In today’s fast-paced world, feeling drained of energy is completely normal. Between work, personal passions, and social obligations, there is less and less time to recharge. Whatever your situation is, though, there are things that you can do each day that will keep your spirit alive.
The 10-Minute Quiet Game
There are 1,440 minutes in a day. While you may feel as though each moment of your day is already accounted for, there is always time for a quick ten-minute break. You can choose to iron out less than 1% of your day when you first wake up, before going to sleep, or anytime between. The crucial thing is that you do it.
The 10 minutes you take out for yourself should be used to quiet the mind. You can reflect on your goals and aspirations, how things are going for you, or areas of your life you feel you may have fallen short on. Reflection can be a great tool when learning how to grow as a person.
Meditation and reflection are similar practices. However, meditation may be better if you want to take your 10 minutes to truly disconnect from the world around you and reconnect with yourself. You deserve ten minutes of quiet time every day, and it will help restore your vigor so you can tackle anything that life throws at you.
Pick Up The Phone
When you connect with the people you love, you feel much more alive and energetic. Taking the time out of your day to call three people you deeply care about will help reinvigorate you by reminding you that your personal connections are just as vital as your professional ones.
People often allow themselves to burn out at work, and social activities get pushed to the backburner. Using a few minutes each day to check in on a few of your closest people can change that pattern and provide you with the much-needed energy to take care of business.
Get Off Social Media
It’s a scientific fact that social media can take your energy levels way down, which can be counterintuitive considering people often use social media to wind down. That said, if you spend too much time scrolling through the various platforms, you will wind up more tired than you were before opening up the app in the first place. This extra fatigue is driven by the constant barraging of content. All that information is quickly absorbed into your brain, and eventually, there’s just too much data for you to process without feeling a little wiped out.
While it may feel impossible to avoid social media altogether, you should still take a break from the online world each day. Take a step out of your phone or computer and into the real world. Experience the sights and sounds around you. It can be invigorating to explore the world around you instead of living vicariously through the one you find online.
Do these three things each day, and enjoy the surge of energy you get from each one.
Colin Bradford is a certified MAPS and The One Thing, Coach.