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You're listening to life kit from NPR.
Hey, everybody, it's Marielle.
I wonder if you've ever had a moment like this.
You're brushing your teeth or driving your car or riding the subway, getting ready for work, and you think, what am I doing?
I hate this job.
Is this what I signed up for?
It's a little like looking over at your spouse in bed and thinking, who are you?
You aren't the person I married.
You aren't the person I became committed to at some point in time.
That's Tessa West, a psychology professor at NYU and author of the book Job Finding work that works for you.
A recent Gallup survey found that employee engagement in the US has sunk to an eleven year low with a growing number of people feeling dissatisfied and unmotivated at work.
If you are feeling disappointed, if you have anxious boredom, if you're experiencing ennui in the workplace, just this kind of low level malaise around your career or your job, you're in good company.