By Kayleigh Alexandra Image: Pexels When you first start out on a career path, you're full of enthusiasm and motivation. But things can change over time, and it's not uncommon to start feeling frustrated or disengaged with your work and your career. If you think you've fallen out of love with your career, take a look at these tips to help you make your next move. Establish what’s making you unhappy There’s often an underlying reason why you’ve fallen out of love with your career, whether it’s a change in your business or to your role, someone in your team, or something that's happening in your personal life that's started to impact your job. It might not be one single thing, but the culmination of several little things that you’ve found frustrating or unsettling over a few months. Try to think about the last time that you felt completely happy and confident in your career, and then identify when you started to feel less happy. It’s important to understand why you’re feeling this way before making any drastic changes or decisions. You might find that you’re just a bit bored in your current role, or you don’t feel like you have the opportunity to grow and progress, which is making you lose interest. Or you could find that your interests have changed and there’s something new that you want to pursue. Work out what you can change Once you’ve figured out what has caused you to fall out of love with your career, you can take steps to change it. This doesn’t necessarily mean switching careers or finding a new job. If the problem is related to certain aspects of your current role, the business or sector you’re working in, or the people around you, then you should assess what you can do to change those issues. Talk to someone at your work about changing your responsibilities or moving away from the tasks that you don’t enjoy. Alternatively, you might want to negotiate a promotion or pay rise. It can also help to identify and discuss your long-term career development plans. Setting these goals can motivate you to start pushing yourself and feel more engaged with your job. If you’re feeling stressed or experiencing burnout, then consider if it’s possible to take some time off or look for a new role. But make sure that you’ve thought about whether finding a new role is going to renew your sense of enthusiasm, or whether you’re going to find yourself in the same situation again. Focus on your non-work life Your career doesn’t always have to be the sole place where you find fulfillment or validation. If you’ve found that you’re feeling less enthusiastic about work and your job, then try focusing on other things such as hobbies and interests that you enjoy. Set yourself a new project, like taking a cooking course, or sign up for a sports group that gives you some time to focus on non-work-related things. Sometimes a creative outlet outside of your career can inspires you in ways that affect all areas of your life. You could also take a course that's going to help you develop your career or move into a new area in your line of work. A good platform for taking online courses is LinkedIn Learning, which offers a wide range of topics and areas to study — you can take a look at PC Mag's review of the resource to see why it's one of the best options for online learning. Consider setting up a side-hustle Setting up a side hustle can be a great project to take your mind off your career problems, and it could also give you the opportunity to explore other paths. Think about ways you can turn your skills or your interests into a business. One side hustle that could really help you rediscover your love for your career is teaching . If you know a particular industry or area inside out, then you can share your knowledge and expertise with others. You could either offer classes and tutor people or set up an online course. There are plenty of online course platforms that make the whole process really simple, such as Kajabi. Take a look at Learning Revolution’s review of the platform and you’ll see that it takes almost no time to get your course up and running. And as you can see in the Kajabi review, it’s a platform that’s built to sell, so you’ll be able to earn some extra income from your course. Know when it’s time to move on Switching jobs in the same career isn’t necessarily going to make you fall in love with it again. If you’ve identified the root of the problems with your career, and it’s not something that you can fix or you don’t think your feelings will change, then it might be time to move on. At the end of your self-evaluation, you may realize that you don’t see a future in your career. Perhaps you feel that you’ve reached your limit or you don’t find your work engaging enough to pursue more opportunities in the same field. Allow yourself some time to reflect on why you loved your career in the first place and how that’s changed. But if you’re sure, then don’t be afraid to take a leap and switch career paths. You can always test the waters by taking some courses or talking to people in other careers that you think might interest you. Your feelings about your career are likely to change over time. Sometimes you’ll feel more excited and motivated, and other times you might feel like you’ve lost interest. While it’s always good to love what you do for work, it’s okay if you change your mind or find new interests. Kayleigh AlexandraKayleigh Alexandra is a writer for MicroStartups, your online destination for everything startup. She's passionate about hard-working solopreneurs and SMEs making waves in the business world. Visit the blog for your latest dose of startup and charity insights from top experts around the globe @getmicrostarted.
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