Job Slump?

And in this case, I'm not referring to a lack of jobs, but rather a slump which makes it hard to work and feel excited about it. I'm in a slump at my job and it's annoying.

This is something everyone deals with: work slump. You feel like you're in a rut, you're tired, your unmotivated and you just don't care anymore. I think a lot of it can be traced back to a lack of sleep (Certainly having my toddler climb into our bed all night, my husband up half the night sick and then waking up at 7am to call his work and tell them he wasn't coming didn't help), but it can't just be that. Sometimes, you just feel as though work is getting nowhere; like nothing you do is actually making an impact anywhere. "Busy work" as the phrase goes-work for the sake of work and nothing else.

It's a reality and that means you need coping mechanisms. Sometimes it can be as simple as switching gears for a while (tonight I'm doing just one article and then finishing my NaNoWriMo novel, or at least mostly finishing it I HOPE!). Sometimes you have to go for a walk, eat a snack, try something new, or take a nap. The point is that a coping mechanism is necessary if you want to get out of your slump as soon as you can. As a freelancer, no one else is going to get you out of your slump-it's up to you. It can be a learning experience to figure out what your coping mechanisms will be and make sure you note them down for reference so that when the job slump comes back, you can use them.

Now, I'm going to slump back to my rewrites (maybe THAT'S my problem; my current projects are all rewrites *snore*) and then work on something else.

Huh, I feel a little better already.

Ciao!