Do you worry about everything at work? Life is too short to worry all the time. Worrying about work shouldn’t be all consuming. Sometimes it manifests into annoying behaviors, like badgering or harassing someone with our worries. I know I’m annoying when I’m worried because I’ll obsess over it as I work through scenarios, while I verbalize my processing because I sometimes need to hear myself think through the problem.

What can you do about the things you do worry about? For me, when I worry, it means I feel powerless in the situation or have little or no control. See a theme for me? Control is a big deal for me. Learning how to relinquish it takes vigilance on my part. I am constantly battling low-level anxiety when I’m not in control of something.

List what you consistently worry about
What worries do you have at work? Can you influence, affect, or change these things? If you can’t influence the cause or your worries, how can you reduce your anxiety? Finding ways to cope or modifying your worrying improves your quality of life. Your personal time isn’t robbed by worrying about your work time. You become happier by learning how to worry less.

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23 Ways to be Happy at Work Series

The 23 Ways to be Happy at Work series reflects on 23 ways to help you reflect about the course of your career. After deciding to identify what made me happy at work, my list became this list. Here the are the drivers to my happiness at work that may help you manage your career:

1. Work by your values
2. Love your work, love your career
3. Decide what makes you happy in your job
4. Work can be play
5. Know the big picture
6. Walk in your boss’ shoes
7. What is the problem?
8. Try the same old thing to get different results
9. Try something new to get different results
10. List your accomplishments
11. Don’t gossip
12. Don’t react
13. Don’t worry
14. Don’t be unhealthy
15. Read up
16. Read It
17. Share knowledge
18. Mend fences
19. Be a squirrel
20. Change your workspace
21. Give yourself a gift
22. Let it go
23. Change this!

For previous entries in this series, click here.

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• 23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #22 - Let it go
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• 23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #12 - Don’t react
• 23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #3 - Decide What Makes You Happy in Your Job
• 23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #6 - Walk in Your Boss’s Shoes