How to be happy at work despite challenges

Challenge is not always a bad thing

There are many different types of challenges that you’ll face at work. They may be work-related or they may be internal petty bust-ups. No matter what they are, you should try and look at the bright side of things.

I’ve made myself feel better at a shitty job by using it as a learning opportunity. The experiences that you have at shitty jobs will help you in future jobs, and it’ll be easier to brush them off as you’ve faced them before.

You can use the challenges you face to build up resilience as well. Dealing with shitty customers and shitty colleagues all day builds a thick skin that can be taken into all aspects of your life.

Make it a game

In order to make life more interesting, some people decide to make it a game. Whether that’s healthy or not I don’t know, but it does change your perspective on the world.

Games have challenges that you must overcome and goals you must achieve to move forward, and that’s the way you should look at the challenges you face at work.

In order to get a promotion, I must prove my worth to the asshole on level 2. In order to stop customers from shouting at me, I must complete the task of becoming competent at my job…