9 lifestyle choices that are sabotaging your job search

9 lifestyle choices that are sabotaging your job search9 lifestyle choices that are sabotaging your job searchSarching for a job can feel like another full time job and it takes fortitude, commitment, and loads of self-compassion. Your lifestyle choices may be helping or cramping your job search. Here are 9 lifestyle choices that might be sabotaging your search1. You go to happy hour and skip your workoutEven if youre headed to anetworkinghappy hour, stop skipping your workout. Movement is incredibly powerful for your body, your heart, and your mind to move forward powerfully. There are some pretty powerful neurological reasons to make time for a workoutsome of which include raising your endorphins (your happy vibes), increasing your cognitive function, and managing your stress andanxietybetter.2. You arent making time for funWeve all known the person who is stressed out all of the time. Their anxiety is readable in their text messages, emails, and interactions. When you are having f un in your life, other people can tell and they want to be around you. Additionally, when you engage in a hobby, you are building new neurology that allows you to make new and different connections. Make fun a priority this week and see what solutions come up.3. You spend a lot of timecomplainingIm not saying you cant vent or complain at all. Theres a healthy release that comes with a good vent and strong yell. Yet, if you find yourself complaining a lot, youre strengthening the negative feedback loops in your head. Call a friend. Set a timer. Vent for 10 minutes and then ask yourself, What is one action I can take to move towards a solution here?4. You trash talk to yourself about not doing enough in your searchOur Western culture frequently uses shame and guilt as motivators. Exceptresearch shows that shame and guiltdont actually work as well as self-empathy and self-compassion. The next time the voice in your head ridicules you or yells at you for not doing enough, put your pen t o paper and practice rewriting that voice as your friend might speak to you. Kindly.5. Youre only applying online because youre an introvertWhile the internet is a wonderful tool, life is still so deeply about relationship. Get to know people. Reach out onLinkedInand ask for informational interviews. Activate yournetworkand let your community know that youre looking for a new role.6. Your emails andcommunicationare unclear about what youre looking forDo you want an informationalinterview? Are you looking for a connection to someone on the inside? Make an ask and be direct about what you are seeking or needing. Most people want to help you, but if they dont know what youre looking for then they cant help.7. You get up in a flurry and rush to get yourself out the door in the morningWhile your job searching, you want to continue to build in time to reflect. Making even just 10 minutes in the morning to think through your day can help you stay focused on what truly needs to get done. Al so, spending just a minute or two to reflect on whats working and whats not working is going to inform the direction youre headed. As you go through your job search, youll be learning a lot about what you like and you dont want to miss harvesting the truth of what youre craving AND what you really dont like in your career.8. You look at job applications and think I dont meet all the criteria and then you dont applyStop that. Research shows thatwomen apply for jobs when they meet 100%of the criteria and men apply as long as they meet 60%. Dont sell yourself short.9. You dont have free time blocked into your schedule.There are times when theresnose to the groundgrind, yes. But free time, actually open space where youre not accomplishing or achieving, lets you dream and scheme. We cant create what we cant imagine. Allow your imagination to be a tool that you use to create this next role and next step.This post was originally published on FairyGodboss.com.