Career
fromFast Company
5 days agoHate your job, but can't quit? Try this
Restlessness at work can lead to dissatisfaction, but fulfillment comes from aligning interests with personal values rather than simply quitting or enduring.
Ever since I heard Taylor Swift's "Welcome to New York" for the first time, the city called my name. Of course, I was grateful for my suburban upbringing in California, but my town was too small for my aspirations. I wanted to live the life of a fashion journalist, and to me, that required being in New York City. Fixated on my goal, I mapped out a plan in college to secure as many internships and part-time writing gigs as possible,
"The first big mistake that people make is thinking that happiness is a feeling," Arthur Brooks, professor at Harvard Business School and author of the forthcoming book The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life, says.
People in their 30s are realizing that burnout isn't a badge of honor. They're leaving high-paying jobs for careers with purpose, trading status for alignment.