Spending the normal working day hours of eight hours per day, five days per week working for somebody else doing something that you don’t like feels like it can drain the life out of you. As a result, many people reject the idea of wanting a job and wanting to work at all. Instead, they come to feel that “I don’t want a job I just want a life”. And if you find...
The pandemic caused people to reevaluate many aspects of their lives and what was truly important. And one area that seemed to be impacted more that others was that of work. People started to ask themselves why they were putting so of their energy and time into their jobs. And at the end of the day, many people started to question the importance of a job in the first place. To that end, this...
You’ve been in the working world for a while. Maybe you have worked various jobs in different fields. Or maybe you’ve been climbing the ladder in the same career path for some time. But, after a while, you realize that none of the jobs really bring you to life. You might even start to feel a bit numb in the working world. So, you start to realize that…maybe you have no passion...
The most common work day hours are 9am to 5pm Monday – Friday for eight hours per day and 40 hours per week. Assuming that you sleep for about eight hours per day, that means that half of your waking hours are spent working. For many people, that number of hours and that regimented of a schedule is simply too much. In fact, for some people, working a 9 to 5 can simply feel like a...
The routine. The pressure. The people. The lack of purpose. For many people, working a corporate job is just about the worst thing that they could imagine doing with their life. And for some, they may even feel like working a traditional corporate 9 to 5 is a waste of life entirely. If you’re here reading this article, there’s a good chance that you’re miserable in...
You’ve tried different companies. You’ve tried different jobs. Maybe you’ve even tried different career paths entirely. And, no matter what you try, you simply don’t seem to enjoy it. Any maybe you’re even in what you would consider to be a good job right now. A good company, a good boss, a good team, but still, you’re finding that you just don’t like...
The 9-5 schedule has been the standard for most jobs in the United States since the 1920s. Originally, it was introduced by the Ford Motor Company and became standardized by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 as a way to curb the exploitation of factory workers. And ever since that time, the 9-5 schedule is the way that we have organized our work. However, younger generations have increasingly...
Whether it’s your very first job or a new job after having been out of work for a while, getting out into the workforce can feel scary. There’s the pressure to perform, to interact with other people, to have less control over your schedule, and to deal with a boss. All of those things are significant challenges if you’ve never worked before or have been out of work for a while...
Work is a significant portion of your life. In fact, the average person spends 90,000 hours at work over the course of a lifetime. And if you find yourself dreading going to work and hating all of the time that you’re spending at doing your job, it can have a significant impact on your overall wellbeing. To that end, this article is going to unpack what to do if you find yourself...
If you’re choosing currently in school, or graduating school shortly, it’s common to feel like you have no idea what career you want. However, it’s also fairly common to feel like you have no idea what career you want even if you’ve had an extensive working career. Lots of people work for many years in a career path that they never feel like is not truly for them. ...
