures with a malicious expression on your face (poking needles, setting legs on fire, tearing off heads, etc.), saying something like: now you’re not having so much fun, Petrov ( use your colleagues' last names).

Bring plasticine (light shades) to work and start kneading it. Then silently get dressed, take the crushed plasticine and start sticking it to the door (as they attach plasticine in films). When your colleagues pay attention, with a serious expression on your face, invite them not to be distracted from their work, and, having stuck the wires into the plasticine, hide behind the door with the words “you’ve decided to joke with me.”...

Pretend that you are talking to a colleague, while you simply open your mouth silently, like a deaf mute. Start getting incredibly angry that he doesn't answer.

When your colleague enters the office, pretend that you are ending the telephone conversation with wild screams, swearing and the phrase “Don’t you dare call here again, you bastard, he’ll call you himself!” After 30 seconds, explain that his mom called and you said he would call her back.

Try to write something reverse side pens and start to be indignant that these idiotic gel pens does not work. When a colleague corrects you, slap yourself on the forehead, thank him, apologize for being stupid, turn the page and start again.

Introduce yourself at work as your twin brother and say that you are filling in for your brother while he is sick.

Drop your pen near a colleague. When he wants to pick it up and give it to you, rush to it shouting “This is mine!!!” Tell everyone how your colleague tried to steal your pen.

In a conversation with a colleague, wherever you are, suddenly say: “I think my phone is ringing” and go to the window, purring “Murka.”

When speaking at a meeting, periodically depict nervous tic, twitching like a ghoul.

To any questions from your colleagues, even if they ask: “Why are there no graphs in your consumer satisfaction report, but instead scanned crossword puzzles?”, answer, squinting: “I wish I could have looked at you in 1945.”

Come to the office in the morning, walk slowly, and only someone will open their mouth to say hello, shout: “Don’t you dare yell at me!”, then smile and wish you a good day.

Walk up to a completely bald employee and start asking about highlights and perms. After he hints that he doesn't know, because... he’s bald, make a scared face and say: “Lord, I’m sorry, I thought you cut your hair that way on purpose. I really didn't know. I'm really sorry. My sincere condolences” and run away in tears.

Walk up to a shy employee and ask, “Did you eat beans?” Whatever he says, say, “I think you ate beans, you know what I mean?” and giggle like a child.

Follow your colleague around the office and spray everything he touches with air freshener.

When someone returns from the toilet, wince and shout “Ew, Ew - what a horror!” run out of the office.

Talk to all your colleagues as if you are a cunning detective investigating a murder, and they are all suspects. Periodically say the phrase “The circle is narrowing.”

When people approach you in the office, answer normally, and immediately after answering, quietly mutter “48th” under your breath and giggle. And so with everyone who contacts you, changing the number accordingly.

When someone approaches you in the office, demonstratively take out huge headphones for music and put them on.

When someone approaches you in the office, ask indignantly: “Is it déjà vu or is this some kind of stupid joke?”

At the end of the working day, when everyone goes home, get dressed as quickly as possible and, without saying goodbye to anyone, run out of the office, while grabbing someone’s hat and throwing it in the direction opposite to the door. Running out the door, cackling as hard as you can.

For no apparent reason, plug your fingers into your ears and start singing loudly “ulu lyu lyulya, ulu lyu lyulya.”

Sitting at the table, periodically raise your head and angrily shout: “Who?!” Who was that!?". In response to the puzzled looks of the employees, mutter “Savages” offendedly, sob and cover your head with your hands.

Walk around the office like a robot and talk like a robot.

Walk around the office on your knees and mutter something about landmines on the floor.

During negotiations, listen carefully to the speaker and, as soon as he pauses in his speech, shout to him: “Why are you silent!? This is fucking important!

As you pass by your colleagues sitting at the table, look under the table and, after giggling stupidly, leave with the phrase: “Hee-hee-hee, that’s what I thought.”

Start snoring in a meeting and pretend it’s someone sitting next to you and not you.

During negotiations, answer all questions: “Just don’t yell at anyone here.”

Go up to your colleague in the morning, smile, kindly ask him to tell you what he dreamed about, and as soon as he starts telling, shout loudly: “Pervert!” and run out of the office.

Take off your shoes and socks and place them on the edge of the table.

Mention your boss in conversation, calling him our Fuhrer.

Go to your colleague's workstation while he is working on the computer and silently turn off his monitor. When he becomes indignant, answer him in Spanish (German) and unplug the keyboard wire from the computer, then return to your desk.

