How much gas is in your tank at the beginning of your day? Are you 100% charged and ready to go, or feeling depleted and wishing you could pull the covers over your head and catch a few more Zzz’s?
The last few years of constant change, leading through fear, worry, and lack of staff has been taxing on our energy. Many of us feel drained. We know we can’t continue at this pace, yet we push through tasks and deadlines, and at the end of the day, we bring our leftovers to the people we love the most.
We monitor the gas levels in our vehicles and the battery levels on our cell phones and our laptops closely, but the energy levels in our bodies, goes unchecked. If the fuel level in your car is low, you stop at the gas station to fill up. If the battery on your phone dips below 50%, you run to plug it into an outlet.
The two primary ways we refuel are food and sleep, however, when we are tired, it’s easy to reach for quick and easy food that may not be as nutritious as out body needs. When we’re stressed, sleep is often the first place it shows up. We may carve out less time for sleep or our sleep quality is not as good as it could be, so we start the day with an energy deficit.
This week on the Less Stress in Life Podcast, we start a 4-part series on resilience. In this episode, we look at physical resilience and talk about ways to monitor and renew energy stores through the day. Listen here.
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