Posting this from break. Where I'm overwhelmed and burned out and that's okay cause I'm still trucking along and getting shit done.

My philosophy? If you do not enjoy your job, that's okay. Still do your job with a sense of commitment and an eye for quality and even if you don't enjoy what you do, you can still take pride in the work you produce. Believe it or not, it makes a difference in how you feel about work.

Find things you do enjoy about your job. Overcoming challenges. Interacting with coworkers. Meeting new people. Heck, being able to sit in a chair in an air conditioned office being thankful you're not toiling outside, or if you work outside, the sun and the air and the sense of feeling alive not confined to some cubicle.

Know your job is a part of who you are, but it is nowhere near all of you.

Find a way to live outside of your job. Take up hobbies. Dabble in art. Forge new relationships. The more fulfilled you feel outside of work, the less work seems to weigh on you, the less it can drag you down.

Finally, look for something new, if you think you need to. Me? I've been looking for something bigger and better than where I am for about three years now. Some weeks I probably send out five to ten resumes. Some weeks I send none. It's a good way to fill me with hope. Each resume I send feels like a lottery ticket, maybe this email will be the one.