Desigining a passionate life and creating life balance requires that you maximize your energy. You only have so much energy to put into the actions you take in your life. Every decision you make either increase or decrease your energy. This includes the not only the actions you take but also the people in your life.
As you move forward in living your passions, do you have people around you who support you in what you do or do you have to use your energy to respond to their doubts? Review the lists below for activites that increase or decrease your energy and then write your own lists.
Activities that increase your energy:
- Exercising twice a week
- Focusing on your destination
- Surrounding yourself with supportive people
- Hiring a coach
- Focusing on what is working in your life
- Eating healthy foods
- Maintaining a positive mindset
- Finding the gift in every event that occurs in your life
- Making decisions that move you closer to living your passions
- Meditating
- Having fun
- Being part of a community
- Spiritual practice
Activities that decrease your energy:
- Sitting at your desk all day until you go to bed
- Getting distracted by TV
- Being surrounded by people who do not support you in your dreams
- Trying to do it all by yourself
- Complaining about lack of time, energy, or money
- Making decisions that take you farther away from your passions
- Eating junk food
- Not getting enough sleep
- Working in a messy environment
- Focusing on what's going wrong in your life
- Making excuses for not taking action
- Always working
- Isolating yourself
How many of these things can you relate to? Make your own list of activities that increase and decrease your energy level. Look at the list of activities that decrease your energy and rate them on a scale from 1-10 in terms of the frequency with which you do them. A rating of one means that you don't do it very often and a ten means that you do it daily. Pick one of the items that rate a seven or above and decide to decrease it's frequency. Do this for one week and see if you notice a difference in your energy level.
What is your next action going to be to live your passions? I'd suggest that the first step is to sign up for my free PDD report.
