The thing most folks never talk about is how important introspection is for your career!
Most of us are simply going with the flow… we have good days and bad days. We often forget the good days, and think too much about the bad ones. That isn’t good.
But for some it’s the opposite, you ignore the bad days at work and then wonder – why am I not happy? I have an excellent pay package!
The truth is somewhere in the middle.
My challenge for everyone is to perform a simple task:
✅ Maintain a work journal!
Do it for next 30 days only. That’s it!
Write down just one sentence everyday in this journal.
Here are a few examples from mine:
– It was calming to talk to Jim today, great guy. I should stay in touch 😊
– Should have walked to work, weather was great for February 🤦♂️⛅️
– Work from home is not as easy. Today was full of distractions 🤯
– Oh boy, dealing with X is such a pain! 🤬
– Vacation is coming. It’s stressful 😣
– Last day at work. This is painful 😓
– Re-read start with why. Need to watch more stuff from Simon Sinek 💡
– Thanks to all the free SwiftUI content from Nick. Learning lots 🧠
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PS: the emojis really help when you go back to the list!