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More energy from your work

Your first job, a side job next to your studies or a deadline that keeps moving. In the Happiness at work theme you find out what gives you energy and what it costs you. Then you do more of what works.

Sound familiar?

  • You come home from work and don't feel like doing anything.
  • You check your work email in the evening and lose another hour.
  • You do your job well, but you no longer know why you do it.
  • The best part of your job comes round less and less often.

What you learn

What's work happiness?

Work happiness isn't being happy all day. It's work that gives you energy, that means something and where you have people around you. That goes for your job, your side job and your studies. Not working or studying right now? Then the exercises are about your days as they are now.

Givers and drainers

Some things cost energy: time pressure, long meetings, constant interruptions. Others give energy: learning something, helping someone, getting into the flow. How you feel depends on the balance.

More of what works

Less hassle is nice, but you don't always have a say in it. More of what gives you energy is often up to you. In research, energy givers protect you against stress.

What you do

These are the exercises in the app. Finish a step and the next one opens.

  1. Givers and drainers

    See what gave you energy this week and what it cost, and pick what you will do more often.

  2. Strength in action

    Pick a strength and use it in a new way this week.

  3. Small renovation

    Change one small thing about your tasks, your contacts or how you see your work.

  4. Closing the day

    A fixed end to your working day, so your evening is really yours.

  5. Exploration

    Talk in four steps about what work or study gives you and what you want more of.

What it is based on

Every exercise in the app comes from somewhere. In the app you find the research behind each exercise, with the source.

Energy sources at work
The job demands-resources model describes work as a balance between things that cost energy and things that give energy. In research, resources like support, learning and variety go together with less stress and more engagement.
Strengths
In a controlled study, people used a strength in a new way every day for a week. Six months later they were still happier and less low. A meta-analysis found small but clear effects of positive exercises like this.
Job crafting
In job crafting, people themselves change small things about their tasks, contacts or view of their work. A meta-analysis of interventions found a small positive effect, including on engagement.
Detachment from work
Mentally switching off from work after hours helps you recover. In an experiment, a plan for unfinished tasks helped people switch off, especially those who usually find that hard.

How MindMoment works

MindMoment is an app for young adults who want to grow mentally stronger. You start with a few short questions. Then the app puts the themes in an order that suits you.

Available 24/7

Use the app whenever it suits you, at your own pace.

Your privacy first

You decide what you share, and with whom. We handle your data with care.

Step by step

A path of short exercises, and a deeper dive per theme whenever you want.

Together with your therapist or coach

On a waiting list, or already seeing someone? Then they can follow along in the app, if you want them to.

Read how that works

Really not doing well?

MindMoment is not a treatment. Are you really struggling right now? Call your GP, or talk anonymously to 113 on 0800-0113. You can, day and night.

Frequently asked questions

A fixed end to your day helps. In Closing the day you write down where you left off and what you will do first tomorrow. Then you close your laptop, for example. That way your head doesn't have to hold on to work all evening.

Get started

Download MindMoment and start with the theme that fits you right now.