There is an interesting state of affairs that I haven’t quite yet mastered the art of:
doing too little, we can end up feeling exhausted
doing too much we can end up feeling exhausted.
How do we work out what is ‘too little’ and what is ‘too much’? Wouldn’t it me nice if we had a wrist-strap that let us know how much expendable energy we had left in a particular day before we move into the territory of creating exhaustion for the next and following days?
The thing is, when we have energy, we sometimes just don’t want to slow down – we want to capitalise on it! We want to get done all those things that we feel need doing but never have the energy for. But what is the price when we don’t tune in and pace ourselves, even in these more energetic times?
Exhaustion. Almost directly proportional to the amount of extra energy expended. Or worse, two days of activity can result in the need for three to five days of rest.
So, next time you are feeling really energetic and enthusiastic, I’d like to suggest that you do capitalise on it, but also find the time SIT and have a cuppa… and maybe even spend an hour reading…
