{"id":161,"date":"2017-06-15T13:17:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T13:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/?p=161"},"modified":"2017-06-15T13:25:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T13:25:37","slug":"why-energy-is-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/06\/15\/why-energy-is-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Why energy is key"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve heard me say that life is made of three things – Time, Energy and Resources. \u00a0Each of those three is very important, and each is unique. \u00a0Of the three, only one is a meter for how happy you are at any given time: energy.<\/p>\n

Energy<\/h2>\n

Think about it; do you recall a time when you had a lot of energy and weren’t<\/em> happy? \u00a0Do you recall having almost none and being<\/em> happy? \u00a0Notwithstanding are the times you’re kookoo for Cocoa Puffs because of coffee, or flipping out because of a test, or trauma, or you were just almost hit by a car.<\/p>\n

No, in daily life, when you had lots of energy you were happy. \u00a0Think back. \u00a0When you found\u00a0yourself with a surplus of energy you smiled, said things you may not normally have said (saying hello to people, talking about mundane things like the color of leaves, the sunset, how something was sort of amusing). \u00a0The energy may have been from something you were aware of, or you found yourself with energy from “out of nowhere.” \u00a0Regardless of your awareness of the origin, you enjoyed the hell out of it. \u00a0Like those old people in the movie cocoon*.<\/p>\n

Now, think of the opposite, and I bet you’ll be able to come up with many more examples of less energy. \u00a0Think back. \u00a0When you had less energy, you thought things were annoying that shouldn’t bother you, you missed a lot of stuff, people had to say your name twice when talking to you. \u00a0You seemed distracted, life kinda sucks, right?<\/p>\n

Go towards the light (unless this is poltergeist)<\/h2>\n

We are adaptive creatures \u00a0– wonderfully so, sometimes to our detriment. \u00a0I touch on this on how we make adjustments going through trauma and forget to recalibrate. \u00a0We adapt and move towards things that give us energy, and move away from the ones that suck it out like a giant mosquito landing on a chihuahua. \u00a0But, in real life it’s not that simple. \u00a0 Moving towards the energy can get in the way of work, your obligations, your productivity, and it may not jive with your schedule.
\n\"Flask\"Hmm, if only there was a way to may this out on a sheet and look at it<\/a>. Then navigate and optimize it.<\/p>\n

Think about one more thing – you don’t always know what gave you that energy or took it away. \u00a0Having energy sapped from you may be due to simple comments from people who are… clueless about how they interact. \u00a0You may not be able to avoid an entire job because of one coworker, but you can make smart adjustments to minimize it.<\/p>\n

You may also get energy from something that seems to happen randomly, and you just think it’s a chemical thing, or you had a good day out of no where.<\/p>\n

Figuring it out<\/h2>\n

If you now get the importance of energy, you’re probably also getting how important it is to figure out where it’s coming from. \u00a0But then the plot thickens…<\/p>\n

Guilt: natures big bucket of cold water thrown right in the face.<\/p>\n

Restrictions, good and bad, keep us from exclusively pursuing where the energy is coming from and running screaming away from where its leaking to. \u00a0But sometimes these restrictions are incorrectly in place. \u00a0It explains why you have pleasure and get jazzed doing something, and then feel guilty. \u00a0You’re not a chef, why should you feel good about that, go back to your job at the conveyer belt. \u00a0Yes you made that guy laugh and it felt really good but it was just a fluke, so back to your 11 oclock meeting with department chairs. \u00a0Sure you love being around kids but teachers have low pay and blah blah blah.<\/p>\n

Splash, right in the face.<\/p>\n

Being mindful of these automatic restrictions, and calibrating them if needed, can help you avoid any bumps in the road.<\/p>\n

So, your takeaway from this should be –<\/p>\n