Some days, you hate, hate, hate your job. Other days, you wonder if you’re truly unhappy or just coming to terms with the reality that workdays can often feel like a long, tedious slog. It’s even harder to tell the difference if your friends and colleagues constantly complain about their jobs. Once a group vent session begins, a creeping sense of self-doubt takes root. “You think, ‘Am I being entitled by wanting more or is it really this bad?’” says Jenny Blake, a former career development program manager at Google and author of three books, including Pivot and Free Time. “You can write it off as a first-world problem, but work is where you spend the vast majority of your waking hours, so it matters.” Read more...
