Energy management takes a mindful focus and balance

There is widespread discussion currently around energy management and conservation with natural resources.

How can these resources be managed and conserved most effectively? Let’s take this even closer to home.

How would you currently describe your management and conservation of your personal energy resources?

How about a quick temperature check? How are you feeling energetically at this moment? Perhaps you feel energized and full of life. Conversely you might say you feel tired or even exhausted. Your assessment of your energy gives you a good barometer presently of how you’re managing or mismanaging your energy stores.

While energy cannot be “created nor destroyed,” it doesn’t mean that it can’t vastly fluctuate. For example, have you ever found yourself so invigorated in an activity that it seemed like your energy was limitless? On the other hand, you may have had days where it was a monumental effort for you to just get out of bed.

You were the same person in both extremes, but your energy levels were significantly different.

If you put out more energy that you take in or maintain, you become depleted. Are you a person who gives and gives, but doesn’t receive or hold on to enough of your life force? You give forth too much energy resulting in a physical or mental crash. To correct this, it takes a mindful focus and sense of balance.

Sometimes, simply stopping to take a breath and reflect is a step in the right direction.

How is your energy management in relationships? Are you putting forth enough caring energy? Are you giving too much? Pay attention to the feedback you’re receiving. If you feel overspent and unappreciated, for example, you may need to take a break from someone, pulling up a mental and emotional drawbridge.

Once your energy is regenerated, perhaps you lower the drawbridge and reconnect from a healthier self.