Archive for the ‘energy’ tag
Turn tiredness and frustration into inspiration
Worn out? tired? frustrated?…
For me this is common.
Its happens when I find all my energy and drive going nowhere.
Turn that energy into something worthwhile…
What can you do right now?
What can you do today?
What have you been waiting for time to do?
What have you been putting off?
Don’t sit round being unproductive or trying to finish the task that’s frustrating you…
Take 5 mins, 15 mins, an hour… Take as long as you need or can…
Do something else…
Turn your energy into something great…
Maybe you have a project you’ve been waiting to start?
You’ve been meaning to make a loan on Kiva?
You want to volunteer your time? (donatenz.co.nz)
Go for it!
Do it now!
You might find completing that frustrating task much easier afterwards…
Think about what you’re doing…
I just saw someone using a leaf blower to move grass cuttings out of the gutter… simply blowing them onto the road…
What the…?
So you used some energy to cut the grass – sure.. you want short grass, that I can understand…
But then you used more energy (petrol in this case) to blow the grass cuttings onto the street?
The wind is just going to blow them back again…
What a waste!
Its a mundane example, but it illustrates my point:
We’ve stopped thinking about what we’re doing
We use energy like it has no impact…
Well start thinking again because your actions have an impact
Find the things you do that waste energy
Then stop doing them
I noticed that now I have a car, I drive to my girlfriends place regularly
A ten minute drive where I used to take the bus or train..
So I’ve decided that I’m going to try running or biking there instead
Its a simple change (and for me not a huge inconvenience) which should reduce my carbon footprint
I don’t expect everyone to stop driving all the time
Find ways to save energy which work for you.. then share them
Find new ways to do things
Stop doing things which just waste energy
Keep thinking about what you’re doing 