{"id":3050,"date":"2012-08-02T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/doinglifetogether\/?p=3050"},"modified":"2012-08-01T08:33:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T12:33:51","slug":"unhappy-at-work-maybe-it-is-all-in-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2012\/08\/unhappy-at-work-maybe-it-is-all-in-your-mind.html","title":{"rendered":"Unhappy at Work? Maybe It is All in Your Mind!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Think of all the times you find yourself distracted at work–you worry over a deadline, are upset with a co-worker, wonder what you will make for dinner, etc.\u00a0 Worry is distracting. This mental habit can take your focus off the task at hand and create such distraction that you find yourself not engaging in the here and now. And when you are not here and now focused, you risk your happiness.<\/p>\n

Harvard researchers<\/a> discovered that if your mind wanders during work, this could be the source of on-the-job unhappiness. And according to the researchers, our minds wander about 47% of the time anyway.<\/p>\n

In the Harvard study that utilized an IPHONE app and received feedback from more than 15,000 people from countries all over the world, mind wandering occurred on the job about 50% of the time.<\/p>\n

What the researchers concluded was that we humans spend a lot of time thinking about things that are not happening in the moment. And apparently, a wandering mind is an unhappy mind–something religious groups have thought to be true for years.<\/p>\n

So if you want to get happy on the job, stay in the moment and let go of worry. Worry is future focused and steals our joy and contributes to job unhappiness.<\/p>\n

God wants you to live your work and home life in peace and contentment. A mind stayed on Him keeps us in perfect peace.<\/p>\n

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For more help on Letting Go of Worry <\/a>click on the link.<\/p>\n

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