Motivation, like love, waxes and wanes. Sometimes it is high, others not so much. Maintaining motivation can be hard work. For some, motivation to stay fit is hard. Others, like me, find that task pretty easy. For me, motivation at work is a real issue at the moment.
I have explored this at length and have found there are a few outstanding reasons for this
1. I am bored. Really bored. Completely and utterly bored. Out of my mind bored. I am underutilised and every strategy I have tried to get onto interesting projects has failed. I feel like I am at a dead end. There is no ladder in sight. No avenue for change. There is a dark, gloomy cloud overhead and the trapped feeling is most unpleasant.
The standard "look for another job" is harder to apply in my situation because I need a nine day fornight in which I can see my kids every second weekend. Within that I also need some flexibility because my ex does not work to a strict one week on one week off arrangement. My current boss is amazing! She's really great at being flexible which is worth a lot in my current position.
2. I have no incentive to climb the corporate ladder because any pay increase goes into my ex's pocket. While I would like to think that my children see the benefit of that, the fact that he recently bought a yacht after the children ate sausages and chips for a whole summer would indicate otherwise.
3. I am scared. It has been a long time since I held a position which I was proud of and I am worried that I would not be able to function at that level again.
So, in an attempt to find my mojo again I have enrolled in a Diploma of Project Management and am studying in the mornings before work. It'll take me a year but it's better than sitting around complaining about the status quo.
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