Most of us are ambiverts and need different kinds of rest and recharging. Spoon Theory teaches us that energy needs to be managed carefully. We should all find our own ways to manage our energy levels and not just rely on one method. Remember that taking time to rest and relax, as it’s essential for sustaining our energy levels.

Three prompts

1. Where are you directing your energy?
2. What gives you energy?
3. How can use our energy to help us navigate?

Resources

• Quiz: Are you an extrovert, introvert or ambivert?
• Spoon Theory
• Song of Myself, 51, by Walt Whitman
• “Just because there’s a thought in your head”, TEDx Michael Neill, “Why aren’t we awesomer”
• You Can Heal Your Life, by Louise Hay
• Karen Horney’s Theory of Neurotic Needs
• Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, by Oliver Burkeman
• A Celebration of the Stop Doing List - Danielle Laporte
• Three pillars of self-compassion - Kristen Neff
• Big I, Little i CBT exercise (pdf)
• Matthew Bellringer, Innovation and neurodiversity
• Don’t Let Your Strengths Become Your Weaknesses
• StrengthsProfile.com
• Designing Your Life, by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett (worksheets here)
• Finding Your Own North Star: How to claim the life you were meant to live, by Martha Beck
• As Once the Winged Energy of Delight, by Rainer Maria Rilke
• Anya Pearse, Intuitive advisor and her An Hour of Kindness

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