“Energy comes from four main wellsprings in human beings: the body, emotions, mind and spirit.”
– Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy, The Energy Project
A Harvard Business Review article entitled “Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time” shares that our energy comes from four main wellsprings: the body, emotions, mind and spirit. No doubt, we need our rest to feel recharged. But sometimes, even after a full night’s sleep, we still feel drained. That’s where emotions, mind and spirit energy sources come in. Ten years ago, when I worked as a freelance reporter covering city council meetings, I often felt emotionally exhausted after work. However, my spirits lifted when I took a continuing education creative writing class—even when I was physically tired. Craving more of the energy boost that creative writing classes gave me, I pursued a master’s degree in the field.
We can renew our energy by establishing specific rituals—behaviors that are “intentionally practiced and precisely scheduled, with the goal of making them unconscious and automatic as quickly as possible,” assert authors Schwartz and McCarthy. For me, engaging in creative writing continues to energize me. The authors share how one person set an earlier bedtime and gave up drinking, which had disrupted his sleep—changes that “transformed his life.”
We can renew our energy by establishing specific rituals—behaviors that are “intentionally practiced and precisely scheduled, with the goal of making them unconscious and automatic as quickly as possible,” assert authors Schwartz and McCarthy. For me, engaging in creative writing continues to energize me. The authors share how one person set an earlier bedtime and gave up drinking, which had disrupted his sleep—changes that “transformed his life.”
What behaviors can you intentionally practice to tap into a wellspring of energy?
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