What Is Draining Your Resource Pool?

Imagnie that your body is a car.

Your fuel is obviously the food you put inside it, much like the gasoline you pump into the tank of any Ford, Chevy or Dodge etc. This fuel is converted into energy to propel you along your life’s course, physically and mentally. The car uses the spinning motion of the engine to generate electricity for the lights, radio, pwoer windows, power brakes, sensors, air conditioning, safety equipment and so on. When you use more and more of these pieces of equipment on your car, your fuel is depleted fasetr and faster. Most of us have experienced the fuel drian when driving a long distance running the air conditioning on full blast versus how much fuel is used when the air conditioning on is not on.
Or the drain on the engine when climbing a steep hill with air conditioning on versus much easier the car seems to negotiate that same hill without the air conditioning on.These same principles work on you in your daily life.

As you go though your daily acitvities your level of energy needs rise along with your fuel consumption.
If your worknig hard on a stressful job you use up energy quickly and your fuel level decreases. Puasing for a good meal, pumping fuel back into your ‘tank’ raises your level back up. But one thing we need to know is that it is not alwyas what we do that has a drain on your pool of fuel.Every action you take of course has a drain in your pool of resources.
But one thing many folks do not consider is actoins you do not take can have a serious drain on your fuel tank, mentally, and emotionally. Taknig away energy that could be put to far more productive use. Think about if for a moment, you get up early, take an invigorating shower, and you are off to work. You listen to good music or positive motivatoinal material on the way to work. You are feeling great as you pull up to the offcie.
Gteting to the door you open it and there it is, the disorganized room that you have been meaning to clean up for time. This instantly has a depleting effect on your energy reserves, bringing them down.
To build on this, on your way to lunch after you rmeember that you need to get your oil changed, more than seven hundred miles ago. More energy gets drained away.These are only a couple smiple examples. What if you have parents that live more than a thousand miles away and you realize that they are not going to be around much longer?
Or, you are working on that monumental project and keep putting off that one task that really is not the most appealing to you, yet is critical to the completoin of the project.

These are just a couple more things that will drian your energy away and yet you are not ‘doing’ anything. So you can see it is not only what you do that depltees your energy, there is also what you do not do.
They distract you, make you feel guilty, and siphon away at your fuel reserves.
All this energy would be far better used on accomplishing your goals.If you flip open the hood of your car you will see power cords and fuel lines connetcing the engine to all the individual components of your car.

This same principle works in your life, all those inactivitys have a ‘power cord’ to them draining your battrey of its precious resources. Watt by watt, gallon by gallon all these power cords and fuel lines to things like unreturned phone calls, needed oil changes, disorganized desks and homes, unappealing yet neecssary tasks undone, late bills etc., all of these will slowly (or often quickly) deplete your fuel tank. What you need to do is sit down and identify and eliminate all this draiange from your life. Below I am including a few things that are common drains on your energy resources:Spending too many hours in front of the Television Car needs an oil change or other service/repair Disorganized desk, office, home, garage Clothing that's tattered or in need of update Home décor that does not nurture your values/preferences Negative human being Not bieng in a supportive relationship Being in a relationship that needs to end Working with human being that result in you compromising your values Lack of proper or needed office equipment Overwhelmed with the mass of information that's bombarding you Avoiding conflict or confrontation Consistently stressful work leaving you exhausted/unsatisfied Not enjoying your job No personal interests that stimulate your mind Having a health issue that you are not getting help with from a qualified professional Not getting regular physical/dental check-ups Partaking in food that's not good for you too often Too much month at the end of the money Paying bills late Paying taxes late No plan for your financial future Insufficient insurance coverage (life, home, auto etc)These are but a few examples to get you started on your own list.
Once you sit down and compile your personal list of items stealing from your energy pool, cuont how many there are. Now do you see where a lot of your energy is going?