What is it you want to accomplish in life? Not just with work, but personally? If you’ve listed them before, it’s always good to update them. Find something that will never get you bored, something you’ll be passionate about. Look around for openings, call people, update your resume and submit it to a few places, pick up a few applications, send out some email feelers. But instead of quitting right away, start lining up your next gig first. If your job is so boring you don’t know what to do with yourself, you may need to move on. Challenge yourself to produce more than ever. How can you challenge yourself? Set a new goal at work. So instead of waiting for someone to create a challenge for you, do it yourself. Many times we’re bored because we don’t have a challenge - things are too easy or routine. I think this is by far the best thing on the list, but you may differ. Just some things I’ve done to keep my mind busy - pick and choose those that might work for you. I’m not going to pursue the longer answer in this post, but give you some ideas for the shorter answer. Is your job that boring? Are you really doing what you want to be doing? Is there a way to start pursuing something better? Or are you already in a great job, but something or someone is holding you back? And what can you do to improve the situation? The longer answer has to do with analyzing why you’re bored in the first place. So the short answer: just find things to entertain yourself. (Well, I haven’t played any games in awhile, but Freecell used to be my poison of choice a few years ago.) Sometimes, I’m creating a new project, or improving myself somehow … but sometimes I just find interesting stuff to read online or find a cool solitaire game to play. And I realized: I always keep myself busy, doing something, whether it’s productive or not. It gave me pause, to think about why I can’t recall ever getting that bored at work. I’m not one to get bored, ever … but a number of readers have written in with the question: What do I do if I’m bored out of my skull at work? Boredom slays more of existence than war. The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century.
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