What’s the most important thing that drives you through the Career Ladder? Is it your Salary? Is it the prospect of future opportunity that leads to what you want in your life? or Is it due to your co-workers. There may be umpteen reasons for you to stick with your day job. But behind all of these is the Happiness factor.

If you are not full happy, you can’t work with your full potential. No matter how much you really love your job, there is a chance that you may not love it all the time.

So, what can you do to make yourself happy? Quit your job. Of course, it may not be as easy as it sounds, if you don’t enjoy what you are doing, start looking at what you really enjoy to do. But before quitting your job, make sure you have really planned for it.

• Reason. Start identifying what you didn’t like in your present job. Chances are that you can rectify that and stay in your job itself. If it is something you can’t get in your present company, try another which offers what you seek.
• Stress. If you don’t enjoy what you do, stress aggregates. The best option is to leave your job, in this case. Life is short and maximize it fully.
• Plan it. Find what are the alternative sources of incomes that you could reap. If you are an IT programmer earning loads of money, then working in a convenient store might not be a best deal. So, plan for things you enjoy and earn some money out of it. You could do something like consulting to outsource your skills.
• Tax deduction. Working from home gets you better tax deductions. Avail them.
• Commuting. This is something you will save if you are not going for work. But if you do consulting, occasionally you need to commute. Prefer public transportation. You might save a penny or two and also make this world a better place by not polluting.
• Set Target. Above all, set target. This will result in planning and sequencing your actions. Without goals, life is simply not satisfying.