Pretend that you are making a phone call and start talking all sorts of gibberish, as if in Caucasian language - periodically laugh loudly and squint your eyes slyly. The main thing is to insert into this gibberish the names of the colleagues sitting next to you. After the conversation, if they ask where you called, say: “I don’t know what you’re talking about” and pretend that you are very busy. If they don’t ask anything, repeat more emotionally.

Walk around the office, bumping into everyone. To unthinking looks, say: “It’s from the mushrooms. It will pass now."

Bring a rattle or rattle and start making noise every time your colleagues start communicating or talking on the phone. If they ask you to stop, you should say, “She doesn’t like you either.”

Go up to a sitting colleague who is busy with something, extend your hand a centimeter from his head or body and start giggling like a child. When he asks what it is, say: “What, what, I don’t touch it.”

Walk up to the person with a ruler and start measuring his face. If they ask, say that you are a hypocrite.

Approach two or three colleagues sitting next to you one by one and ask for help in finding a rolled cufflink. At the same time, physically help them stand up and bend towards the floor, pointing out where to look. When everyone is engrossed in searching for your cufflink, return to your seat and start minding your own business. When they contact you, tell them you're busy and that damn cufflink isn't worth your effort.

In a conversation with a colleague, periodically make an offended face after a completely harmless phrase, then ask: “WHAT DID YOU SAY?”, as if he had insulted your mother. Then, in response to the amazed look, say: “I heard it” and continue the conversation with a sweet look. Repeat after a minute.

Walk around the office looking for something and asking if anyone saw a dwarf with a big nose running by.

Sitting at your desk, start sniffing loudly, looking around. When they pay attention to you, jump up and untie your tie.
and, with irritation in your voice, declaring that you can no longer endure this stench, head towards the exit, sniffing your colleagues along the way. After a while, come back with an air freshener and, spraying it into the air, start laughing madly. Then suddenly become serious and return to your place, and when someone turns to you, answer with the phrase “don’t bother me with my work, I’m very busy” and start making phone calls.

When you enter the office, mysteriously circle around your colleagues’ desks, humming something under your breath, and as soon as one of them makes eye contact, stop and stare into his eyes with a most serious face.

Answer all questions and greetings from colleagues in German, Portuguese, Danish, in general, in some of the least known languages ​​in the office.

When talking to colleagues, suddenly burst into laughter, and then with a serious face say, “I didn’t know you did either,” turn around and leave.

Address your colleagues by their middle name. Only according to someone else.

Attach a paper clip or paper holder to your ear and walk around the office. When someone points this out to you or asks you, smile kindly, shyly say, “I heard, I heard,” and leave.

Having tousled your hair and unbuttoned your shirt, walk around the office, squinting your eyes and smiling slyly. Tell anyone who reprimands you that “he will be next” and laugh like a senile person.

Every hour at exactly 23 minutes, get up and pretend to be a cuckoo - the main thing is that the number of cuckoos does not correspond to the hour.

When talking with a colleague, with permission, take his pen (preferably a Parker) and start picking your nose/ear with it.

Go up to your colleague and start a completely normal business conversation with him, only whispering questions in his ear and asking him to speak in a whisper.

Call yourself from your mobile phone to your work one and, while it is ringing, begin to be loudly indignant that someone is not picking up the phone, and that you cannot work in such a nervous environment.

Good afternoon, dear readers! Today I would like to talk about what to do at work when there is nothing to do. What could be hidden behind boredom, if not to burn out at work, find your calling and understand what is happening? Boredom at work may have nothing to do with your profession. It may be your fault.

Start with yourself

If you notice in Lately If at work you become bored and have absolutely nothing to do, then the first thing you should remember is that you should not imitate vigorous activity. This is a completely useless exercise for both your employer and yourself.

Instead of all kinds of imitations, it’s better to take care of yourself. When you are bored and work is not a joy, then you have a great opportunity to think about what is happening in your life. Start asking yourself questions about your current workplace. Think about your team, boss, clients or customers.

And it will be absolutely great if you don’t have the Internet. Because the Internet has one interesting property - you sit down to read an article, but in the end half a day passes, spent on news in in social networks, viewing photos of friends and more. Be alone with yourself. No communication with colleagues, no internet, no phone.

If you have nothing to do at work, take a notepad and pencil.
Write down a few questions for yourself there, the answers to which will help you understand the situation.

• At what specific moments do I feel bored?
• How do I wake up in the morning?
• What is the commute to work for me?
• If you remember your childhood, what did you want to become?
• What do I love/hate most about my job?

