Underwhelmed? Take a Look at What Is Draining Your Energy (1)

Posted on August 1st, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

“Energy is where it’s at.” This is not exactly a great sentence, but I trust you know what I mean.

Managing your energy–all the different types–is essential if you are going to lead a productive life. Other ideas related to managing your energy include:

The energy around us is either positive, negative, or neutral.
What you want more of is the positive energy.
What you want less of is negative energy.

You might want to examine your own beliefs about energy and its importance, as well as what part your energy plays in whether you are overwhelmed, underwhelmed, or “just whelmed”?

Is there a cost to letting your energy be drained away? Yes; the cost is massive. To stop (or at least stem) that lost, you first have to know what it is that drains you. Consider each of these categories

People
Events
Tasks
Thoughts
Emotions
Responsibilities
Weather
Other

Now, answer this question: What/who do you dread, resent, begrudge, dislike relative to any or all of the categories listed? Tell the truth to yourself. You know the answers.

You are invited to access more helpful (sometimes gentle and sometimes not-so-gentle) suggestions for how to keep from being OVERwhelmed or UNDERwhelmed, but instead to be ‘just whelmed.’ There’s a whole community (worldwide) who receive Meggin’s weekly emails (free!) at

**I Want to Be Just Whelmed (http://www.JustWhelmed.com)

If you would prefer quick, short weekly tips, then the follow site is another place to find suggestions and other tools to support you in your quest for peaceful productivity:

**Top Ten Productivity Tips (http://www.TopTenProductivityTips.com)

(c) 2009 by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D., “The Ph.D. of Productivity”(tm). Through her company, Emphasis on Excellence, Inc., Meggin McIntosh changes what people know, feel, dream, and do. Sound interesting? It is!