Energize and Uplift Your Days

What fills your spirit with satisfaction and joy?8. Playfulness, humor.
Being in touch with things that make you feel9. Day trips or travel.
good helps you to be more energetic, have a10. Nurturing yourself.
more positive attitude, and to be more successful.11. Time in nature. Going for hikes.
What restores one person's energy will not12. A loving pet.
necessarily do it for someone else. Some of us13. Knowing that you've helped another person to
may get energy from socializing, and for othersbe healthy and happy.
of us we may feel energized after spending time14. Making a piece of art that is pleasing or playing
alone. And then there are those of us who area musical instrument.
sometimes energized by socializing and at other15. Spending time with your children.
times from being alone. What's important is you16. Meditation, Tai Chi, or Yoga.
find out what works for you. What makes you17. 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 thinkinglonger 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 withwill 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.