Maintaining Balance: Drainers and Energizers
Maintaining balance is important to all areas of our life. Too much focus in any one area disrupts the others. Balance doesn’t just happen. It is created by the choices we make. We continuously have to self-correct in response to what happens in life to maintain balance. Our well-being is based on our ability to RESTORE balance in the face of continual disruption. To do this we need to recognize what is disruptive and unbalances us and we need to pay attention to what balances us and allows our life to simply flow. By being attentive to our own lives, we begin to see patterns more clearly and then can act on them.
Identifying Your Personal Drainers and Energizers
- First make a list of what drains your energy, stresses you, frustrates you, worries you, irritates you, nags at you… Write down as many things as you can think of. Be specific. For example, don’t just put people. List each person by name.
- Secondly, make a list of what gives you energy, makes you happy, that you are passionate about, interests you, you enjoy, makes you feel good…
- Take a look at your two lists. What stands out for you from this activity? Is there a theme to your drainers or your energizers? In order to achieve balance the aim is to increase your energizers and decrease your drainers by eliminating them or changing how you perceive them.
- Then set a goal to eliminate two drainers and increase two energizers over the next week or month.
Barb Small
www.barbsmallcoaching.com
Email: barbsmall@shaw.ca
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