If you want to be happy, you should think 'freedom first'

This time, I will talk about the theme of
"If you want to work happily, you should prioritize 'freedom' above all else
"
.

"I don't want to go to work"
"I really want to quit my current company"

If you search on social media,
a huge number of comments like this are posted every day.

Even after graduating from university and
finally joining a company,
about 30% of people
quit within three years.

Most people end up spending most of their lives
on "work," but
if you're going to work anyway,
you want to work happily, right?

"I hate work"
"I don't want to go to the office"

You don't want to work while thinking things like that, do you?

"What is your biggest regret in life?"

When asked this, many elderly Japanese people say,

"Choosing a job"
"Putting work first too much"

and regrets about work are what they mention.

So,
what are the factors that increase happiness
at work?

• Whether the salary is high?

• Whether you can pour your passion into it?

These are both wrong.

In terms of increasing happiness at work,
the most important thing is

whether you are free

.

Micromanagement that exploits motivation

I quit the company I had worked at for 15 years
when I was 40, but
it was quite a restrictive company.

• Having your documents checked word-for-word by your boss

• Being made to write an apology letter every time you make a mistake

• Needing to provide a reason and get permission every time you go out

• Top management interfering even in low-level tasks

• Working from home is prohibited in principle

The list goes on and on, but
anyway, you need your boss's permission for everything you do.

Something like this happened.

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It was when I tried to participate in a training session to improve my skills.

Me: 'I'd like to participate in a skill-up training session, is that okay?'

Boss: 'When is it?'
Me: 'It's from [time] to [time] on [date].'

Boss: 'What are you going for?'
Me: 'For skill improvement.'

Boss: 'What benefit does that have for the company?'
Me: 'Hmm, I'm not sure if there's a direct benefit, but I think it will lead to an improvement in my work efficiency.'

Boss: 'How many minutes does it take to travel there?'
Me: 'About an hour.'

Boss: 'What will you do if the work you're doing now gets delayed?'
Me: 'It's a half-day outing, so there won't be any impact.'

Boss: 'So you mean you can make up for it by working overtime?'
Me: 'No, I won't be delayed even without working overtime.'

Boss: 'Well, that's fine then, but summarize everything in a document and submit it.'
Me: 'Okay.'

Boss: 'Also, make sure to submit a report the next day.'
Me: 'Okay.'

*****

Well, it's something like this f^^

Do you think this is normal?

At the very least, I really hated it.
It was incredibly stressful.It was.

The positive feeling of 'let's improve my skills' gets dampened, and when I think about the report, it's like, I get tied up with that and other work piles up, so it gradually becomes a hassle.

In fact, within the company, the hurdle to going out was so high that there were almost no people who actively wanted to 'participate in skill-up training'.

'Dealing with my boss is a pain'
'Creating the paperwork to apply for permission to go out is troublesome'
'Submitting the report is a drag'

For reasons like that, it was just employees who thought, 'It's safer to just sit in front of the computer'.

This kind of situation is nothing but a shackle for people who are motivated.

I was having my motivation shaved away like a dried bonito flake by this kind of 'micromanagement'.

'Freedom' determines job happiness

In work, the factor that most influences happiness is 'freedom'.

Regarding the relationship between work and happiness, there are numerous studies, and various studies have shown results indicating a correlation between the degree of freedom in work and a sense of happiness.

For example,

• Being able to freely decide the schedule for executing tasks

• Being able to freely choose the content of the work

• Being able to express your own opinions on company rules

Even just with this,
the higher the degree of freedom, the higher the job satisfaction.
.

Also,
it is known that the higher the degree of freedom in work, the lower the turnover rate.
Furthermore,

Furthermore,
it is known that the degree of freedom in work affects not only the sense of happiness but also health conditions.

• Smokes but has a high degree of freedom

• Does not smoke but has a low degree of freedom

Which of these do you think is
more likely to damage your health?

According to a study by the University of London,
the latter is more likely to
damage your health and has a higher probability of leading to chronic illness
is the result.

Workplaces with low levels of freedom
are worse for your health than smoking

This is quite shocking, isn't it...

When choosing a job, most people

• jobs with high salaries

• jobs you can pour your passion into

• jobs you like

tend to use these as their criteria for choosing, don't they?

But you know what? That's wrong!

If you
"want to live a happy life"
"don't want to regret your job choice"
then,

• how much freedom you have to choose your working hours

• how much freedom you have to choose your work location

• how much discretion you have over how you carry out your work

• how much discretion you have over your work pace

You will be able to live an overwhelmingly happier life
if you prioritize these points when choosing.

Are freelancers happy?

Being unable to endure the environment of being a company employee and
seeking freedom by becoming a freelancer is one option.

However, can you really say that being a freelancer is
'happy'?

Basically, you are not bound by company rules, so
in that respect, you might be happier than a company employee.

However, freelancers also have clients, so
they are not completely free either.

There are times when you have no choice but to
follow the client's rules, and
there may also be cases where you cannot earn as much as you want,
and you end up having more of your time taken away
than when you were a company employee.

Even if you are a freelancer,
in the sense that you have to sell off your freedom it might be the same as being a company employee ^^

If you are looking for freedom in the true sense of the word,

• decision-making

• what to do

• how to do it

• in what order to do it

etc., you need to keep all decisions
under your own control.

Ultimately, that means
becoming a business owner doesn't it?

Let's think about the example of making 'writing' your job.

• Writer

• Blogger

These are two popular side jobs related to writing, but
which one can be said to have a higher 'degree of freedom'?

A writer has a client and
performs writing according to the client's instructions.

The media owner is the client, and
the writer receives compensation by selling their own freedom.

On the other hand, bloggers decide for themselves what to write,
who to write for, and they decide the order and
timing of publication all by themselves.

Since you are the manager of your own media,
you take full responsibility for everything.

Which one is happier for you?

Of course, everyone has different values.
So, it's not about which one is better.

When you are struggling with what to do, as one criterion,
having a 'degree of freedom' axis will prevent you from having regrets
is what I mean.

Well, this time, I have talked about how
if you want to work happily, you should prioritize 'freedom'.

is what I have been discussing.

Money, benefits, job content, relationships, industry...

There are many criteria for choosing a job.

However, whether you can truly be happy

depends on 'whether you are free'.

It depends on that.

In life, the choice of job and how you work is very important.

I hope this article serves as a reference for you
to live a happy life.

P.S.

By the way, I focus on
how to increase the degree of freedom

and I have chosen the method of
'an automatic vending machine on the internet'.

I have tried various things like writing, blogging,
and selling paid notes,
but if you want to get both
money and time,
I think this is the only way.

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