Would you love to connect with former high school pals or have lunch with relatives you haven't seen in ten years?
Maybe you love the idea of seeing these folks. The only problem is this: you're just too tired. You drag through the days, barely doing the minimum.
"Having no energy makes you feel like screaming," says a physician's assistant we'll call Amber. "I help our patients recover, but recently, I had to face some facts about myself. Until two months ago, I was crawling through the day."
Amber continues, "In order to cope, I downed at least one energy drink every day. As we all know, these drinks can be dangerous if used in excess."
When Amber visited a health coach her friends recommended, she learned a few basic facts. Having no energy is a sign something needs to change.
The coach shared these tips:
_ Rotating your diet can support your energy. Eating the same foods over and over, which is often wheat, eggs, dairy products, and beef, can make many people become allergic to those foods. Food allergies will drain the life right out of you.
_ Sleeping on a good mattress can ensure staying asleep. All of us need at least four 90-minute sleep cycles each night. Investing in a great mattress is worth every penny.
_ Drink plenty of water. For most adults, this would be eight glasses per day, minimum. Water flushes the toxins out of our internal organs and supports good muscle tone.
_ Exercise almost every day, if possible. Moving your body signals your brain that you need energy to sustain energy. If you lie around too much, your body will perceive you don't need to manufacture energy via a faster metabolism. Your body chemistry will start to prepare you for rest or another nap you don't need.
_ Steer clear of aggravating people. Sure, we all have friends and family members with problems. However, if some tend to drag you down, stay off the phone with them. Negative conversation is a downer. It will sap your energy.
In nurturing your relationships, pay attention to doing specific activities with certain people who help you feel energized.
"Much of our energy is strictly mental power and a feeling of happiness," says a psychologist friend of ours we'll call Franklin.
He explains it this way: "I've noticed when my patients start feeling happier in therapy, they bounce into the room to talk with me," he points out. "In their initial visits with me, they're crawling."
Franklin insists that this tiredness will keep us from forming new relationships or properly sustaining the ones we have. Why? We're not happy and bubbly, so we can't nurture other people or entice them to move closer to us.
If we first work to free up some energy within ourselves, we'll put out better vibes. We'll create a healthy space around our lives that other people will want to share.
Admitting our physical tiredness is the key to change. Once we eat correctly by rotating our diet, drink plenty of water, incorporate exercise on a regular basis, sleep well and hook up with the right people, we can begin to feel some joy.
"Our relationships will all benefit when we come alive with more energy," says Franklin. "It's easier to plan something fun, get over being angry with someone, and create healthy goals with a friend or family member, if we feel energized."