Vocation

I am sure that when a person does what he loves, he does not have a problem - I have nothing to do. Yes, it can be hard, you start to experience difficulties, but there is always something to keep yourself busy. So think about it - is this what you are doing?

You can always find something to do at work during your break. The main thing is that it is a useful activity. If you are tired of books, try writing your resume and sending it to various corporations. Look at the response. Assess your level of professionalism. Maybe you should think about upgrading your qualifications? There is always the possibility that you are bored because you no longer have anything new to offer.

If you suddenly realized that you are now doing something completely different from what you would like, then think ten times about whether you should quit right now. Never forget your obligations. You need a financial cushion. Therefore, if you want to do something new, then you must have confidence that you will not starve and you will have something to pay the rent.

You can always combine work and study. Yes, it's not easy. But look at what you are spending your time on? If you allow yourself to watch your favorite series in the evening, then be sure that you can spend these forty or fifty minutes with much greater benefit. Manage your time wisely. Don't waste it on things that you don't need and won't use in life.

Take a break

If you have the opportunity to take a vacation, take it. During this time, you can have a great rest and find many answers to your pressing questions. You should never forget about professional burnout. We are all human, we get tired, we are stressed, and so on. Don't push yourself like you're a riding horse. Take breaks.

While you can afford to rest, try to look at your life from a different angle. What do you want to change? How can you change this? What do you already have and what is missing?

Working just for the sake of working will sooner or later get boring. The man has good motivation when he has emotional reinforcement. When a person likes what he does, then he does not have thoughts of quitting his job, resigning, etc. He improves, gains experience, accumulates new knowledge and becomes an increasingly good professional.

You need to figure out what you want from your life. Where are you going, with whom, for what and why. Then you will be able to fill your life with those things that will complement you and make life brighter and more interesting. I recommend reading the book " How to understand what you really want and how to achieve it", it will not only shed light on internal conflicts, but will also tell you how to act.

I hope you will not stand still, find a way out of this situation, find your calling or just something for your soul and be happy until the end of your days.
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« Bored at work, what to do?" - Lately, readers have been asking me this question more and more often. The economic crisis has made adjustments to the lives of many employees, who are often forced to hold on to boring but stable jobs.

Situations are different. Perhaps you once thought that you were working in the company of your dreams, you literally flew to work on wings, and felt elated. And now you are bored at work. It also happens that the work seems boring to you almost from the very beginning. In order to understand what to do, when, you must first understand what actually led to this. A boring job can become a dull companion to your career if you don't understand the reasons.

Reason 1. You chose a boring job from the very beginning.

For example, in the secretary profession there are positions that require greater freedom of action (for example, assistant manager), and there are positions where everything is clearly defined and you need to act according to strictly established rules (for example, clerk). And if you are a creative person, you will be bored in such a job.

Reason 2. You don't have enough work.

This can happen immediately (you got a job in a very small company, in a position with unclear functionality) or over time (reduction of projects, etc.). It’s paradoxical, but even in times of crisis this happens. Your day is dragging on like chewing gum, and you are unbearably bored.

Reason 3. You have outgrown your position.

This is one of the most common reasons. For some reason, career growth in this company did not work out, and over time you became... Your qualifications have increased, and those duties that previously brought you pleasure are now performed almost mechanically, using little or no use of your intellectual potential.

Reason 4. The job does not match your skill level.

For a variety of reasons, you accepted a job offer that was initially below your skill level. This could have happened out of despair, for example, you were laid off during the crisis, and you had a mortgage loan. Therefore, you accepted this job, but after 2-3 months you became bored with this job.

Reason 5. Loss of motivation.

Loss of motivation can occur for all of the above reasons, but can be an entirely separate problem. Most often, this happens in companies with a poorly functioning personnel department, whose tasks are reduced to personnel search and personnel records management. This may also happen because the company allocates a very small budget for all personnel issues.

Gross management mistakes can lead to a loss of motivation, as a result of which the system of your material and non-material rewards turns out to be incomprehensible to you. Excellent work is not rewarded in any way, but all your mistakes are raised to a degree. The company has a principle: “there is a crisis now, so the only thing left inedible is the whip.”

It may be that incentives exist, but the criteria for receiving them are not clear to you. The situation can be aggravated by the fact that you once accidentally found out that out of two secretaries doing the same work, the salary of one of them is significantly less, and this person is you. The apotheosis occurs when new employees are hired for the same duties, but at a higher salary.

