Plan your lifestyle for better energy and concentration
Everything we do - from work meetings to outings with children - we do with maximum dedication. We set ourselves hundreds of tasks and reminders on our smartphone, sleep a little, eat and read on the go. We even spend illnesses not in bed, but behind a computer monitor.
Man is a complex energy system. If one is charged with anger and despair, the other is extreme, then the third is enough to lie down in a fragrant bath to go out into the world as a different person.
Therefore, it is so important to find your “place of power”. And while the magic socket has not yet been invented, it remains to construct a recharging according to your personal design.
What to do? Write a list of unfinished little things, and then set aside time to complete them. At home: cleaning, minor repairs, getting 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: complete or even delete them from the diary. The cut will feel a surge of energy.
In addition to old grievances , worries about the future, invented fears, "toxic" surroundings, unloved work and own perfectionism , there is a list of reasons that literally take away strength.
The body simply suffers from:
Improper diet without protein and fiber, but with an excess of carbohydrates and caffeine. But most of all we suffer from a lack of laughter, smiles, fun, pleasant words and simple everyday "hugs" in the body. Replenishing them is much easier than chewing on cabbage leaves. But there are a few more ways to stir up your energy.
The only way to combine movement and life at full power is by alternating periods of activity with rest. After all, endless lying on the couch without "throwing out" energy in the same way leads to a breakdown , as well as a continuous race. Long-distance running should be turned into a sprint series and alternated with rest periods.
Paradoxically , in our corporate culture, a smoke break is almost equated to a legalized ritual. Whereas a five-minute walk around the office raises suspicions of shirking duties. But after all, all nature and our genes are filled with pulsations: periods of activity and rest.
Stress becomes such an internal drug. The desire to constantly experience an adrenaline rush and the urge to postpone things until tomorrow, and then complete everything in one night in an emergency mode, is explained.
But the body does not forgive this. At first, he tactfully signals fatigue in the form of yawning, hunger and loss of attention. And then she will put you out of bed at the most inopportune moment: a cold with a high fever or a heart attack.
Time management has captured us so much that it has changed the way we think about recreation. Instead of chatting at the table, we flip through social media feeds, and combine running on a treadmill with listening to motivational training. Just lying on the couch creates an acute sense of shame, because rest must be active.
Perhaps the most common reason that we stopped resting “just like that” is the unclear boundaries between working and non-working hours. When our mothers and fathers got up from their workplace or turned off the machine, they went home to do their own thing. Today, mobile phones simply do not allow you 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 - refuse to compete or overcome.
The goal is to feel the buzz not from the result, but from the process itself. Disassembling a closet, washing windows, embroidering or knitting - all this sounds like a feminist nightmare, but it helps. Renovating a chair or hanging shelves in the garage will not only replenish energy, but also distract men and sons from their tablets.
If you cannot immediately determine your "places of power", there are several unusual ways to regain lost energy. They will help you simply relax, improve your mood and concentration.
Life at full capacity is possible if the balance between wasting energy and its recovery is properly balanced. The first thing to do is admit that the way you manage your resources needs fixing. Then - to determine the places of leakage of precious energy. The second is to allow yourself to rest and relax. And then the energy itself will begin to control you, just give it time.
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