How to Survive Long Days at Work?
I feel for you, I used to work as a cashier and it can be sometimes boring, sometimes stressful or annoying (when you're dealing with rude customers) and can make you feel like such a corporate peon. Nine hours on Black Friday will be a crazy day, but I'm sure the frenzy of it all will make the day go by much faster than you'd think. Since it sounds like you're only working for the holidays, just tough it out. It's good work experience and will earn you some dough. If there's any chance that you can get trained in another area you'd prefer (sales floor) maybe you can talk to your manager about it, although for seasonal staff they probably are less likely to do so since you won't be permanent anyway. If you've been "screamed at," and anyone who works in retail has, try to put it in perspective. First of all, if the customer was being truly abusive then that is not acceptable. There should be a procedure in place for you to contact security or management to deal with the problem guest. Whatever you do, don't take it personally. No rational, decent person would come in and yell at a salesperson just trying to do her job. People like that are just generally unpleasant and they come in and bark at the retail staff because they (the unpleasant customer) have no friends, no life, and just come in there and try to order you around so they can feel important. Basically, they're just crazy. If they are seriously harassing you, let management or security deal with it. But if they're being a general pain in the neck, then just try to ignore it while being efficient and professional. You don't need to go out of your way to be polite to a customer that's being rude to you. By being confident and showing that you don't care, it will ruin their whole day :-) Later on, it could be a good idea to do some volunteer work so you can get some experience in other types of work. This could enable to get you a better job in the future.
How to survive a boring job?
I am a receptionist and I swear I have like three job responsiblities. I just have to answer the phone when it rings (about four times an hour) and occasionally I have to check addresses or a phone number on whitepages. Other than that I have NOTHING to do and my shifts are eight and half hours long. I get so incredibly bored. I do have a computer I can use for checking numbers but I am not supposed to use it for personal reasons. My boss expects me to constantly be working on something or "keeping busy" when there is nothing to "keep busy" with. I have tried to ask for more to do and they give me a project like making five copies....ok....now what? So I'm not allowed to read or anything. How the heck can I survive my boring job? Tips would be great. I do this five days a week so forty hours a week of nothingness. I feel so unimportant and useless. Should I just get another job? I feel bad though because mine is so easy...
How to survive the day after an all-nighter?
Set your alarm for 8:30 and go to bed. You still have time for 6 to 7 hours sleep and for hitting the snooze button once or twice. If you can't sleep and have to stay awake all day, the easy way to do it is drink strong black coffee. Staying awake all day after being up all night isn't difficult in the summertime. Once you go out into the sunshine, your body starts producing "awake" hormones and you'll wake up. The caffeine in the coffee will help. A protein breakfast such as a small cheese/veggie omelet will get your blood sugar level and that will help.
What are some life hacks to survive 12 hour days and 50 hour work weeks?
Yes, there are a few. Keep in mind that they can delay burnout, but not prevent it. 12 hours a day for a long time proves detrimental to your health, both physical and mental.Even if you’re on nootropics or stimulants, after a few months or years your body and mind will start giving up. Elon Musk’s been doing it for years now, and if you Google recent pictures of him, you’ll see how he’s changed for worse the past few months. I wouldn’t be surprised if he suffered a hypertensive crisis, or worse, a heart attack due to his exhaustive activities.However, there are a few tips to make the most out of your day and to increase productivity:Exercise - Exercise keeps you fit and your brain active. A few bodyweight exercises every morning, or a 2-mile walk can boost your body with the needed adrenaline and energy to get through the day.Good sleep - At least eight hours of sleep per day is recommended to keep your brain and body healthy. Sleep deprivation can cause depression, cognitive deficiency and can lower your IQ in long-term. According to some sources, it can also cause high blood pressure.Lead a minimalistic life - Although our human brains are quite powerful “supercomputers”, with nearly endless memory and advanced cognitive abilities, they still have their limits. To make the most of your brain, start d.e-cluttering it. Throw away things you don’t need. Adopt a simple sense of fashion, like Zuckerberg or Jobs. Stay away from bad company. Instead, spend time with people who make you feel good. A happy and simple you is a better you. The less things you have to deal with, the more power your brain has in store.Focus, focus, focus - Once you start working on something, turn off all other gadgets. Keep your phone away. Turn off the TV. Resist the temptation to keep another tab open where you can browse through Youtube. Focus solely on your work, and you’ll be surprised at how fast you can finish your tasks without distractions.Dope up on caffeine - Caffeine is a good stimulant. It increases your alertness and even gives your cognitive abilities a boost for a short time. It’s perfect for when you have to deal with a difficult task, or when you really need to focus on something. However, I wouldn’t recommend large amounts of caffeine. The maximum intake a healthy adult can have is around five cups of coffee per day. Anything above that and you’ll start noticing things like high blood pressure, anxiety attacks or insomnia.
How do you survive the job you hate?
i'm distracting myself online as much as i can, and i consider the actual DAY to start when i arrive back home. that's a pretty short day, but it's easier to just erase the working part, and go on autopilot. what do YOU do, to not get nuts at your stupid, unimportant, boring, yet somehow stressful job?
How do most people deal with going to work every day?
