{"id":306,"date":"2017-10-12T16:36:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/?p=306"},"modified":"2017-10-12T16:51:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T16:51:53","slug":"tips-for-dealing-with-a-work-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/tips-for-dealing-with-a-work-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips For Dealing With A Work Slump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Fotolia_104182390_XS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-307 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Fotolia_104182390_XS-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Fotolia_104182390_XS-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Fotolia_104182390_XS.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Even people who love their jobs experience a slump from time to time. It\u2019s not uncommon and fortunately, it\u2019s something you can fix. It\u2019s easy to blame your manager, co-workers, company culture or industry for your feelings, but taking personal responsibility for your slump and taking action puts you in control and increases overall motivation. Here are a few tips to put that slump behind you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Determine why you\u2019re struggling:<\/strong> Are you bored with your project and know that it\u2019s short term? Problems with your boss or colleagues? Or would you rather be working in another field? Start with the basics and spend some time getting to know what is causing the slump.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identify what matters to you<\/strong>: We discussed this in our previous article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/finding-and-doing-what-makes-you-happy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><u>Finding and Doing What Makes You Happy<\/u><\/strong><\/a>, but think about what interests and values you place above everything else. Is your current job supporting them?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus on what\u2019s working and going well<\/strong>: When you\u2019re in a slump, it can be easy to focus on what\u2019s going wrong. Take a few minutes each day to think about what went \u201cright\u201d and what you\u2019re grateful for. It can improve your health and overall life too!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stop comparing yourself to everyone else<\/strong>: Step away from social media and stop obsessing over who just received a promotion. Social comparison is a huge barrier to overall happiness and motivation. Redirect your attention to your own standards of accomplishment and happiness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interested in creating personal or career development goals that can lead to a happier, more fulfilling work life? Please call <strong>Leah M. Joppy and Associates<\/strong> at 301-670-0051 or email us at <a href=\"mailto:leah@lmja.com\">leah@lmja.com<\/a> to discuss your organization\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even people who love their jobs experience a slump from time to time. It\u2019s not uncommon and fortunately, it\u2019s something you can fix. It\u2019s easy to blame your manager, co-workers, company culture or industry for your feelings, but taking personal responsibility for your slump and taking action puts you in control and increases overall motivation. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,3,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306\/revisions\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}