Nothing is worse than being bored at work.
When you’re bored, the day drags by and it’s hard to feel motivated. Your work feels like work and that’s never a good thing.
How can you avoid being bored at work? By finding a job that engages you, a job like one of the 10 in the video above.
Jobs That Are Fun Engage You
You’re engaged in your work when you feel emotional involvement or commitment. If you lack one or both of these feeings, you’ll start to wonder why you even bother showing up. Before you know it, you’ll be bored.
The key then is to find a job that engages you, one that makes the day fly by. Whether you’re a dog walker who loves to care for animals or a personal shopper who finds deep satisfaction in helping others feel good about themselves, if you connect with what you’re doing day in and day out, your job will be fun.
While the 10 jobs listed in the video above cover a wide range of fields and professions, they all have one thing in common: the opportunity to engage those employed in those careers. We’re all different and what engages you will not engage another however, you’ll find some common themes of engagement in the video including:
- Winning;
- Caring for animals;
- Helping other people; and
- Completing a project.
Of course, this only scratches the surface of engaging themes for jobs. After all, an accountant needs to feel the commitment to make all the numbers add up and that’s just another kind of engagement.
Perhaps this is the real meaning behind that often quoted piece of advice, “Do what you love.” It’s not that you have to love every moment of every day, but you do need to be engaged and if you can find a job that fulfills that need, it will be fun.
Make sure to also check out the full list of the 20 most fun self-employed jobs.
Aira Bongco
I think that any job that involves the person’s passion can be fun. As long as you become present in what you are doing, you’ll be able to enjoy it. That is if you let go of all your judgments and experience the moment fully.
Jones Kerrin
Very interesting list, Matt! Another interesting job that you may want to look at is People Walking, accompanying people on their daily walks. In all of these, what is most important perhaps to to feel engaged and the feeling of fulfillment in helping people achieve their goals 🙂
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