Life is a series of compromises. By working a regular job, you get some positive reinforcements; you are permitted to live a "normal" life without being questioned. If you marry, have children, buy a house, retire and die you will have made choices that few will bother to criticize. I think this a very important motivation for a lot of people. It makes for a very simple life. A negative reinforcement is the boredom you mention. Most people either ignore it till it goes away or medicate it with whatever's handy. If you have an extended family of social structure that is rigid and important to you, you just need to get over being bored. However......if you don't care what the convention is, and you don't care about appearances and you dread dying before you ever lived more than you dread social disapproval, then go do something interesting. Another answer mentioned escaping on a boat. Great idea. I lived on my boat for a while and it was awesome. Run off to Ho'okipa and windsurf days and bartender nights. Code on the road; most of my employees are scattered around the globe and still earn a regular paycheck. Break the cycle and do something not boring. Ultimately, only the boring are bored. This is the only life you get, so either accept the program or change the channel.
What are some boring jobs?
factory machine operator - repetative, can't talk to machines librarian - not allowed to sit and read, really quiet, no talking coffee maker in starbucks/any coffee shop - stupidly repetative secretary/clerical work - filing, being with paper the whole day, not very fulfilling packaging supervisor (checks if the packaging on food is sealed properly) - most repetative job ever, food packaging is really boring to look at all day there are many
How do people stay in the same job doing the same work day after day year after year?
How do people stay in the same job doing the same work day after day year after year?You know, it really depends on the type of work you do and what your expectations are. I know a few people who are perfectly happy to do routine work eery day and hate being surprised with new challenges. They actually enjoy doing the same thing pretty much over and over again.I am the exact opposite. It’s probably partly my ADHD, and at least partly also my personality. I get bored easily and don’t relish boredom. Work boredom is worst of all. It gets to the point where I feel that my brain is melting and time slows down to a treacle-like drip of monotony. That would be my idea of hell. I really, really don’t react well to monotony.So I got bored quickly with jobs as soon as they started to get repetitive. But there are jobs around which challenge you again and again. I currently work in a small (6 people) company, and our clients are mainly design agencies who need to solve a client IT issue related to the clients’ branding and design. So we get calls with clients wanting to do stuff with Word that I would honestly never have thought of. It’s actually kind of fun. And again and again, we are faced with new challenges. So I’m happy here, but I have’t often been happy in past jobs. Except the years I spent robbing banks and hijacking gold transport trucks. But that was all simulated training exercises. Still, it was fun.I think that you need to keep looking until you find a job that is satisfying and provides what you need to stay sane. And - obviously - pays enough to survive with.
How can i survive maths without falling into a coma?
1. If you think it's boring now, how boring do you think it's going to be when you have to take it again in summer school? 2. How boring do you think the 35 or 40 years of your adult life is going to be when the only job you can get, when you can find work, is some deadly dull, repetitive thing where you do the same simple thing all day long and get paid minimum wage for doing it? Geez, I can tell you from experience that even the jobs you'll love will be boring a lot of the time but you won't even have a choice of jobs if you don't learn the basics. 3. To stay alert, just imagine how much "fun" you'll have being homeless and living in your car if you don't learn the basics when you can. 4. Math is brain gym. Yep, you won't be using most of what you learn in math when you're grown up but it forms all kinds of pathways in your brain (brain muscles) that you will use. If you don't want to be known as the person so dumb they can't find their way out of a door when they are standing on one side of it, pay attention. 5. Guess what? You are not going to be living your life with your friends. Pay attention in math to help you make your own way through your own life. You're going to be spending decades without your friends by your side every second. Learn to focus on whatever is in front of you right now. Do it for you. "Now" can be murderous. You can feel whatever boring thing you're doing "now" sucking your life away. Whatever you're doing "now" can be so boring that you want to scream. Just do it and get it over with.
I’m bored at my well-paying, relaxed job. I’m 30 and work at a big tech company earning around 150K for working 2-3 hours a day on average. Is it worth quitting simply because I’m bored, or I should I stay and find excitement outside work?
I am almost in the same boat as in, I make around 150k for a big-tech, almost 30, work about 2-3 hours a day and am bored like crazy.A couple of things you haven't mentioned are:1) where you live2) where you are from150k sounds like a lot for a single person, but if you live in the New York or the West Coast area, it is not so much. Also, you might want to start a family soon (possibly) and that will severely restrict your choices. I live in the NYC area and 150k, even though it sounds like a lot, is not so much after taxes and the living expenses ( I live in a crappy apartment since I hate the idea of roommates at 30). I am an H1B with the term almost getting over (I have decided to not apply for a green card because it takes almost a decade for Indians), so switching is very challenging, hence the job is starting to seem like a dead end. Working 2-3 hours for something that I do not enjoy, I learn no new skills. My savings go a much longer way in my home country, so I have decided to use my savings and skill to start a business in India. I am single, independent, relatively young and have 'some' savings that would let me have a firm footing in my home country. I see this as one big opportunity in life. A lot of people would call me foolish, but the only 2 options in life are not being a waiter for a fast food restaurant or a dead-end desk job. I am working on making a safety net around me, so if my venture fails, I don't lose a lot of money or go in debt. May be you should plan an exit and execute on it too. But make sure you are self-reliantOtherwise,Top 10 Ways to Cure Your Boredom at Work