naming and shaming

Naming and shaming your energy vampires that is .......

Some of us like routine and some of us don't. Some of us allow routine to take over life so that what was once helpful becomes an energy vampire; a collection of shoulds and musts and always a critical parent in our imagination keeping us on schedule.

Yesterday I spoke to someone who now has their own successful business. After years in a well structured organisation where routines were accepted and custom and practice ensured everything ran smoothly he now manages his own time, working mostly from home.

He was saying that he finds a strict routine helpful until something makes it impossible to complete 100% and then he feels anxious because he doesn't know when to do what or what to do when. That anxiety is an energy vampire and he does often feel exhausted. In conversation we wondered what would happen if he let his strict routines go; if he woke up when he was ready, went for a run when he felt like it, made his marketing calls when he felt ready and so on ......... his face as he considered this was marvellous and I could see his personal energy returning.

He's off to try this out and we'll hear more about this in a later blog.

So naming and shaming energy vampire one; too much routine or an out of date routine. Try going with the flow for a few days and see what happens. Or if that seems to much, try a routine for just part of your day and allow sponteneity to rule for the rest of the day.