6 Hacks for Curing Workplace Boredom
Hate your job? Maybe that's because you find it boring. Heck, even a dream job can get a little stale from time to time.
Web Worker Daily offers six ways to keep boring work from getting you down, starting with everybody's favorite cure-all, exercise:
Yes, this really is my answer to almost everything. Exercising increases our endorphin levels and helps us stay energized. This will help you get your energy levels back up, and you might even think of some new ideas while you exercise.The author also recommends taking a new approach to routine tasks, starting new and challenging projects, setting improvement goals, and the ever-popular getting enough sleep.
I'm not sure I agree that being sleepy at work makes your job more boring, but it definitely makes you less productive. Overall, there's some very sound advice here, to which I would add this: Consider a new job. If you can do your current gig backwards and forwards in your sleep, it's probably time to shake things up and find something more challenging, rewarding, interesting, etc.
Granted, not everyone has that luxury, but life's too short to keep working a job that bores you senseless. Agree? Disagree? What methods do you use to stave off boredom in the workplace? Share your feedback in the comments. Photo by littledan77.