A Life In Balance: It's All About Directing Your Energy Into Things That Feed Your Energy, Not Into Things That Drain Your Energy
Huh, that post title is considerably less pithy than I thought it was going to be, when I started typing. But that makes it a perfect example of what I'm talking about! Typing? Feeds my energy. Editing what I've typed? Draaaaaaaiiiin...
One thing is good - I was killing myself with long hours at work, but then I made a personal commitment to keep my sanity going. Which was: first thing I do every night when I get home is play 3 songs on the guitar and do a hundred situps! Which often psychs me up to the point where I then go on to do a whole session, working on songwriting and/or my full workout regimen (a variation/update on my old, abandoned Crash Fitness Regimen).
I think what was bothering me more than working those long hours, was that I was letting it sap my energy to the point that I would neglect more personally-rewarding things. DUMB!! Because the whole point of this post is - if you can just commit to it, if you can commit to just putting in that little bit of energy to do those personally-rewarding things whether you're really "in the mood" for it or not, well just that little energy you put in yields you a metric bumper crop of energy back, in return! That's an energy investment you have to make. That's what keeps you going, smiling like a sap despite all life has to throw at you!
The toughest part for me is keeping the proper form on the situps while I've got this big-ass Fender Acoustic in my lap. Especially when I'm doing barre chords! Proper form is so important, to produce a clean chord sound without muffled strings while preventing abdominal muscle strain.
One thing is good - I was killing myself with long hours at work, but then I made a personal commitment to keep my sanity going. Which was: first thing I do every night when I get home is play 3 songs on the guitar and do a hundred situps! Which often psychs me up to the point where I then go on to do a whole session, working on songwriting and/or my full workout regimen (a variation/update on my old, abandoned Crash Fitness Regimen).
I think what was bothering me more than working those long hours, was that I was letting it sap my energy to the point that I would neglect more personally-rewarding things. DUMB!! Because the whole point of this post is - if you can just commit to it, if you can commit to just putting in that little bit of energy to do those personally-rewarding things whether you're really "in the mood" for it or not, well just that little energy you put in yields you a metric bumper crop of energy back, in return! That's an energy investment you have to make. That's what keeps you going, smiling like a sap despite all life has to throw at you!
The toughest part for me is keeping the proper form on the situps while I've got this big-ass Fender Acoustic in my lap. Especially when I'm doing barre chords! Proper form is so important, to produce a clean chord sound without muffled strings while preventing abdominal muscle strain.
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