Give your career a lift

Every working individual, irrespective of his profession suffers from something that could be called “replication stress”. What this term essentially means is the fatigue that follows doing something repeatedly. Every work tends to become monotonous and every person - senior or junior – has a tendency to be a victim of such repetitious drudgery.

Replication stress is widespread in ambitious professionals and those who are working hard to excel in their careers. Such stress can be obviated with some application, though there is no fixed recipe.

Do you experience similar tedium? Some strategies to revamp and recondition yourself are:

Take a break: If at your credit, do not hesitate in taking a few days off to rejuvenate yourself; during such breaks, undergo some experiential training or pursue a leisure activity. If company rules permit, consider taking a long break to chase a new dream or acquire an additional qualification. Routine duties could well be swapped for more stimulating assignments. There is no harm in having a word with your manager or senior functionaries to supplement your charter or if justifiable, reducing the same.

Know your preferences:  You must catalogue your workplace likings and aversions; and delve into them to concentrate your efforts on the former so that your distastes are drawn away from you. In the process, you should identify issues that you want to persist with, indulge more or less in and intend to get going with or put an end to. You also must get to know the principles and standards that regulate your life as a whole. If your initiatives are in consonance with them, you will feel an internal tranquil in you.

Alter your routine:  See if it is possible to modify your daily routine; you can put in a request to come and leave early or late, depending upon your preference. You could also swap a working day with a closed holiday. In order to avoid rush, you could elect to have lunch early or late; or decide to forego it and indulge in some exercise instead.

Take to self-improvement:  You could subscribe to a course of instruction that would help you relax and simultaneously be useful to you and your company. Participation in various learning and development programmes being organized by your company is another sure shot method to get rid of your tedium. You should take to reading and writing articles for newspapers and magazines. Floating or following a blog is another helpful activity. Volunteering to attend presentations and meetings with clients, visitors and company staff is also recommended.

Share your knowledge:  If you can spare time (which you should), endeavor to share your knowledge with others. Based on your expertise, you could give pep talks to others at your workplace or professional clubs of which you are a member. Since you have experience behind you, you could coach and counsel greenhorns and young employees too.

Seek help & change:  If there is someone who you look up to, seeking his help in discharging your duties efficiently will relieve you of your ennui. If the organization that you work with is medium-sized or big, you could request for being sidestepped to another section. You could even request for being associated with a specific ongoing project.

Boost organizational productivity: You must recollect previous reviews on your performance and discern fresh improvement arenas. You could even walk up to your boss and solicit an all-inclusive appraisal with inputs from immediate seniors, peers and subordinates; and use the outcome to find a footing for your career bearing.

Indulge in personal step-ups:  Look into your physical health and if required join a gymnasium. Improve your personal grooming; refurbishing your wardrobe will be a great facilitator. Indulging in some social service activity like environment improvement, geriatric care or adult education will also help you rejuvenate. In addition, take care that your network base is kept alive.

The above tips call for sincerity on your part. You should earmark some time on a daily basis and make efforts to galvanize your career. However, you should exercise due caution to ensure that you refrain from taking to many or all the above actions concurrently; else you will suffer greater vexation and fatigue. You could select to affect three or four to start with and subsequently supplement your efforts with more.