Many managers blindly believe that if such information is officially classified, then they can work according to the principle “I can do what I want.” But, as you know, you can’t hide your sewing in a bag, and very often employees share their income in the smoking room.

Another problem is that you no longer feel your work is necessary and important. You may have taken it personally and stopped feeling like a significant employee in the company.

As a result, you first feel offended, then lose motivation, because you don’t understand why you should suddenly overexert yourself if no one will see or appreciate it anyway. And eventually you become . Unfortunately, this reason, unlike all the others, can have more far-reaching consequences for you. You will not only be bored at work, but will be constantly plagued by a feeling of injustice and resentment. You may become irritable and after a year of such work you will turn from a nice girl into a grump with whom it is impossible to communicate. The logical result will be your dismissal miserably, although your employer was initially to blame for the situation.

Be completely honest with yourself. If you feel bored at work, don’t at least try to convince yourself that the problem is not worth your attention. Now that you know what's causing you to feel bored at work, you can take action to change the situation.

It is impossible to change anything only in the first situation, when you and your work do not initially suit each other. In this case, you need to look for another job as soon as possible.

In situations where boredom is caused by your lack of workload, you can ask your manager to give you additional work. Perhaps the company has redistributed responsibilities incorrectly and one of your colleagues will be very grateful to you for your help if he is “stitched up” himself. An important point is that your current job must be done, and done well.

If the reason for boredom at work is a situation of lack of career growth, you can talk to your manager (provided that you have been working for at least a year and are doing an excellent job) and, citing your achievements and results, say that you are ready for more responsibility and implementation your potential and ask what you can do to become more high position in company. If your company does not offer opportunities for professional growth, but you are not yet ready to change jobs, you can ask to be given additional responsibilities of a more complex nature. By doing this work, you will temporarily solve the problem of boredom at work.

It is always best to discuss additional responsibilities directly with your manager. This will help avoid situations where other employees simply push on you the work that they find boring to do themselves, which they consider below their qualifications; as well as situations when the results of your work are appropriated by someone. It's good to help your colleagues, but you don't have to do it at the expense of yourself. Be realistic. Even if you have ideal colleagues, it is unlikely that anyone will ask for you.

If you have lost motivation due to incorrect actions by management, and if despite all the above measures you are still bored at work, this means that it is time to change jobs. Don’t listen to those HR “specialists” who say that there is a crisis now, and you need to “sit out” at an unloved, but real job (and if the crisis lasts 10 years, will you still sit there?). Nobody is forcing you to burn all your bridges. You may well be looking new job without leaving your old one. Just don't tell your boss or colleagues about it. A good vaccine against the fear of losing your job is to create a “financial cushion”, that is, a cash reserve sufficient to live for at least 6 months without significant losses in quality of life.

But if you “sit” for years at a job that irritates you, shaking with fear of never finding a new one, you may end up at the neurosis clinic. And the above-mentioned personnel specialists who gave you these tips will not bring you gifts.

The most common mistake if you are bored at work is to start killing time, that is, communicate on classmates and other social networks, sit in a chat room, often visit the smoking room, be late for work in the morning and after the lunch break. Instead of improving your qualifications, this will lead to professional degradation, and even the boss, having noticed you (you may not know about it) doing such a piquant activity as discussing Verka’s photo from the next department, may be offended and think that you are stealing work time, and time, as you know, is money. God forbid he fires me yet.

And finally, if you still really cannot change your job due to objective reasons (large loan, illness of a child or relative, other circumstances that simply will not allow you to take risks), then for this period, while you are forced to stay at a boring work, you can change your attitude towards this work. As they say wise people, if you cannot change the situation, change your attitude towards it. Be philosophical about your work. After all, it's just a job.

Imagine that you are not doing boring work, but providing much-needed services to your clients. Treat this work from the position of an owner. Imagine that you are not just connecting your boss by phone, but that you are his right hand, help you quickly contact the right people, thanks to which he will solve important issues for the office. You don’t just bring coffee to visitors, but help them feel good and comfortable in yours office. And for the fact that you provide good, friendly and high-quality services to “internal” clients, you receive your fee.

It is also very important to learn to leave work at work, that is, when you come home, completely devote your time to yourself and communicating with loved ones. Don’t think about work problems, don’t replay the past day in your head and who said what. Don't plan things for tomorrow. Live in the moment. Watch a movie, take a bath, go to a restaurant or movie, take a walk with your child. After all, life is not only work!