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Depending on the nature of your job, you may occasionally find that

you’re bored at work. This may be because you’ve completed all your
tasks or you don’t have a new client at the moment. Either way, it’s

important to remain productive so you feel motivated, creative and
collaborative and can continue to help your organisation succeed. In this
article, we explain why being bored at work can be a problem and provide

you with a list of things you can do to use your spare time productively.

Why is being bored at work a problem? priorities that you previously overlooked.
There are several reasons why you may 3. Organise your work area. Whether you
want to avoid becoming bored at work. Most have a section of a desk or an entire office
notably, boredom can lower your motivation to yourself, you can take the time to organise
and negatively affect the satisfaction you may and clean the area you work in. This can
have with your job. If you’re bored at work, you include digitising documents, organising files
may have a hard time focusing on tasks once or simply cleaning your desk and removing
you have something new to work on, and it unwanted items.
can also impact the professional relationships
you have with your co-workers.However, by 4. Reach out to clients. If you haven’t heard
finding things to do that are productive and from certain clients in a while, you can take
which can help with your job, you may feel the time to write to them or call them. This
more useful and valuable to your organisation. shows that you’re committed, and it might lead
Your employer may also notice your initiative to more work for you and your company.
and appreciate your effort to be constructive 5. Read the news. By keeping yourself
throughout your workday.
updated on what’s happening in the world, you
can broaden your mind. You might also see a
Things to do when you’re bored at work news story that’s relevant to your industry.
Review this list of things you can do at work to
combat boredom: 6. Redecorate your area. Redecorating your
area could include changing your desktop
1. Ask for more work. One of the first things wallpaper or repainting your office. Ask
to try if you’re bored at work is asking your your employer for permission before doing
employer for more responsibilities. This shows anything major, but this may also give you the
them that you’re diligent and have a strong opportunity to engage with those who have
work ethic, and it may even introduce you to a also finished their work tasks for the day.
task you really enjoy.
7. Do some CPD. There may be a course,
2. Check your emails. If your email inbox has webinar series, or extra reading you’ve been
a lot of messages, you may discover tasks or
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