This Wednesday: tips for boosting your energy level.

Every Wednesday is Tip Day.
This Wednesday: Tips for boosting your energy level.

Feeling energetic is a key to feeling happy. Studies show that when you feel energetic, you feel much better about yourself. On the other hand, when you feel exhausted, tasks that would ordinarily make you happy—like putting up holiday decorations—make you feel overwhelmed and blue.

So here are some tips for giving yourself an energy lift.

1. Exercise—even a quick ten-minute walk will increase your energy and boost your mood. This really works! Try it!

2. Listen to lively music.

3. Get enough sleep. If the alarm blasts you out of a sound sleep every morning, you’re not getting enough—and it matters.

4. For some people, taking a 10-30 minute nap is a big help. I can’t nap, myself, but my father has been known to take three naps in one day.

5. Act energetic. Research shows that when people move faster, their metabolism speeds up. Acting energetic will make you feel more energetic.

6. Talk to friends. I’ve noticed that if I’m feeling low, and then run into a friend on the street, I walk away feeling much more energetic. Reach out if you need a boost.

7. Get something done. Crossing a nagging chore off your to-do list provides a big rush of energy. For a huge surge, clean out a closet. You’ll be amazed at how great you feel afterward.

8. Do NOT use food. It’s tempting to reach for a carton of ice cream when you’re feeling listless, but in the end, all those extra calories will just drag you down.

Energy (or lack of energy) is contagious. If you feel energetic, you’ll help the people around you feel energetic, too. And that makes them feel happier, too. In fact, studies show that being an energizer was one of the strongest predictors of a positive performance evaluation at work.

Comments

[Ron]

Great site! Great idea!
I will say that there are times when the existential angst is the predecessor to deeper joy. Sometimes less energy, more introspection, will help one to find that inner direction that blooms out into more energy. I think that one reason we have trouble being very happy is because we have trouble being very sad.
Thanks for the tips.

[Dimitar Vesselinov]

"Ayurveda or Ayurvedic medicine is a form of alternative medicine in use primarily in the Indian subcontinent. The word 'Ayurveda' is a tatpurusha compound of āyus 'life' and veda 'knowledge', and would roughly translate as the 'Science of Life'. Ayurveda deals with the measures of healthy living, along with therapeutic measures that relate to physical, mental, social and spiritual harmony."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda

[Brendan]

I find that vitamins and especially antioxidents keep me awake better throughout the day. It's like coffee, but without the juttery effects.

http://brendan.unfranchise.com

[Talia Mana, Centre for Emotional Well-Being]

Great tips, although I think it's okay to reach for food if you choose carefully, e.g. a fresh orange or a handful of nuts!

[e m]

Great tips.

I second that if you choose the right food and drinks(water!), you can positively influence energy that way as well.

kr

Moonlander

[Lilly Evans]

There is something special about learning how to work with your own energy levels. Goethe is said to hve formulated The Law of Attraction, which in turn is based on a more fundamental Law of Vibration.

As humans we are both particles and energy - something that almost freaked our early quantum physicists and certainly sent most of them to study aincent Indian texts (Upanishads in particular). We think in frequencies and attract people who are in harmony with us.

So, raising ones energy has much bigger impact than simply making you happier! It gives you an opportunity to get connected and make things happen.

[dude]

great ideas; here's another one:

make your bed before you leave; one of those 1 minute deals that can energize your morning

[gat1949]

One persons path to temporal happiness: touch, caress,taste,enjoy,appreciate, etc. but never get attached and above all never subscribe to a sense of loss

[Nxqd3051990]

Yes, you're right, when I talk with friend i feel better.

Exercise morning make me more energetic.

--- Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas --- ((( Nxqd )))

[Katherine Watson]

I am very appreciative of your comments and thoughts about being happy and ascribing to be. What an interesting initiative! Really, I was very pleasantly surprised by how with just simple tasks such as calling or seeing good friends, being kind to people instead of finding fault and just really enjoying everything that you do really does make a person much more energetic and full of life and thus much happier. What a great article!