I wouldn't know if this works, but have you tried running more often?
I don't have a problem with "energy". But I don't do much excercizing other than working out for about 3 times a week for only about 30 minutes. Though I walk daily.
But energy is a very vague term that would seem to include lots of other things. How specifically would you define it?
Energy to me sounds like just having motivation to do things. But you might define it in a different way.
Energy as in never being tired?
As in running mechanically like a computer?
As in always having "positive" emotions?
As in just "drive"
To find out about this "high energy" like you are trying to describe, what is your life style and maybe we could compare life styles.
I am a 21 year old male. I am not over weight. People call me skinny sometimes. I always sleep for 7 hours and 45 minutes, though its always at a different time, but I am careful to set my alarm appropriately. But I am able to focus on working on one thing for about 3 hours before needing a break though it depends on what kind of transition I am going through. I am generally very fit, participated year around in endurance sports during high school, so many my body has just kept some of that "goodness" from that experience. I never drank pop or ate lots of fast food, generally a very light eater.
But I know what you mean about "In low-energy days, appealing goals won't help. " Yea, I have those too, but I have not been concious on keeping track on how often that happens. But I have those on days after very intense self exploration, then the next day is just a fuzz and not able to concentrate very well after that.
But when I need to do very intense concentration, like studying for a final, then I use timeboxing of 50 minutes, and then just stopping and going for a walk around for about 10 minutes, this keeps me from frying my brain too much.
so you might be concious of when your mind starts to feel fuzzy and you energy level starts to drop down, just get up and walk around.
But also, I notice cycles on how my internal body feels inside my head, like right how it is a bit cloudy, and sometimes it is absolutely crystal clear and I can have deep insights and intense concentration. This happens on a time scale of like one or two weeks. And I am crystal clear after I've been having lots of fun, like traveling and being with people, and just being busy with activity that does not require too much concious effort, like shopping and traveling around hong kong and just doing things with friends. And then I'm cloudy if I've had a week of lots of concentration.
But also, please describe what you mean by
"And these are great days, full of fast-paced action, following through and doing challenging things."
what kinds of action are you talking about?
What how is that action fast paced?
What are the challenging things?
What do you mean in general that it has been a "great day"
One last thing. How about just doing an affirmation to yourself daily of "I am feeling like I am having more and more energy" or something along those lines, depending if you believe in the law of attraction, and the power of your thougths, and just make your subconcious mind figure out how to make more energy for you.
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