Two colleagues at work were chatting, and I heard the sentence "lucky are those who love their jobs" in the mix. As I spend this Sunday evening, fully dreading going into work tomorrow, I really feel the depth of that sentence. How many of you are happy, or just at peace, with the fact that you have to go to work tomorrow? Feels very childish of me because this is exactly how I felt as a kid, crying about school on Monday every Sunday evening. How do you feel about this?

I’m happy - not with all parts all day - but most things most days.

I am fairly happy. I have a good team, I am compensated fairly, etc. I also have found that when I have more fun on the weekends (but within balance—meaning no alcohol, poor food choices, etc), I am my better self and find the joy in all I do!

I really like my job , been there a year and enjoy working with my team. Feeling very fortunate at this point in my life.

I am happy that I have a livelihood. A job is a means to live my life and is not my purpose in life. Change reality by changing your mindset.

I love my paycheck and WLB - I don't need to love my job. I need to be good at it and shut it off at the end of the day. No more Sunday Scaries for me 😊

Tbh, I spent a lot of years like this until I realized that I actually need and work better with some routine in life. And a job forces routine into my life, which is currently only the part I embrace about it, apart from the fact that it pays my bills.

It’s been a loooooooong time since the Sunday scariest have been real for me - I came to the realization that I can own my own happiness/job satisfaction. I cannot go back to yesterday, so thinking about how much easier/less stressful things were before doesn’t help me too much. I am in the midst of a perfect storm of strategic planning, operational execution, and changing leadership which is causing a tornado of sh1t to take care of - so I just spent 45 minutes of my Sunday evening prioritizing my to-do list for this week (kids are in bed, spouse is doing the same) to make sure I can hit Monday as close to running as possible.

For me, it's about balance across different aspects of a job - WLB, remote vs. in-person, type of work, team dynamics and values, size and mission of company, salary, growth potential, etc. I am in a job now where I'm 100% remote, well compensated and like my boss and immediate team. There are aggravations, conflict and stresses outside my department but I try to keep them in perspective and focus on the pros. From the ups and downs of my career, I have learned that I am in control over how happy I am in a job, within reason (if a job disappoints on most or all your important dimensions, you should have strategy for moving on). It is also scary NOT to have anywhere to go on Monday and be job searching - especially in this market.

The Sunday Scaries are well known and broadly felt. Mine vary by week, tasks ahead and overall mental health. For me there’s two things that help ‘it’s work that why they pay you’ which I appreciate is a touch bleak and ‘this too shall pass’ . Neither of those might help but know your not alone. It’s part of the human condition.

Cursed with being good at my job and dreading going in every day. If it wasn’t a slow insidious decline over the years into more stress, more hours, less resources and support, less benefits and compensation increases (making life outside of work harder), there might be some level of satisfaction.

It varies week to week but in general I like my position. It mostly depends on the Friday ended and knowing if it’s just going to a continuation of Friday except on a Monday.

I am to the point where retirement is more near-term than far and, while I enjoy my work, I look forward to having multiple consecutive days without alarms going off to start my day. (And yes, I’m a teacher, but I opt to work also through the summer. It’s been many,many years since I actually had two weeks off in the summer.)

One of the really great things about having a job is that for most people, despite the billions of them out there, you only need one. If you dread your job you are free to find another. Sometimes just window shopping, the act of looking, can make you feel better, validating this simple truth.

I really like my job. I have a good team and there are no carpy people up the chain. I'm a top performer and I feel recognized. Having said that, my resume is up to date and I always have feelers out for a better opportunity. Things will always get better or worse, and being prepared is the only defense.

I used to feel like this. I would cry in my car on the way to work and absolute bawl in the parking lot before I went in. This place laid me off and it was a long time before I got another job.

Today, I work somewhere else. While there are some things I don’t like here, I don’t feel like I did when I would cry my makeup off in the furthest parking space from the building at 7:30 a.m. every morning.

I generally really enjoy my job. There are short periods of time where I don’t, but the majority of the time I look forward to going in to work. I love my team, I enjoy the partners I work with, and I feel like I’m moving things in a positive direction.

Been there. Used to get the Sunday Scaries. There is better. Took me a bit to find it, but I’m glad I realized how unhappy I was. We spend so much time at work. It’s one thing to not love your job. To collect a paycheck waiting for something better. But if you’re dreading it, that’s a sign it’s time to prioritize finding a job you do love. My life is much better for having made that change. Don’t stay longer than you have to.

For me, thinking that I need to be ‹lucky› to have a job that I love or thinking that having a job I love is something that´s not in my control, feels heavy. I prefer to think that "I love my job" is something that´s fully within my control to create.
If I dont love my job or any other part of my life, I look into what´s within my control that I can do about it. That feels so much more powerful to me :)

My role has truly evolved into being a highly paid dogsbody. I would love to be back working on projects that I can manage, and I am respected as having that experience.

You may think that's easy, but I now have serious health conditions, and I am likely to struggle to get anything else as I am at my ceiling. I tried to reduce my hours to manage my health. That was ignored. I have had a lot to deal with health wise and zero empathy from my global team. It feels very isolating when you are fully remote. I know their are pro's/con's, but I have been brought on for a job that I am not being allowed to do. So frustrating.

I feel like what I’m doing is valuable which is rewarding but I wouldn’t say I like it. I do try to find as much joy as I can with the money I make though which keeps it motivating. I believe people who like their job are the minority but it doesn’t mean you need to dread it.

As the saying goes, if you love what you do you’ll never work a day in your life. Facts.