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Running for Resilience's avatar

"My goal was and still is, to just be sober for today." love that from a process/goal alignment point of view.

Also, as I sit here with baby in one arm, other baby next to me, and toddler at home waiting for us... the concept of maximising energy is very much front of mind!

I was having a think about why I'm not as motivated with the gym as I once was and I pictured this U-curve where the y-axis is amount of motivation and x-axis is amount of things keeping you busy. When you've got nothing on, the motivation in the gym is great because it can be your sole focus... as things get added to your plate, it starts to diminish, but then as even more things get added, you realise the importance exercise has with energy and the motivation drives up again.

At the moment, I'm very much motivated to eat well, exercise, socialise, and stimulate the brain so my energy levels are high with the new army I'm commanding... lol I think if I stay on top of those things, the importance will stay high too.

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Ben Alexander's avatar

Farrrkkkk I could talk about energy for days!!! Even started doing energy management talks at work too! My definition of being "healthy" is having lots of energy, and I know I'm at my happiest when I'm channelling energy into things that give me more energy in return like writing, my kids, and building Alfred. And after having depression in Jan, I reckon depression is when your battery is empty and you lose hope you'll ever recharge it. I also saw a psych then and she helped me realise that I had developed thought patterns that where just wasting the precious energy I had. Once that penny dropped... I started feeling much much better and calmer.

PS: Thanks for the shout out!

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