When is a cold just a cold?

Posted on February 17, 2009
Filed Under energy, mind dump, self-care | View Comments

This was a hard week for one client:

A few rejections from book distributors, a big project looming, not enough time to handle the start up AND the day job,  and to top it all off 2 out of 2 sick partners.  It’s enough to make you want to pull the covers over your  head!

We talk a lot about energy at Take 10: how the most powerful place you can come from is having your thoughts, feelings, intentions and actions aligned.  When one or more is not lined up, the actions will feel leaden, the results less than stellar.

We aren’t built to be up and enthusiastic every minute of every day.  Even the most pleasant task gets old from time to time.  The energy pendulum will always want to swing in the other direction.

I encourage all my clients to build self-care into every day.  But sometimes you need to do more.  The cold, the feeling of fatigue, the tendency to focus on what isn’t working, all can be symptoms simply of the need to get off it for a while, to recharge, refocus, do something fun.

If you’re noticing that everything seems like a struggle, try this:

  • Set aside some time, ideally a full day, to consciously recharge.
  • Plan something fun, creative and/or physical to do.  Hike, bike, paint, garden.  Or plan a ‘whim’ day.  Just do whatever you ‘feel’ like doing.  If you are doing this consciously, really listening to what your spirit is calling for, you won’t just sit and watch movies.
  • In the morning, or at the beginning of the recharge period, take a piece of paper and do a mind dump.  Free form write all the things that are on your mind to do or to think about, personal and professional.  Just keep writing until everything is out.
  • Put that aside.
  • Now you are clear to recharge.
  • If you want to avoid the  periods of stress and illness, plan regular recharge days.  Anticipate the pendulum swing.
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