The holidays are (almost) over and I hope most of you feel energized and ready to go back to work/school.
It’s been a strange year so now more than ever we will need all the energy we can muster.
Okay, but “how can I feel more energized?” I hear you ask.
“How do I feel light, uplifted?”
Less is more
and this you can apply to all areas of your life.
To feel the energy flowing: make space!
Space in your agenda,
Space in your house,
Space in your mind,
…
Space in y our agenda:
Take a really good look at all the things you do and choose only the meaningful stuff to keep doing.
Endless scrolling on your phone does not relax you,
You think it might but it fills you mind with garbage, which makes you feel agitated, irritated, annoyed, hence it eats up energy.
Endless news watching: idem dito.
Endless movie/soap watching, …
Remind yourself of what it is that lifts your heart and do more of that stuff, you’ll feel a huge difference!
Do things that put a smile on your face, things that really make you feel good inside.
Space in your house:
We’ve all been home a lot lately and this can have 2 results:
Or our house is cleaner and lighter than ever after a thorough “spring cleaning”
Or our house is cluttered more than ever: everybody is home, everybody is doing stuff at home and leaves traces of their presence….
This takes away more energy than you can ever imagine.
Make space, clear out the rooms,
Let everybody clean up after they’ve eaten, played, crafted, worked, …
Have/keep less stuff: the less stuff you have , the less you have to organize, to store, to clean.
A few basic house rules and everybody will benefit from it.
A clean, organized house is a sure winner to feel happy and energized!
Space in your mind:
Holding on to negative thoughts,
Gossiping,
Complaining,
Thinking the worst possible scenarios,
…
All those are energy drainers!
One of my mentors dr Sue Morter says it beautifully:
No blaming, no shaming, no complaining!
Thinking positively helps us to feel good, to stop worrying so much.
90% of all the worries we ever had, never became reality anyway!
But it sure took a lot of our energy!
Worrying leads to stress and stress undermines our immune system.
This is another very good reason not to worry so much because we need our immune system to be optimal now more than ever!
That’s why we also need to take care of our body:
Eat healthy, organic foods,
exercise,
move your body daily,
and sleep!
Sleep is when your body recovers, when it heals.
It’s one of the most neglected tools we have to keep healthy!
So, get enough sleep!
You’ll feel yourself changing!
You’ll feel rested,
You’ll feel capable of handling all the stuff you need to do,
You’ll be in a good mood,
You’ll be worrying less because you feel you are on top of things,
You’ll feel less overwhelmed.
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I know I keep saying this stuff over and over again, and I’ve written a whole book about it (which I hope to have published beginning of next year) because I truly believe this is absolutely essential to our wellbeing.
This is the key to living
instead of feeling lived by the circumstances.
The weekend is coming up so I invite you all to take a good look at what is going on in your life right now.
Make a decision right here and right now,
to start living a life with “space” in it.
Thank you all for reading me!
Katrien
www.lifecoachwomen.be