Are you satisfied with your chosen profession? Stress at work can cause unhappiness. Just think for a minute, you spend a good part of your day getting ready for and being at your job. That is a long time to be dissatisfied.
If you feel stuck, here are suggestions to get the one you like:
Brainstorm on a notebook – I’ve talked about this before and it’s a strategy I use all the time. Take a pad of paper and write down at the top your objective in the form of a question. And then next, list as many answers. E . g ., you may choose to writing “What should I be doing with my time and life?” Then spend the next hour or so compiling a list of answers to the question . You can easily repeat every day till you get a satisfactory answer.
Discuss with friends and relatives – Sometimes people close to us have greater intimate knowledge of us better than ourselves. When hanging out with a close friend, ask for their help to sort things out about your career goals. Ask them for what they think you’d love to be doing. You might be surprised at how easily they can pinpoint the skill sets that you like using over and over and come up with a good suggestion.
Sit down with close coworkers – Much like your friends in the example above, your coworkers see you in a different light. Your coworkers have seen what you’re good at in a professional sense. Make a list of what they say and see if there are any common threads you can explore.
Talk to an agency – Most professionals, like you, have resumes handy. Sometimes you may get lucky and catch up with a headhunter during downtimes and discuss with them your career goals. I’ve done this a few times before and the people seem open to talking with people. The result are useful.
Complete a career assessment exam – Keep this in mind: to succeed in a profession, you’ll need to go through its own training and/or education process. Easy to illustrate, registered nursing career need a different set of skills from a video game designer. There are several sites on the Internet that someone like you can take these tests. But be careful since some are available for free, others require a fee. But using my ‘headhunter’ tip above, many headhunters have this software and will most likely let you complete the test in their facility. These are simple tests asking you to click on answers to questions about what you like, don’t like, want to do professionally. It’s a good evaluation to see some new exciting areas to explore in your life.
Maintain a notebook of ideas – It’s always good to browse for past observation of what you did right or made you smile. Look out for trends and activities you like as well as don’t like. Keep in mind that finding things you don’t like is as critical as the things that you do not like. As an example, if you hate an overwhelming boss, you’d probably like a self-directed position.
Discovering what you really want to do with your life might be distressing at times, but you can get help. We spend 1/3 or more of our lives earning a living for ourselves and family. Hence, its worthwhile to figure it out.