What Sherlock can teach us, nailing energy management and measuring what matters

Putting Sherlock’s Hat on

Restlessness, rumination, and anxiety….

These are feelings we all dread and yet find impossible to escape, ultimately affecting our physical health.

But what if the reverse were also true? What if changes in our physiology affected how we think and feel?

My experience over the last few weeks perfectly drove this point home.

I found myself consumed by random worries, constantly nauseous, and struggling to fall asleep.

In moments like these, we’re quick to judge ourselves and resist what we’re experiencing- only to make things worse. Getting trapped in the cycle of ruminating and being self-critical can be a long, difficult ordeal to escape.

So I followed my wiser instinct and did what I usually do: got my health checkup and paid my Doc a visit.

Turns out I have a bit of an auto-immune situation going on which causes, guess what- anxiety and fatigue; something I would never have discovered had I continued to bash myself or opted for a quick fix.

This experience taught me an important truth: the answers we seek are often closer than we think. All it takes is diving deeper, much like our friend Sherlock.

Stress is nothing but a result of resisting and fitting against reality. But accepting what’s beyond our control and focusing on what we can do uncovers certain mysteries within ourselves and is where real healing begins.

Nailing Energy Management

The quality of one’s life is usually determined by how well their time is spent.

But an often overlooked part of this equation is how well we spend our energy. Ultimately this is what sets the tone for our happiness levels and consequently, our health.

Understanding how certain people, places, and activities affect our energy is a key determinant of personal success. Here’s a list of my energy drainers and givers:

Energy Drainers:
😪Small talk and superficial conversations
😪Admin work
😪Late night’s

Energy givers
🤩Deep meaningful conversations
🤩Learning new things
🤩Good music

The idea is to minimize or remove the energy drainers as much as possible and double down on the givers.

And it’s important to make that list because you can’t change what you aren’t even aware of.

So go on and share that list of yours.

Measuring what matters

It’s the end of another year, a time when people either soak in their achievements or dwell on their failures and unfulfilled goals.

The truth is, that the human mind is almost wired to never feel satisfied. The constant hunt for bigger and better and more- especially under the influence of social media- leaves little room for genuine contentment.

And in this relentless pursuit, we forget a simple yet profound truth.

If you can’t appreciate where you stand today and how far you’ve come, what you accomplish in the next 5 years is not really going to matter.

So before entering 2025, take some time to reflect on your wins and of course make considerations for necessary pivots but do so with some positive self-recognition because your relationship with yourself will be the guiding factor for everything else.

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