Feeling unfulfilled at work? You might be experiencing a state of 'languishing'. Let's delve into this phenomenon, understand its implications, and explore potential strategies to combat this subtle yet pervasive form of emotional stagnation.
If you’re just starting out in your career, chances are that you sometimes feel as if you’re languishing. These three steps can help you stop languishing and start flourishing in…
Languishing is the state between flourishing and burnout. When you’re flourishing, you feel fulfilled, energetic, and eager to take on challenges at work.
- When you’re languishing, you lack meaning and a desire to “fit in” emotionally.
Craft your job
Find meaning in your work by shifting your mindset
- Determine how your work satisfies you personally, helps those around you, or impacts the community at large
- Task crafting can help ease boredom and deepen your engagement
- Relational crafting is about creating an emotional connection with the people around you and strengthening your current relationships
Set boundaries
Where are you feeling resentment and frustration regarding your time and energy?
- Identify a boundary you want to create and communicate it clearly.
- Don’t be discouraged if things don’t go according to plan at first. It may take multiple conversations to create the time and space you need.
Reflect on your path, success, and mission
How did you get here? Did you set out intentionally to pursue the work you’re doing, or did you fall into it somehow?
- Understand what success means to you.
- Long-lasting success typically has four categories: Happiness, Achievement, Significance and Legacy
- Review your answers and let them serve as your guide moving forward
