Plug Into Your Life Sources (Life-Givers)
The are energy givers and there are energy drainers — do you know what yours are?
I find that many of us just go through life without understanding what makes things work for us or what is hindering our progress, and honestly you can’t blame us. Our lives are over-saturated with noise and distractions so it’s difficult to be attentive to what is going on internally.
I have noticed that, in my case, that there are days that I feel exceptionally energized to get things done, while other days I can barely get out of bed. I only just realized that this isn’t normal. We are actually designed to be consistently inspired and empowered to create the life we desire.
How do you know you are disconnected from your life source?
Hopelessness
“What's the point? None of this matters anyways.”
That's what this feeling sounds like. When you are without a reason to keep going, just know that you have been drained of energy. Maybe you've been mindlessly scrolling, not realizing how you’ve been unconsciously comparing your life to what you’re seeing.
Confusion
This one is a bit difficult to put into words. I think the best way I can explain it is to compare it to the same feeling you get when you've been spinning in circles and feel dizzy. This is what a lot of people refer to as “brain fog.”
Baby, your mind is just cluttered. It's in many places at the same time. It's thinking about everything, everywhere, all at once, which can be physically and mentally draining. This is usually also linked to feelings of worry and anxiety.
Isolation (Physical/Mental)
This is when you can't stand to be physically around people or communicate with others. You might even want to talk, but the words just feel heavy. You may have gone so far in isolating your feelings from people (aka withdrawing yourself and your emotions), that you don't even know how to begin offloading the heavy burden of all the emotions you have become so comfortable keeping to yourself. Isolation can be extremely draining because you are often carrying a load beyond your capacity.
Weakness (Physical/Emotional)
This is extensive fatigue, otherwise knows as: burnout. One of the earliest signs of burnout is physical exhaustion — many of us have become accustomed to living while burnt out, so most of the time we don't even notice that it's abnormal.
Emotional pileup takes a toll on your body. If you don't give the emotions an outlet to be diffused through, your body and brain take the blow.
How to identify what gives you life:
Note how you feel after interacting with certain people.
Your feelings don’t always lie to you. Sometimes they do, but not all the time. There are some smiles I see that literally light up my day. Some hugs are a reminder to your body that it’s in a safe place. It's important to take note of who those people are because, one day, they'll be your lifeline when you are (figuratively) flatlining.
Note your productivity pattern.
When are you most productive and focused? That's when your mind is energized and has the capacity to get things done. What in that moment stands out to you? Is it your environment? Is it the time of day? Is it what you are working on? Those are possible life givers.
Note what inspires you to do more.
What external or internal motivations help you to push through when you want to give up? Basically, what's something you look forward to doing or getting. This could be a sweet treat, it could be a date night, it could be an iced out watch. Whatever gingers you and gets you excited, that's a life giver!
More to Come
Very soon I’ll talk about how to immediately identify when your energy has been drained and what caused it. Still working through that one…
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