Everything we do - from workshops to walks with children - we do with maximum dedication. We set ourselves hundreds of tasks and reminders in the smartphone, we sleep a little, we eat and read on the go. Even illnesses are not carried out in bed, but behind a computer monitor. Inclusion in the 24/7 mode is so exhausting that one desire remains: recharge the internal batteries in order to start life at full power again.
Man is a complex energy system. If one charges anger and despair, the other - extreme, then the third is enough to lie in a fragrant bath to come out into the light of another person. Therefore, it is so important to find your "place of power". And while the magic outlet has not yet been invented, it remains to design the recharging according to your personal design.
Ask yourself the question: what takes my energy
A secret leak of energy can be compared to the situation when a sly neighbor is connected to your wifi. Tricky is not yet visible, but the Internet freezes, and the speed drops. For a computer, there are standard programs, and for us - its own test options.
Unfinished business or why hands do not reach
Unfinished business is the real time eaters. In the daily logs of business people, they are marked as "unimportant and non-urgent", and in everyday life they are simply called: "I'll do it sometime later." It seems like a dirty cup or unedited table can reduce my power? It turns out, even as they can.
In popular wisdom, there are cool comparisons: "legs do not go" or "hands do not reach." Unfinished business can be compared with microscopic anchors attached to the feet or hands. One, of course, is unable to slow down. And when dozens of them? As a result, own life resembles movement under a water column: like effort, mass is spent, and the result is zero.
What to do? Write a list of unfinished trifles, then allocate time to complete them. At home: clean, minor repairs, get rid of unnecessary souvenirs, old clothes, toys. At work: clean up the folder "unread letters" in the mail, reset the list of tasks from the category of unimportant and non-urgent: execute or delete them altogether from the diary. Slice feel a surge of energy.
Laziness ... or still not laziness?
Laziness is the protection of the body from unnecessary or meaningless actions. Remember the situations when you can’t get up the next morning before the meeting, which will definitely be a “debriefing”. And even the positive affirmations “I'm done well, I can” paired with a cup of vigorous coffee do not add a single drop of energy. But in the boutique for discounts, but at least on foot, but at the other end of the city is easy.
The signal comes from the head. If the internal mechanisms create friction, the movement slows down, the energy drops sharply. No mind pokes like “come on, you must,” will not add strength and remove the feeling of global fatigue. Even a change of activity or a long rest will not help. To continue the work you need to deal with the source of resistance.
How to stop being lazy? Do not call yourself a "lazy ass" and work your head. First, recognize the situation itself. Secondly - try to figure it out on your own. For this, it is necessary to connect the intuition in order to understand: the work on the project does not move, because the client is simply unpleasant as a person, and in the vicious disassembly of the team they kill the desire to get up and go to work. Thirdly: ask for help from a colleague - if it concerns a client, friends, relatives or a psychologist.
List of other "funnels" of energy leaks
In addition to the old grievances, worries about the future, made-up fears, a "toxic" environment, unloved work and own makeovers, there is a list of reasons that literally take power.
The body simply suffers from:
- Malnutrition without protein and fiber, but with an excess of carbohydrates and caffeine.
- Lack of vitamins and trace elements (zinc or selenium, for example).
- Lack of sleep or work at night.
- The lack of sports, even in its minimum manifestation.
- Hormonal or other disorders that only doctors can identify.
But most of all we suffer from a lack of laughter, smiles, fun, pleasant words and simple everyday "hugs". Replenishing their stock is much easier than chewing cabbage leaves. But there are a few more ways to stir up your energy.
Ask yourself: how can I replenish energy
It is possible to combine movement and life at full power only by alternating periods of activity with rest. After all, endless lying on the couch without a "release" of energy just leads to a breakdown, like a continuous race. Long-distance running needs to be turned into a series of sprint races and alternate them with rest periods.
Rest during work, when the whole world is opposed to rest
It’s a paradox, but in our corporate culture a smoke break is almost equal to a legalized ritual. Whereas a five-minute walk around the office raises suspicions of shirking duties. But after all, all of nature and our genes are filled with pulsations: periods of activity and rest.
Stress becomes such an internal drug. The desire to constantly experience a surge of adrenaline and explains the urge to put things off until tomorrow, and then perform everything overnight in an emergency mode. But the body does not forgive. First, he tactfully gives the signals of fatigue in the form of yawning, hunger and loss of attention. And then he will put you to bed at the most inappropriate moment: a cold with a high fever or a heart attack.
What to do? Alternate periods of work with total dedication and relaxation. To begin with - turn off the phone sound and background music. How important it is know motorists: when they are in an unfamiliar area and are afraid to miss the right turn, they unknowingly turn off the radio. Because extraneous sounds prevent to concentrate. Then set the timer to 45-50 and all this time work on the task. But when the timer works, you can walk or move to your favorite melody.
Resting while relaxing without feeling guilty
Time management captured us so much that it changed our views on rest. Instead of talking at the table, we look through the tapes of social networks, while running on a treadmill is combined with listening to motivational trainings. Just lying on the couch causes an acute sense of shame, because the rest must be active.
Perhaps the most common reason that we stopped resting “just like that” is the fuzzy boundaries between working and non-working time. When our mothers and fathers got up from the workplace or turned off the machine - they went home to go about their business. Today, mobile phones simply do not allow to relax, and an e-mail message causes a nervous tic: what if someone wrote something very important.
What to do? Do something without a rigid goal or photos for networks if you are a woman. And for men - to abandon the competition or overcome.
The goal is to feel the buzz not from the result, but from the process itself. Dismantling the closet, washing the windows, doing embroidery or knitting - it all looks like a bad dream of feminists, but it helps. Repair the chair or hang shelves in the garage - such classes will not only replenish energy, but also distract men and sons from the tablets.
Just leave yourself alone
If you can’t determine your “places of power” right away, there are several unusual ways to reclaim your lost energy. They will help to simply relax, improve mood and concentration.
- Use positive emotions as fuel for life at full capacity.
- Develop a sense of empathy, empathy, communication skills.
- Do not allow the brain to relax. The best lesson for the brain is reading, language learning, creativity, fantasy.
- Connect spiritual energy and deep values.
Of course, periods of stagnation will happen, but they will not be too long if you take seriously the issue of energy replenishment. Gradually, the wise organism will reorganize to a new rhythm and will prompt itself what to do this time, so that the energy sine wave crawls upward again.
Life at full power is possible if you correctly set the balance between the waste of energy and its recovery. The first thing to do is to admit that the methods of managing their resources require correction. Then - identify the place of leakage of precious energy. The second is to allow yourself to rest and relax. And there the energy will start controlling you, just give it time.
