You don’t want to have a job that feels impossible, but equally, doing work that’s too easy is a path to boreout.

“For me to be happy at work I need to get the right balance between things that I am really good at and things that I find challenging,” Patrice Gordon, author of Reverse Mentoring: Removing Barriers And Building Belonging In The Workplace, tells Stylist. “This also means a balance between tasks that I can get my head down and power on through, but also work with a team to feel like I’m really contributing to the needs of customers.”

“Most importantly. I need to be able to contribute to something bigger than myself. Whatever your job, if you can identify ways to be a force for good, you’ll find work much more rewarding and enjoyable.”

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