| What fills your spirit with satisfaction and joy? | | | | 8. Playfulness, humor. |
| Being in touch with things that make you feel | | | | 9. Day trips or travel. |
| good helps you to be more energetic, have a | | | | 10. Nurturing yourself. |
| more positive attitude, and to be more successful. | | | | 11. Time in nature. Going for hikes. |
| What restores one person's energy will not | | | | 12. A loving pet. |
| necessarily do it for someone else. Some of us | | | | 13. Knowing that you've helped another person to |
| may get energy from socializing, and for others | | | | be healthy and happy. |
| of us we may feel energized after spending time | | | | 14. Making a piece of art that is pleasing or playing |
| alone. And then there are those of us who are | | | | a musical instrument. |
| sometimes energized by socializing and at other | | | | 15. Spending time with your children. |
| times from being alone. What's important is you | | | | 16. Meditation, Tai Chi, or Yoga. |
| find out what works for you. What makes you | | | | 17. Reading. |
| feel happy and full of energy? | | | | Find what things give you energy. Make a list. The |
| Here are some ideas that may get you thinking | | | | longer the better. Welcome more of these things |
| about what helps you feel great: | | | | into your life. Some people call this getting |
| 1. Being in love, intimacy. | | | | "supercharged." Whatever it is, make a |
| 2. Completing a job well done. | | | | commitment to spend some time every day |
| 3. Feeling beautiful, attractive, and healthy. | | | | enjoying these things. Most pleasures on your list |
| 4. Sharing a great meal and conversation with | | | | will require both effort and the right attitude. Make |
| friends. | | | | the effort. You can, for instance, plan one dinner |
| 5. Having others believe in you. | | | | a week with friends. The more you put in regular |
| 6. Listening to music. | | | | effort, the more reward you will receive from it. |
| 7. Inspiration: great art, great movie, great book, | | | | Remember the right attitude as well. Look |
| a story of a hero that survived against odds. | | | | forward and appreciate the good parts of life. |