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Changing your job or your life
If you're feeling weighed down with work, chores or the daily grind, it's time to take a good look at your life and the balance between everything to make sure that you're getting the most out of every area of your life. 

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• Work out what you want to achieve out of life so you can make sure you're working towards it.

• Even if you don't think you know, write a list of what you like and don't like about your life. Then you can start changing the things you don't like and finding ways to make more time for the things you do like. Writing it down will make you think about the choices you make to help you realise what your long term goals are.

• Once you've decided what you want to change, it's time to start setting yourself goals to achieve them.

• Make these goals achievable and give yourself deadlines, but be realistic. Things might not change overnight, but taking steps to put change in motion and having things to look forward to will immediately start to make you feel more positive and in control of the situation you're in.

Top tips for putting your job back into balance

If your job is the problem, analyse what it is that is bothering you. For example, is it your boss, your colleagues, your workload, your working hours?

Examine ways that you can improve things.

If it's your boss or colleagues that are the problem, can you talk to them? If it's workload, can this be shared or would better time management help?

If it's your working hours, talk to you company about flexi-hours, the possibility of working from home, jobs sharing and part time options.

If it's the pay that's the problem, write a list of all the benefits and skills you bring to the role, as well as any additional responsibilities that you have taken on so you can make a case for a pay rise.

If it's the job in general, think about how you can improve things. Would doing a qualification allow you to take on more responsibility or to get into a career you'd enjoy more? Talk to your seniors to find out what they say you need to do to help progress on the career ladder.
Feeling bored?
Top tips for putting your life back into balance

Think about why you're unhappy in your home life. Do you feel bored, stuck in a rut or like you haven't got any time for yourself after you've finished working and looking after everybody else.

If you're bored, a new hobby or interest can inject you with enthusiasm and widen your circle.

If you're feeling you haven't got any time for you, talk to your family about sharing the responsibilities and chores in a way gives you more time to pursue your interests. Get a cleaner, ditch the DIY and call in a professional or tell everyone that a specified time every week is your time and you're not to be interrupted.
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