Are you unhappy with your current job? Is waking up and going to work a daily burden with you? Then try these simple but effective tips on how you can be more satisfied with your work and remove the unhappiness and frustration from your current job. After all, if you are unhappy with your job, it will also affect all aspects of your life.

Be proud of yourself and your work

It doesn’t matter whether you are a restroom janitor or a president of a multi-million dollar company. Taking pride in the work you do is the first step in job satisfaction. Give it your best. Always go for quality work. At the end of the day, knowing that you’ve done your best gives you a feeling of pride and satisfaction.

Create an attitude of enthusiasm

Believe it or not, you can be happy with your current just by changing the way you approach it. If you think that your job is so boring and monotonous, it will be boring and monotonous. So start thinking that your job is exciting and challenging. Your attitude towards your job is the product of your thoughts. And since you are in total control of our thoughts, you are in control of your attitude. This is your daily challenge: Create an attitude of enthusiasm to your work, no matter what you feel. By changing your attitude, you change your feeling. And when you have that positive feeling, you will be satisfied. Try this and be prepared for a big change.

Creativity is the key

You feel that your job is so boring and monotonous. So what can you do to perk it up a bit? Examining what you can do to change the daily approach of your work is another way of bringing in a new challenge to your job. Be creative in your ideas and soon you will find out that there are numerous ways you can change the routine of your work. Ask yourself, what else can I do that no one has thought of? Or what can I do to be more productive in eight hours? Not only will you be challenged to engage in more work, but the possibility of management noticing your initiative is inevitable.

The specialist

Of course you have plans of career advancement, right? Then try this on for size: Study the work you do by taking down notes and practicing it even for just one hour a day. In a short time, you could be the company’s specialist in that discipline. By genuinely being interested in your work, you get a natural tendency to be enthusiastic because of the learning you have gained.

You are a professional

Yes, you are a professional. Someone who can be counted on when management needs your expertise. Your standards are high and you do not accept second best. You are very cooperative and approachable. A professional always does his work consistently right the first time. And when you are a professional, you enjoy your work.

The sky is the limit

Again, your attitude towards your work will greatly affect your satisfaction. So do not think that you are limited to this and that kind of job. You don’t have to box yourself in and produce less than what you are capable of. Utilize and maximize your abilities do work “above and beyond the call of duty.” Again, be proud of your work and have that enthusiastic point of view to break out of the things that hold you back.

You are a reporter

Write down notes and ideas you have learned through the years or through seminars and conferences you’ve attended. Keep track of changes in the workflow and always be updated on the latest trends and changes in the market. If your ideas can help the company, then implement it as soon as possible. All of these things will contribute to the challenge of creating a more satisfying job.

The grass is greener on your side

Most amateurs think that the grass is greener on the other side. And that’s what they will always be: amateurs. Being a professional, you know that the grass on your side of the fence is greener. You don’t have to look for opportunities on the other side when all of the challenges you need are in your own company. Again, be creative in finding them and stop looking at the other side of the fence.

Your thoughts, attitude and the way you handle your work will greatly determine how satisfied you are with your job. If you do your work right the first time—and if you do it with enthusiasm, creativity, professionalism and quality—then management will surely give you credit for a job well done. Your rewards may not come immediately, but you’ll be surprised how soon it gets to your feet.

extracted from http://succeedwiththis.com

i’m past my bedtime but i want to spare some few minutes on this.
the week has been…yes…overwhelming… so much for a birthday week! hehe

i rushed to complete things, do write ups (and still not yet the one i promised Suli for the e-bulletin!!) and also my student’s help in writing out the transliteration for solat’s readings!! and still on my framework!! oh no oh no, kanciong leyyy!

honestly, 24/7 is not enough! when can all these be over?! i honestly can’t wait for this end of august, when i will be visiting IIU, KL, with my mother. please, Lord, let me realise this!! ;))

and not to say, i had fevers, on and off, this week. and am still having this so irritating flu! yea! yet again. i’ve lost count how many times i’ve fallen sick this year! and some people still commented that my voice is not back yet…guess what…i’m coughing now! but not so much as the one which made me lose my voice quite recently.

and truly a bombshell exploded, on monday, my birthday that is. you know when i used to say how singapore is so small and you tend to meet who’s this and this to one other person, you know this 6-degrees of separation they’ve been buzzing about. well, mine had to be this….there are some people i wanted to avoid, for the rest of my life, if that’s quite possible.

these same some people, they might be directly or indirectly connected to me, so to say. let’s put things briefly. of all people, it had to be HER!! it had to be her whom i have to be working with!! i know she’s way beyond my problem, but it’s just that…why does it has to be her? i don’t know, my mind’s chaotic at this moment.

my heart’s just screaming. ok seri need to focus on life now, ok. 25’s a big number. and quite honestly, i’m feeling these changes within me. my emotions, my mind.

i’m thinking my life is like this UNO Stacko. i have all these blocks of colours and numbers stacked up nicely, but then i have to rearrange them, just to make sense of all the colours and numbers, without, WITHOUT FALLING DOWN. how do i take one block out from the stacks without the risk of the blocks moving, swaying dangerously, just waiting to crash down. how do i know which one to take out, put away, or re-fix it somewhere along the stacks? what will happen if it all crash? where do i start to put them all back together?

so complicated.

and people, please stop asking me when’s my ‘time’? what time? i don’t have time, ok!so just stop. yes most of you are attached, engaged and married, not to forget, beranak-pinak. so what? just not my time yet laaaa!! tanya, tanya!
and i have to admit my heart’s breaking by the very minute (yeah, because of this and that), and i don’t know why, with this -25- i keep getting thoughts of a someone from years back who i know is just out of reach. it’s escapism.

i don’t know what i’m angry about. haha. this is embarrassing. you never know who’s reading this blog. but keep your thoughts to yourself ok.