This page is a stub, collecting thoughts and resources on energymaxxing!
observations on energy and energymaxxing, what i’ve noticed for myself and what’s worked for me, how i see it:
1: use energy to gain energy!
when u use energy, u gain more energy (and capacity). u aren’t spending a finite resource that needs to be budgeted and conserved, u are drawing on a muscle that strengthens from use
After you have found inner peace you have endless energy—the more you give, the more you receive. After you have found your calling, you work easily and joyously. You never get tired.
2: u can rest meaningfully from one activity by exerting urself fully at another.
u can rest from one muscle group by using another. u can take a break from one kind of exertion by doing something wildly different just as fully, completely, mindfully
3: monitor ur tank!
watch your battery percentage before and after specific activities and encounters, with different people and in different contexts. notice what patterns u learn, do more of what energizes u, brings u to life, and less of what deadens u
4: energy and calm, vigor and relaxation must be balanced as factors.
neither is better or worse, intrinsically good or bad—they must be increased in tandem, restored and rebalanced as needed, an upward spiral always
MN 10 The Establishing of Mindfulness Discourse | Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Sleep: learn to nap
Breathing: learn to do the extended exhale
Hydration:
Diet:
Aliveness:
every intervention U make will support the others!
some interventions may have outsized impact for U than others!
U may need different things that what I needed!
take whatever steps seem easiest for U first!
The steps toward inner peace are not taken in any certain order. The first step for one may be the last step for another. So just take whatever steps seem easiest for you, and as you take a few steps, it will become easier for you to take a few more.
Peace Pilgrim
Strategies to 10x Your Energy Levels from Hyde
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