Are you always feel tired halfway to the day or before the day is gone? Does it now make you feel you’re getting older or weaker each day, but you don't always have to feel so tired that it will now be a source of worry to you? Some of your attitudes that have been a routine contribute to your loss of vitality. Fix some or this entire attitude now and regain your lost vitality.
1- Are You Bored?
Have you ever sat around for an hour or more not tackling a chore or work because it's just so monotonous? Or you don’t want to tackle an? Mental foot-dragging, boredom and lack of motivation are draining. This simply means that, we like to see results, and the process of getting things done gives us a mental energy boost. So avoiding tasks deprives you of this high energy booster.
Remedy:
Get yourself a partner for encouragement; it could be a friend, a coworker and call or e-mail to enlist her in a time challenge. Say, I will check back in with you in an hour, and we'll see if we've gotten these reports/ organizing chores done. Or promise yourself motivational rewards for completing the task at hand.
2- Poor Posture:
you already know that not sitting or standing straight is bad for your body. But all that hunching over a computer screen or cradling a phone on your shoulder wrecks havoc on your energy level, too, says Pia Martin, a San Diego health and wellness chiropractor. "When you sit for long periods, you tend to slump forward, leading to rounded shoulders and a tilted lower spine. Your muscles contract, and blood flow is impaired," which limits the amount of oxygen to your brain.
Remedy:
Sit up straight! Your legs should be at right angles to the floor, your arms at right angles to your keyboard. Be conscious of keeping your shoulders down, not up near your ears. Adjust your computer screen so your eyes gaze at the middle of it. And don't just sit there, if you have to, set a timer to go off hourly to remind you to get up, stretch and get a drink of water. When you get back to your desk, do a quick posture check: Shoulders down!
3- Contaminated Indoor Air:
Humming copy machines, cleaning products, dry-cleaning chemicals, synthetic carpeting or even the desks in your office may be contributing to the load of toxins you inhale each day, because all of them release chemicals into the air. No one knows for sure how much harm these cause to our bodies, but they do build up over time, and can drain your energy by potentially interfering with thyroid function and overloading the body's system. End Exhaustion and Feel Great Again.
Remedy:
Get outside and have a fleshier and less contaminated air, If you're feeling tired, go out for 10 minutes. Indoors, cultivate houseplants, which are remarkably good at absorbing toxins. And don't wear shoes inside the house; you're dragging not just dirt indoors on your soles, but pesticides and other harmful chemicals too.
4- How Much Food Do You Eat At Once:
Consuming a big or a heavy meal is always something that will affect your energy later, but that effect is most noticeable in the afternoon because the slump happens at that reach-for-coffee-or-sugar hour: 3 p.m. Here's what happens: You fill up on a cab and calorie-rich lunch and, as nutrients are absorbed by your body, excess glucose is dumped into your bloodstream, and your body releases insulin to process all that sugar. "A better idea is to spread out what and how you eat throughout the day to keep energy levels steady.
Remedy:
Instead of the usual six, eat every four hours. To reform lunch, try to brown bag more often than eating out. It's a fact that if you buy takeout or dine in a restaurant, you're likely to eat more. Four hours after lunch, have a snack. If you're going to eat dinner a couple of hours later, keep the snack small, such as half a turkey soft drink, or a yogurt and some crackers. Other ideas: Drink liquids (water, tea) all day. "Dehydration makes you tired, too. If you usually have coffee right after lunch, try taking it a little later in the afternoon. The caffeine's an obvious pick-me-up, but the little bit of fat and protein in the milk gives you a snack-like boost.
5- Living in Artificial Light
Our natural body rhythms are keyed to the rising and setting of the sun. When you open your eyes in the morning and get your first glimpse of sunlight, your brain receives a signal that helps it set its sleep-wake clock for the day. Similarly, seeing sunlight during the day gives your brain a boost. So if you are awake before the sun, and/or don't see much sun all day, your body is experiencing something a lot like jet lag.
Remedy:
Instead of hitting the coffee cart when you're flagging, hit the sidewalk instead. The combination of physical exercise and a shot of sunlight will energize you. You don't need much: A 10 to 20-minutes walk in the sunshine will give you a boost.
6- Listening To Negative Impressions:
You may be upbeat, but it can be exhausting to listen to complainers all day long, whether it's the fellow mom who calls to trash-talk the neighbors or the coworker who never has a positive word to say. It's not your imagination: A 2006 study at Chicago's Northwestern University found that people forced to listen to a high-maintenance colleagues became frustrated and unfocused, and suffered a decline in the quality of their work.
Remedy:
Insulate yourself as best you can. If a coworker loves to enumerate her complaints, cut her off with a firm but polite "I really have to get this finished", then smile and get to work. She'll get the message. If it's your own negative thoughts that drag you down, train yourself to banish them by listing, daily, the things you're grateful for, so you can pull out that list when the negative stuff intrudes.
7- Holding a Grudge:
It takes a surprising amount of energy to remember whom you have a grudge against, and to continually update the faults, missteps and things you're mad about. "Resentment is a huge drain physically as well as mentally. Anger, resentment, grudges--all of these emotions are toxic, and we hang on to them in our bodies especially in tense and tired muscles".
Remedy:
It takes practice, but try to forgive old mistakes. An easy way to start is to simply be aware of the times negative thoughts about others creep into your mind. Think of others as flawed humans, which we all are, this will make it easier to forgive-and free up energy.
