Some people think that you get what you put out into the world.
I find that too easy. It puts the onus on us as people to put out the energy we want to get back. As a working nurse, I find this exhausting. I question that the universe wants MORE of me.
Ew.
I’ve said many times and have definitely written about energy on Dispatches from the Evening Shift that it is my personal belief that you have a finite amount of energy a day. Let’s call it Z.
You can add to the energy by being positive and kind.
But you can also subtract from your energy by being negative and mean.
Once the energy that you started out the day with is gone, that is it until the next day. When the hourglass starts over again.
I try to keep my own energy up in the hourglass by being positive and kind. When I feel mean, or even yell, I find the energy slipping away faster.
Yes, this is a very California way to view the world. That’s probably where I picked it up.
The thing to ponder if you believe in the energy balance like me is how much is it worth to you to have energy at the end of the day.
You can spend whatever energy you have left on your family or yourself or the house.
But if you don’t use it, it just dissipates until the morning when your hourglass is full again.
This is sometimes a delicate balancing act. There are a LOT of things that can sap this energy.
But where do you want to be at the end of the day? How much energy do you have to spend at the end of the day?
I have no training in this, just what I’ve been exposed to growing up in California.
I’m going to keep my energy up by being nice and kind and not setting myself up for an energy drain.
Some days are hard; you just have to keep practicing.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 