1. Build relationships at the workplace

• Do's : develop personal relationships at the workplace just like you would do at home or in your society. This reduces the feeling of loneliness and damps down the mechanical effects of work.
• Don’t : you won’t want your manager to know everything about you. Create healthy boundaries and do not cross them.

2. Find meaning in your work.

• Do's : if you believe that your work is important and it touches hundreds of lives then you are more satisfied with your work and have good self-esteem. This provides you satisfaction and a purpose to do more.
• Don’t : if you believe that work is the only thing that can make you happy, you can become dependent on work and might not find happiness in other areas of life.

3. Build resilience.

• Do's : resilience is about accepting setbacks and not lose hope in times of failure. Having a growth mindset and resilient approach can help you shed off the negativity of unsuccessful attempts at the workplace.
• Don’t : Not being concerned about your setbacks might make you habitual and accept at a subconscious level that your work doesn’t matter. It can take away your purpose in work.

4. Ad physical and mental hygiene.

• Do's : make sure you take healthy nutrition, follow proper sleep habits, regular physical exercises and not heavy work-outs, take vacations regularly and provide enough time to family.
• Don’t : In the name of flexibility do not try to shy away from routines and health regimes. It can affect your health, decrease immunity levels and make you feel burned out.

Being happy at work is a choice and your actions can help you make that choice a reality. This, however, is not to deny that sometimes workplace limitations, policies, and management is such that there is always some pertinent stress.

What we would suggest here is to make personal efforts and enjoy as many benefits as you get, push human resources to endorse relevant employee well-being steps, and find professional help for your mental and emotional well-being.