The check-in

You look at the clock and feel that feeling. It’s time to head off to work. Your mind goes into an automatic mode about what needs to be handled once you arrive. Your body responds back with an edge of tenseness. You feel like you already ran a marathon.

You’ve lost that loving feeling. And now it’s gone, gone, gone.

Okay, so this may not be exactly how you feel, but it is time to check in with yourself.

Do you remember the moment you decided to get into this profession? What got you through school?

You were focused on the end outcome. You chose the field that most interested you. You thought there would be great purpose, passion and freedom from being in the medical world. You also thought it would create a lifestyle that was fulfilling.

If the all the fun has disappeared from your work and you’re feeling like it’s a daily grind, you’re not alone. The pressure of getting more done, rising medical costs, red tape, and being surrounded by other people who are not having fun will take its toll…fast.

How does the failing fun-factor reveal itself?

1. You have a low tolerance level with your staff and/or patients.

2. You don’t want to talk about work once you leave it.

3. Your heart is not in it. You find yourself just going through the motions.

4. You feel like you’re surviving, not thriving.

5. You are dragging. Your energy level is never quite buzzing.

6. You feel like a task-master rather than engaging in what you used to consider exciting. Your vibe is heavy.

7. You feel like, in the last 3 years, you’ve aged 10!

A solution

Look, if you’re not truly enjoying your work at least 90% of the time, you need to do something about it. Yes, everyone can tolerate the stress for a while. But you actually can choose to stop and turn this boat around. Get back in the flow and head downstream with some simple steps:

• Recognize that there is a better way to feel and you can make the choice
• Be intentional each morning about what you want to experience and how you want to feel
• Take responsibility for creating a fulfilling career. Your staff, colleagues, economy, industry, insurance companies and patients are not the problem
• Change your perspective and change your life. How can you create opportunities for change in one or more areas where you feel like you’re stuck with someone, some policy, or system that isn’t working?
• Let go of  resentment. Even if you’re right about whatever is eating you, let it go. Resentment is an instant fun and flow killer
• Make decisions. If you don’t decide that something will change, it won’t. Next, take action on each decision
• Take a stand for what will feel best to you. Yes, be selfish! Will you ruffle some feathers? Maybe. And, so what?! Nobody will ever look out for what is truly in your best interest except you
• Take baby steps. If you stop tolerating or fix one small thing that is cramping your style, you create more flow. It’s amazing what will happen as a result of one important conversation.

Jeanna Gabellini is a Master Business Coach who restores companies, entrepreneurs, and their teams back to their natural greatness. Marry your head & heart to create synergistic teams, fun and increased profits with no more mental merry-go-rounds or overwhelm! Jeanna is the co-author of Life Lessons for Mastering the Law of Attraction with Jack Canfield. To learn more about what she does, please click here.