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[quote=Anonymous]It depends on the job and how interested you are in what you do.  I work at NASA and frankly, I'd say well over half really enjoy their jobs, but that's because they are engineers, scientists, and technologists who are doing something they enjoy, for a cool agency, and in a good and supportive environment.  There are still many office workers who really don't enjoy their jobs that much, but there are so many here who do enjoy what they do.

Are you in a field that you enjoy and like?  That's the first step.  If you are only in a given field because it pays well, then you probably feel the same no matter where you go.  What would you find to be interesting work?  How would you characterize a job that you enjoy with the skills that you have?  I know some people who were in fields that they loved, but the "good jobs" were boring to them.  They found ways to redirect their skills into other ways.  One friend is a lawyer who didn't not like practicing law.  She changed to corporate philanthropy for a non-profit group.  They needed someone with a legal background like hers to help them navigate through some legal issues and she got to do something very different and that she now enjoys.  I know someone else who didn't enjoy the practice of their profession as much, but moved into teaching the profession and enjoys that much more.  She now teaches for one of these technology companies that teach workshops, certification testing, etc and she enjoys the interaction with different people week in week out.[/quote]

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