Get Excited About Your Workday And Look Forward To It
Yes, it’s possible. We just need a guideline for this too. So, today I want to share my secrets to how I stay motivated and excited for my workday. (Feel free to share them since they are not going to be so secretive anymore😉)
Without further ado, let’s start.
First, let’s see if you even like the job you’re doing. That’s important, right?
Of course, you may not like the company you’re currently working for, you don’t agree with your boss, or your manager is simply driving you crazy but let’s put that aside for now. Simple question: Do you like your job?
How do I know whether I like my job or not?
Well, for me, it is quite simple. Am I excited in the morning to get up to go to my job? Do I feel at peace and at ease? Am I curious to keep learning about the industry, read the news and updates, and explore?
Everything less than this is just not working for me. I am not happy. I am dreading today and tomorrow and every other day that’s coming. I am distracted, daydreaming, and simply want to curl up, cry and eat my emotions away. I am groggy and passive-aggressive, and when my husband comes back from work, instead of making coffee and sharing our stories of that day, I don’t even look at him because I hate myself, my job, and it seems like I hate him too (poor guy).
Once we get this answer straight, everything else now seems to be a piece of cake. Because if I do love my job, I’m going to be excited about it.
Curiosity is definitely the key here.
I met a lovely woman Dr. Diane Hamilton, who speaks on curiosity in-depth. She says that successful people are super curious, and she also found that there are four factors that keep people from being curious: Fear, assumptions, technology, and environment, hence the acronym F.A.T.E.
Please read her article and you will be amazed by all of the facts she listed and what they mean. They helped me dig more deeply into not only my subconscious but also my surroundings, fears, etc.
What I also got from reading her article, and which was also my own opinion, is that one of the reasons I allow myself to be curious and motivated is that I have no particular goal with learning except to learn.
Therefore, I know it’s an ongoing process, a never-ending road I am on, and I don’t “care” where I will end up at. Just imagine a road with no particular destination. You are just simply traveling on an open road, under the sun, in a cabriolet, with music on and a free-spirited heart. No room for fear here, you see?
Therefore, developing curiosity is the key here as well as finding out what stops you from being curious. Luckily Dr. Diane Hamilton cracked that code for all of us in her book Cracking the Curiosity Code, which I highly recommend.
Final thoughts:
Be curious enough to see what is stopping you from being curious. Develop curiosity, honestly double check if you’re enjoying your chosen field, and this way, looking forward to your workday won’t ever be an issue again.
