Mental Health Mondays: How To Get More Out Of Your Days And Increase Your Energy Levels Permanently

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by Lukas Schwekendiek

The energy in your body works like a muscle.

To increase your maximum capacity you must push the muscle slightly past its limits, keep it there for a short while until it is exhausted and then rest it up completely.

The more often you do this process the more the muscle will grow.

Most people struggle with their energy levels because they do not know the details of this process.

They think energy is just mental or physical, rarely take full rests, and almost never push their muscles to the limits or recharge them enough.

If you want to improve your energy levels you must learn the following things:

  1. The 4 Different Energies — Unlike what most people think we have 4 different ways to use Energy. In The Power of Full Engagement James E. Loehr and Tony Schwartz discuss these at length. Mental, Physical, Emotional & Spiritual.
  2. How To Push The Limits — To gain more energy you must push one of these 4 to the limit. You know how to do this with your physical energy but have likely abandoned the other 3. To push the limits in any of these you must become exhausted in that energy .
  3. How To Recover — Recovery is necessary. Without it you will not allow the muscle to grow and instead tear it apart.
  4. Improving Your Energy Is A Continual Process — It is a constant up and down, a constant exertion and recovery, that is ever-going. Physical trainers know this. Those who workout cannot miss more than a few weeks or lose all progress. The same is true for your other energies as well.

Mental Energy is your brain power.

This energy is used by…

  • Solving Problems.
  • Being consciously creative.
  • Using Logic.
  • Mathematics.
  • Puzzles.

It can be recharged by…

  • Mindless Entertainment.
  • Relaxation, such as meditation.
  • Silence.
  • Being in Nature.
  • Classical Music.

Physical Energy is your bodily energy.

This energy is used by…

  • Sports.
  • Physical Activity.
  • Sitting/Bed-rest for prolonged periods of time without stretching.
  • Cardio.
  • Regular Activities in a long day.

It can be recharged by…

  • Napping.
  • Sleeping.
  • Relaxing or Resting.
  • Meditation.
  • Massages/Stretching.

Emotional Energy is your internal well-being.

This energy is used by…

  • Strong Emotions, both positive and negative.
  • Prolonged exposure to strong Emotions., both positive and negative.
  • Emotional Entertainment, such as exceptionally intense movies.
  • Lack of Movement.

It can be recharged by…

  • Exposure to positive Emotions.
  • Calming influences, such as Nature, Meditation or relaxing activities.
  • Increasing your Spiritual Energy.
  • Purposefully getting excited, like children on Christmas day.

Spiritual Energy is your purpose or calling.

This energy is used by…

  • Feeling lost or without purpose.
  • Having no bigger goal.
  • Getting lost in details.
  • Irrelevant activities.

It can be recharged by…

  • Connecting to a bigger purpose.
  • Re-affirming Beliefs and Values.
  • Charity.

The above are merely guidelines for what you can do, although there are a lot more ways.

For further information I would highly recommend the book The Power of Full Engagement.

The important part is that you treat each energy like a muscle that you wish to train.

Follow the process above as often as you can for each energy and you will increase your capacity.

Just remember to rest adequately, for that is what most forget.

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