PRODUCTIVE THINGS TO DO AT WORK WHEN BORED

Boredom, distraction and procrastination are common at work and very important in order to live a good lifestyle. So there is no need for you to fight that throughout the day. Learn to relax a bit.

1. Organizing of mails

If you haven’t done this in a while, then it our personal suggestion that you begin to adjust all mails. There are a whole lot of mails in your box, while some are important, there are some that are completely irrelevant. So make sure you don’t put them together. Check your spam folder also. Sometimes important emails end up there. Some people tend to save all personal emails in one folder so that they can go through stuff when the need arises.

2. Making a few phone calls

Making phone calls is also something you could do. People usually tend to send text messages because phone calls make things longer. Often it could be a good thing as well. So when you have enough time in hand, make sure to grab the opportunity and make all the phone calls you thought you will deal with later. All clients and stake holders can be called during this time. Not only will you build a sense of team work but also trust among your coworkers. There couldn’t be a better opportunity for you to improve relationships than this.

3. Try helping

If you have time to spare, remember that not everyone in the office is probably not as lucky as you. This would actually be a great opportunity for you to learn about the different parts of the organization or even learn some new and extra skills. In fact you do something like that; your colleagues are going to appreciate it. You could also look for a couple of new projects and offer assistance to those who are having trouble.

4. Read a bit

Go ahead and read a couple of articles those which involve leadership, networking, and marketing. You may also look a couple of blogs and learn about the latest trends. Keep yourself informed on a regular basis by learning more and more.

5. Some succession planning

Planning would basically mean you need to plan things from beforehand so that when you are unable to come to office because of whatever reason; there will be someone else to take care of that. If there is no document for this yet, then create one already. Keep updating that on a regular basis.

6. Get hold of some new responsibilities

Speak to your boss and try to get more responsibilities. You may also try something else which is far more interesting than all of this. Try to swap work with some of your coworkers. See what the two of you like the best and work things out accordingly.

7. Track some of your accomplishments

Several of us do not even have the time to keep a track of the accomplishments we have made so far. But if your day at work is going really slow, this is just something you have to try. It is important for you because of several reasons. The list will always open up for mind a bit more and you will actually know whether you are good enough to get a promotion soon enough. It also prepares you from beforehand and gets you ready.

8. Build some friendship

This could also be a great time for you to build friendship and good rapport with your team mates. You should take your team mates out to lunch and talk to them for a bit. Usually it gets really difficult to get in touch with workers but if you can create a social setting, that problem will also be taken care of.

9. Dream a bit:

Sometimes it could be a good thing to dream when you are bored. You could spend an hour thinking on some new product ideas that you think will work in the future.

10. Try to embrace your boredom

One of the final things you could do is embrace the boredom. Always remember getting bored fosters creativity. When you let your mind wander, you tend to create better ideas.

This completes our list of productive things you should definitely do when you are bored at work. It will make you feel lazy and help you get back into action once break is over. On that note, all your boredom will be taken away and you will be able to enjoy days at work in a much better way!

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