I’ve often said that it’s unfair that kids have so much more energy than we do. After all they piss it away on playing… and playing.
Hmm! Wait a minute.
What would I do with more energy?
Well, I can tell you that my bad, bad, bad habit has been to engage in the W word — WORK! Not the play, relax, restore words.
Maybe the reason kids have so much energy is that they are doing what they love. Of course, even they run out of steam eventually and collapse.
But, what do we do? We keep on plugging. And, plugging. Get exhausted. Get sick. And, can’t sleep the golden restorative sleep of a child.
We need to learn how to Manage Our Energy. And, a great place to learn that is from my colleague Diana Lindstrom who had taken her personal knowledge and crafted a pragmatic and useful workbook called, appropriately, Managing Your Energy
It’s helped me learn to be better at taking care of myself. Take a look.
