1. Choose to Be Happy at Work
Happiness is largely a choice. I can hear many of you arguing with me, but it’s true. You can choose to be happy at work. Sound simple? Yes. But, simplicity is often profoundly difficult to put into action.
I wish all of you had the best employer in the world, but, face it, you may not. So, think positively about your work. Dwell on the aspects of your work you like.
Avoid negative people and gossip. Find coworkers you like and enjoy and spend your time with them. Your choices at work largely define your experience. You can choose to be happy at work.
2. Do Something You Love Every Single Day
You may or may not love your current job, and you may or may not believe that you can find something in your current job to love, but you can. Trust me.
Take a look at yourself, your skills and interests, and find something that you can enjoy doing every day.
If you do something you love every single day, your current job won’t seem so bad. Of course, you can always make your current job work or decide that it is time to quit your job.
3. Make Friends
When employees answered these questions positively, their responses were true indicators of whether people were happy and motivated at work. One of these key questions was, “Do you have a best friend at work?”
Liking and enjoying your coworkers are hallmarks of a positive, happy work experience. Take time to get to know them. You might actually like and enjoy them. Your network provides support, resources, sharing, and caring.
4. If All Else Fails, Job Searching Will Make You Smile
If all of these ideas aren’t making you happy at work, it’s time to reevaluate your employer, your job, or your entire career. You don’t want to spend your life doing work you hate in an unfriendly work environment.
Most work environments don’t change all that much. But unhappy employees tend to grow even more disgruntled. You can secretly smile while you spend all of your non-work time job searching. It will only be a matter of time until you can quit your job – with a big smile.
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May 6th, 2010 at 9:51 am
I can truly agree to this more than I can with most anything else on the face of this planet. Your happiness is directly controlled by YOU and only you. Throughout the years, I have learned this the hard way. Getting bent out of shape over nothing only makes matters worse. Trying to show someone else you’re angry by denying yourself a good time is damaging to your relationships and overall personal happiness. I found this article so useful and I wish everyone would take a minute out of their cranky, moody, and crabby day to just relax and take the wheel over their own emotions.