{"id":117311,"date":"2023-11-04T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=117311"},"modified":"2023-11-08T11:19:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T15:19:38","slug":"how-to-enjoy-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-enjoy-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enjoy Work: 3 Ways to Turn Drudgery Into Delight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Does work drain you or energize you? Do you look forward to starting your work day, or do you dread it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If all of your enjoyable moments in your day are outside of work hours, Grace Beverley has some good news for you. She says that you don&#8217;t need to quit your job or find a new one to find satisfaction throughout your day; you can simply make your current work more enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to discover how to enjoy work by following Beverley&#8217;s recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-enjoy-work\">How to Enjoy Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Beverley says <strong>you can engage in self-care <em>while <\/em>working by making your work more enjoyable. <\/strong>That way, your time spent working productively won\u2019t be depleting. Instead, the joy you get from working will energize and satisfy you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: You may think that making work enjoyable means avoiding effortful, challenging tasks\u2014but some research suggests that doing so would be a mistake. For instance, one study found that challenging tasks may lower your happiness in the <em>present<\/em>, but these same tasks <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10902-009-9166-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boost your happiness <em>later <\/em>when you reflect on them<\/a>. Therefore, when you\u2019re working, seek out joyful experiences <em>and<\/em> welcome challenging tasks that will leave you feeling satisfied when you recall them later.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beverley\u2019s advice on how to enjoy work includes three recommendations: include micro-passions, use creative triggers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/flow-experience\/\">experience flow<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-incorporate-satisfying-tasks-into-your-workday\">#1: Incorporate Satisfying Tasks Into Your Workday<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, Beverley recommends<strong> ensuring that your workday involves many satisfying tasks <\/strong>(what she calls \u201cmicro-passions\u201d). When you fill every day with multiple satisfying tasks, those days amount to a satisfying <em>life<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To implement this tip, make a list of work-related tasks you find satisfying. Then, make a plan to incorporate more of those tasks into your typical workday. Beverley notes that this may require making large changes, such as asking your boss for additional (or different) responsibilities or pursuing professional development that will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/improve-your-skills\/\">improve your skills<\/a>. If those changes aren\u2019t possible, it could be a sign that you should switch roles or careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, imagine you\u2019re a teacher who enjoys the tasks of supporting your colleagues and learning new teaching techniques. You could ask your boss if you can start mentoring new teachers, or you could seek out professional development opportunities that will expand your teaching skills. If these changes aren\u2019t possible, consider switching to a role in which these satisfying tasks feature prominently, such as becoming an instructional coach (a teacher of teachers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Advice on Satisfying Tasks From <em>A Job to Love<\/em><\/strong><br><br>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theschooloflife.com\/shop\/a-job-to-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>A Job to Love<\/em><\/a>, writers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theschooloflife.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The School of Life<\/a> share Beverley\u2019s view that a workday consisting of satisfying tasks makes your <em>life<\/em> more satisfying, and they offer additional advice for identifying and pursuing these tasks.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Identifying satisfying tasks: <\/strong>First, the authors<em> <\/em>describe various types of satisfaction that a job can provide. They say you can clarify your top satisfying tasks by ranking the following twelve types of satisfaction: deepening your understanding; earning money; appreciating beauty; using your creativity; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/be-a-leader\/\">being a leader<\/a>; expressing yourself; being independent; teaching others; organizing objects and ideas; enjoying nature; helping others; and solving problems using technology.<br><br>Furthermore, whereas Beverley recommends identifying <em>work-related<\/em> tasks you find satisfying, the authors of <em>A Job to Love<\/em> say you can look <em>beyond<\/em> work to identify the types of tasks that satisfy you. For instance, they recommend reflecting on which of the twelve satisfying tasks you found most enjoyable when you were playing as a child. They say it\u2019s likely your childhood inclinations and interests are still true today.<br><br><strong>Pursuing satisfying tasks: <\/strong>Like Beverley, the authors of <em>A Job to Love<\/em> recommend incorporating satisfying tasks into your workday. It may help to consider their advice that no single job will ever fulfill <em>all<\/em> of your needs. If your current job doesn\u2019t involve enough satisfying tasks, either follow Beverley\u2019s advice to find one that does\u2014or accept that your current job may never be satisfying enough and instead pursue satisfying tasks <em>outside<\/em> of work.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-make-your-work-original\">#2: Make Your Work Original<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, Beverley argues that <strong>we find work more satisfying when we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-complete-a-task-successfully\/\">complete tasks<\/a> in an <em>original <\/em>way. <\/strong>She explains that when we leverage our unique strengths to create original work, the result is more valuable because someone else can\u2019t easily replicate it. Feeling valuable in this way gives us joy and satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can you make your work original? Beverley says to <strong>engage in warm-ups (what she calls \u201ccreative triggers\u201d) that will inspire you to think outside the box <\/strong>before you complete work tasks. Warm-ups she recommends include drawing something relevant to your work task, listening to a podcast on a related topic, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-brainstorm-effectively\/\">brainstorming<\/a> relevant ideas with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, say you\u2019re a musician who posts lessons about musical concepts on YouTube. You begin one workday by doodling on paper while listening to a song you want to teach. This warm-up gives you the idea to represent the song visually in your video for it, using rising lines to represent ascending melodies, falling lines to indicate descending ones, and wavy lines to show vibrato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">#3: Set Yourself Up to Experience Flow<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Beverley offers a third tip for making your workdays more enjoyable: <strong>experience <em>flow.<\/em><\/strong> She explains that, according to psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, flow is a state in which you\u2019re deeply absorbed in a task. Beverley says that flow makes productivity a form of self-care because the feeling of being engrossed in a task is joyful and satisfying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Csikszentmihalyi, <strong>you experience flow when you\u2019re engaged in a task in which your skill level matches the level of challenge you feel.<\/strong> If you\u2019re not experiencing flow because a task is too easy, you can enter flow by making the task more challenging. If you\u2019re unable to access flow because a task is too difficult, improve your skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beverley advises that it\u2019s easiest to enter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/flow-state-complete-guide\/\">flow states<\/a> when working on tasks that are already conducive to flow. 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