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Take a Walk

Taking yourself out of a stressful situation and clearing your mind can really help. If you are trying to solve an ongoing problem, you usually will end up finding the solution the minute you stop thinking about it. A stroll around the block can let you forget for a moment of your problems by enjoying the scenery.

The Power Nap

If you work from home or have the comfort of taking a short nap at the office can help take the load off. Sleep only for 30 minutes at a maximum to feel refreshed and ready to get back to work. But be careful not to oversleep or this little nap could reverse its effectiveness.

Turn on The Tunes

Try listening to music to ease your mood. Pick out songs that calm you down and get you back into a productive mindset.

Call the Doctor

Perhaps your stress has lead to a depression. If it lasts longer than a couple of weeks, you should consider talking to your doctor. Many people have depression, it doesn’t make you any less of a person to be on anti-depressants.

So before you lose your head and go postal while working, try the above tips to calm down and get back to work. Productivity requires the right mindset to be effective. If you aren’t in your game, then your job performance will fail. Relieve as much stress as you can.

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8am – Wake up. Proceed to computer to check personal email and RSS feeds.
8:30am – Sing in the shower.
9am – Clock in to my “Day Job” and proceed to checking out the dire emergencies in my email.
9:30am – Client calls because she cannot make updates to her site in Wordpress using Internet Explorer. I go through each of her settings one by one. Tell her I would have a solution by 2pm.
9:45am – Begin work on a three page list of change requests.
10:30am – Write email to client asking her to try Firefox to use to make updates.
10:45am – A coworker is having trouble with a site appearing correctly in Internet Explorer 6.
10:50am – Cussing IE.
11am – Conflict resolved. Starting work on maintenance clients.
11:30am – Client replies to email, wants to know if Firefox will damage her computer.
12:30pm – Lunch break. Get a call from client who is installing Firefox. She sounds nervous.
1pm – Return from break. Receive email from client saying that she installed Firefox and is able to make updates flawlessly.
1:10pm – I call the client to confirm everything is working and if there was anything else that she needed done.
1:15pm – The IT manager instant messages me stating that the web server is crashing.
1:20pm – The IT manager then sends me the PHP error logs. I begin to troubleshoot.
3pm – Confirm with IT manager that errors have been resolved.
3:15pm – Start minor PHP application development work for client using SOAP.
4:15pm – Complete application and send to client for approval.
4:20pm – Leave to pick up my seven month old daughter from her grandmother’s.
4:45pm – Return home and feed baby.
5pm – Check email for the last time during the day. No emergencies. Clock out. Proceed to play with baby.
5:15pm – Wife returns home from work.
5:30pm – Start sprinklers on lawn. Sit in lawn swing with family.
6:30pm – Eat dinner.
7pm – Watch some TV.
8pm – Write future blog posts and focus on my own business.
9:30pm – Move to bedroom to read.
10pm – Sleep.

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Work is work and it usually sucks the life right out of you before you know it. You’re depressed and getting into a deeper depression the more you work at your current job. Each day you work hard, hate what you do and feel that there is no end. Need some reasons to quit? Here are five good reasons to quit your job today…

1. Lack of Appreciation

So you’ve just saved the company from losing yet another irate client threatening to go elsewhere, just finished a plan to improve productivity and you work hard to get the company to the top of its industry. Unfortunately, no one in upper management gives a darn about what you have accomplished. Even through recent attempts to show them how much of an asset you are, they never seem to take notice. Perhaps it’s time to say goodbye.

2. Too Little of Pay

When you started with the company you felt that your pay was just the amount everyone received during their initial grace period. Nearly two years later, you find yourself still in denial. If the company is booming with growth and your paycheck is still the same, ask for more or hit the road looking for something better.

3. Too Many Hours

Are you tired and stressed out? If you find yourself exhausted and in need of some R and R, then it may be due to your typical 65+ hour work week. Just remember that not every job is like this every week as you clock out for your 5 hours of sleep. Start looking at the classifieds.

4. You Hate What You Do

Sadly, many people are stuck in jobs that they absolutely hate. Do you want to be another statistic? First, start with a list of things you like to do and you feel that you could be good at. Can you do those things in your spare time working from home? If so, then start slowly on the side until things start to get better.

5. Freelance Work is Booming

If you have a freelance gig on the side that is doing well, you should do some hard thinking about your future. Can this gig support you financially? Will you always have a steady stream of income? If not, where will it come from? If everything looks good and is clearly planned out, take the plunge and start your own business.

And there you have it, five reasons why you should quit your day job. So if you are under appreciated, underpaid, hate what you do and work too much perhaps changing jobs or focusing on a freelancing career is the way to go. Happiness isn’t given, it is made. So make yourself happy and do something you like to do.

Got more reasons to quit? Comment below!

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Recently a friend of mine was very frustrated at his job. He was the experienced senior web developer, problem fixer and trainer of the entry level web designers. Despite making new web design standards and productivity changes, he was very under appreciated by his company.

To make matters worse, parts of his job were being outsourced to a different web site firm. Expressing his displeasure, he approached upper management. After two weeks of management neglecting his concerns, he put in his two weeks notice.

In his notice, he offered the company a huge opportunity. He would work as an independent contractor doing the web work that was outsourced for half of what the other firm was charging. Being the resourceful guy he is, he had a list of trusted freelancers that he could feed some of the work to if needed. This would be a win-win situation.

Unfortunately, the company turned down his offer for no apparent reason. They did in fact, want him to come into the office and train the entry level web designers for free. This was a huge slap to the face.

After being very selective on his job seeking, he managed to land a great job that would take his abilities and expertise seriously. He is currently making three times his previous salary in a laid back not-so-corporate atmosphere. Although I envy his new career, I am very happy for his accomplishments and ability to say “enough is enough”.

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