The average American spends a lot of time at work —— more than 1，800 hours a year. But how many of those hours are spent daydreaming about being somewhere （or anywhere） else？ 　普通美國人每年的工作時間很長——超過了1800個小時。不過其中有多少時間是在做著白日夢，幻想著自己能在別處（或者隨便另一個地方）呢？

　A lot of things play a role in your job satisfaction besides the actual work itself. Your emotions， skills， financial needs and performance are just some of the factors that make or break a job.

　除工作本身外，還有許多事物決定了人們的工作滿意度，包括情緒、技能、經濟需求和工作表現。

　Remember： Not everyone loves every aspect of their job. It's a matter of finding strong positive points that you can focus on.

　別忘了，沒有人完完全全地喜歡他/她的工作。重要的是發現和關注該工作的積極方面。

　If you feel like you don't have any positive aspects of your work that you can hone in on or your work is making you feel physically ill on a regular basis， re-start the search and find a job that will kick your negativity and give you challenges and sense of value you need to like what you do for a living.

　如果你找不到積極方面，或者這工作老讓你生病，那就該跳槽了。去找一份掃去陰霾、給你帶來快樂、挑戰和自我價值感的工作吧。

　Take this quiz to find out how satisfied you are with your career：

　下面的測試能告訴你你對現在的職業的滿意度：

　1. You make positive comments about your job when people ask what you do or how work is going.

　當別人問起你的工作或工作情況時，你給予的是積極的評價。

　2. You have developed a positive relationship with your co-workers， or at least learned how to deal with each other's different personalities.

　和同事關系不錯，或者至少學會了如何和不同性格的人相處。

　3. You feel included in decision-making and truly believe that your opinion matters at work.

　你感覺自己也能參與決策制訂，覺得自己的想法在工作中重要。

　4. The people you work with treat you as an equal， even though you may have less experience.

　即便你經驗稍少，你的工作伙伴也不會歧視你。

　5. Even when you're not at your job， you sometimes do positive brainstorming about your work.

　即便沒有上班，有時一些工作想法還會在腦子里靈光乍現。

　6. You have managed to find a balance between work and personal life and it doesn't involve losing too much time with either one.

　在工作和個人生活中中獲得平衡；兩者都不會讓你過分投入。

　7. You've accumulated overtime because you were so into the work you were doing that you lost track of time.

　太投入于手頭工作，加班加點的時候你忘記了時間。

　8. People look to you for advice at work.

　人們向你征詢工作建議。

　9. You're ready and even excited for the upcoming projects you'll be working on.

　將要開展的項目讓你摩拳擦掌興奮不已。

　10. Your supervisor is supportive and offers you good advice and opportunities for furthering your education in your field.

　上級很支持，提供好的建議和讓你在領域中更上一層樓。

　11. You feel positive about what the company is doing， and feel that you really make a difference or contribution.

　對公司業務持積極態度，感到你真的能盡一份力，帶來一些改觀。

　12. Even though you could use some more money， your rate of pay seems fair.

　雖然你也許該漲漲工資了，但你認為收入還算合理。

　13. You are learning things that really help you with your career.

　你在學習能對職業有幫助的東西。

　14. You use your time constructively， and while you may get bored once in awhile， you're mostly on-task and ready for action.

　有建設性地使用時間。雖然時而感到無聊，但多數時候狀態不錯，隨時準備行動。

　15. You feel like you are in the right field for your interests， skills and personality.

　感到自己處于合適自己興趣、技能和個性的領域。

　16. You are up for promotion and feeling positive about it going through.

　你將被提拔，對此感覺不錯。

　17. There may be some repetitive or boring parts about your job， but for the most part you are stimulated.

　雖然有時工作有些重復、枯燥，但大部分時間感到振奮。

　18. You don't feel too exhausted at the end of the day.

　一天下來不會累得散架。

　19. Stressful situations may arise， but you don't feel too overwhelmed or stressed-out on a regular basis.

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