Ask HN: How to optimize your career for happiness?

Re:Ask HN: How to optimize your career for happiness? by optimalonpaper on Sunday December 19, 2021 @02:45PM (#29617552)

Changing the perspective helped a lot, as others have said: treating job as just a job.

1. Remove stress - as I'm working with data, I tried to automate as much as I could, so I really don't have situations when you need to build a report very fast (reduces stress really well) 2. Have a back up plan - I found a part-time research assistant position which I actually enjoy and if I lose my main job, I'm not in the rush to find the next one (so I'm not worrying as I used to)

Then after 6pm you just do whatever that keeps you going, e.g. every day I try to see my girlfriend / friends, go to movies, cafes

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Re:Ask HN: How to optimize your career for happiness? by optimalonpaper on Sunday December 19, 2021 @02:46PM (#29617573)

Then again, when you live near Russia, it's a constant stress. So the last thing I'm worried about is my job haha

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