Work feels boring when it's repetitive or like there's nothing in it for us.

It becomes more interesting when we're building something larger, like a valuable accomplishment, our skills, or our mental strength.

Occasionally, we label a task boring when the bigger issue is that it stresses us out or triggers self-criticism. The stress of the task intensifies the boring aspects, and vice versa.

Try one of these five strategies to make what's mundane more meaningful and enjoyable.

1. Focus on One Element of Your Process to Actively Improve

Most of us focus on one or two metrics to determine if our performance on a task was good or not. Often this will be some variation of:

How fast we did the task

Our endurance (how long we worked)

Some type of overall success (e.g., kudos we go

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