Here’s What You Do If You Hate Your Job

Obviously, the best choice would be to switch careers.

If you do not gain any passion, purpose or fulfillment from what you do then what’s the point? Money?

Does that really justify all the struggling you go through?

That being said, there are those who cannot just quit.

They have family relying on them, have no idea of what else to do or are living a standard that they won’t surrender.

But again those people should ask themselves If it is worth the price they pay.

If it is worth the stress, unhappiness and loathing, then there’s no problem.

But if it’s not then something must change.

Here are a couple things that you can do in that case:

1. Build something on the Side — You don’t have to switch your career right away. Start building something up and invest as much time and energy in it as you can, until the point where you’re making just as much or more money than with the job you hate. Then quit.
2. Find the Joy in what you do — As a kid you had the ability to make anything fun. You just have to focus on yourself a bit more and on the work a bit less. Gamify it, treat it less seriously and be a bit weird. Worst case scenario, you get fired and lost a job you loathe.
3. Connect your Work to a Greater Cause — How does what you do affect the world? How does that affect the next level? Go so deep that you start feeling a connection with what you do. Every job has the potential to change the world!
4. Quit — I know I said earlier that it’s not an option for most, but I want you to truly consider this option, since it is the simplest one. Quit and find something better. It does exist! You just have to be brave enough to go for it.
5. Go into Work with a Different Intention — Today focus on getting the best possible relationships going. Tomorrow focus on training your productivity. And the next day set the Inention to be as happy as you can be. If you give yourself a different purpose while at work you will create a different outlook and reward system for yourself.

Originally published at http://quora.com.