3 Ways to Recharge

2024 Author: Samantha Chapman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 09:13

Life is stressful, but it is also too short to spend it in a constant state of physical, emotional and mental fatigue. If you are feeling exhausted lately, take some time to stop and recharge your batteries. The time and effort you put into doing this will pay off.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Recharge Physically

Step 1. Take a warm bath

A long, relaxing, warm bath can relieve the muscles. Enjoy a warm bath at the end of the day, even if you don't feel particularly broken. By relaxing your muscles, you communicate to the body that it is time to rest and relax. Turning your body into relax mode before bed can help you rest better and feel fully recharged in the morning.

Alternatively, try a contrast shower. Contrast hydrotherapy (hot and cold water) strengthens the immune system and improves circulation. More active circulation can make you feel more energized. Take a hot shower as usual, then switch to cold water for at least 30 seconds. Then return to hot water for at least 30 seconds. Repeat one more time before getting out of the shower

Step 2. Use a simple scrub

When you wake up in the morning, apply a scrub to your hands and feet. The scrub removes dead cells and improves circulation throughout the body. As a result, the body will feel more energetic than before.

Step 3. Improve your eating habits

Filling your body with refined foods, sugar, and alcohol can make you feel low. You don't have to completely exclude what you like from your diet, but limit unhealthy foods and try to have more balanced and nutritious meals and snacks.

You have breakfast. Skipping breakfast will make you feel exhausted by mid-morning, and if you aggravate the problem by having a quick lunch in the office, you'll struggle to get all the nutrients you've been missing by the time you get home. Breakfast should be well balanced and include carbohydrates, proteins and low fat

Step 4. Stretch

At least 5 minutes every hour throughout the day. Stretching helps you feel less stiff and tired. Plus, it instantly improves circulation, giving you a boost of energy on the spot.

Stretching exercises need to be simple. For example, stand up straight, breathe deeply and raise your arms above your head. Hold this position for a few seconds before relaxing your arms and slowly bring them back to life. Then, gently bend your head from side to side to release any tension from your neck

Step 5. Stay active

The workout you choose doesn't have to be vigorous or long, but moving your body for 10 to 30 minutes a day releases so-called happiness hormones, namely serotonin, adrenaline and endorphin, in the brain. As a result, your body and mind will feel recharged. the

For an extra bonus, allies outdoors. A short walk on a sunny day makes you full of vitamin D (present in the sun's rays); moreover, spending time outdoors - especially in the midst of nature - often recharges both the mind and the body

Step 6. Try aromatherapy

Candles that contain essential oils are a good choice, or you could add a few drops to your bath water. Some scents are thought to trigger a relaxation reaction in the body, while others energize it.

• Lavender helps you relax.

  

• To recharge and energize your body, try scents like rosemary, juniper berries, white sage, peppermint and lemon.

  

Step 7. Get more sleep

Most adults only sleep five to six hours a night, but would actually need seven or nine. The best thing you can do for your body is to simply increase your sleep hours. Go to sleep an hour earlier, if possible, for at least a week and notice the differences.

If you can't add hours of sleep, try skipping the morning ritual just once and give yourself 20 minutes of extra sleep. This time prevents you from falling into a deep sleep, but still gives your body an extra energy boost

Step 8. Relax at regular intervals

Take a 10 minute break every 90 minutes throughout the day. During this time, do something that relaxes you. Meditate, listen to music, play with your pet, or pursue a hobby.

Make sure, however, that the task you set yourself during the break can be finished within that time frame. Otherwise, you may feel tense and distracted when you start work again

Method 2 of 3: Emotionally Recharge

Step 1. Sing

Studies claim that singing offers many of the same emotional, mental, and physical benefits of training. Singing out loud releases endorphins and relieves stress. If you don't feel comfortable singing in front of other people, do it when you are alone, in the shower or in the car.

Step 2. Repair a Wrong

A guilty conscience can burden your emotional well-being. Apologize to someone you have offended. Go out of your way to recover from a relationship that you have ruined. You can't turn back time, but you can do everything in your power to make up for your mistakes, and so the guilt will consume less energy.

Likewise, if someone has wronged you, make the conscious choice to forgive them. Anger and resentment consume the same energy as feelings of guilt

Step 3. Make a list of successes

Recharge your subdued confidence by sitting down and making a list of the things you accomplished last week, month, or year. Doing it regularly will always make you feel energized, but doing it once in a while is better than never doing it.

Don't think about the things you wanted but didn't get. The point is to add up your successes, not focus on your shortcomings

Step 4. Don't look back

We all make mistakes. Mistakes are an inevitable part of the human experience, but people often get attached to them for extended periods of time. The next time you make a mistake, acknowledge it and then remind yourself to get back on track.

Step 5. Do something fun

Life is busy, in your mission to be a responsible person you may find yourself putting off things you like to do or experiences you would like to have. Doing this too often can make life appear flatter though, and this may make you feel weaker and less motivated.

Plan once a week or once a month something you like or enjoy

Step 6. Pamper yourself with something forbidden

Most forbidden pleasures make you waste your time, but with a little restraint it is good to indulge in them from time to time. Eat a dessert or read a honeyed romance novel. Watch your favorite show for several hours, on DVD or streaming. Find something you love but rarely indulge in and indulge yourself for a few hours.

Of course, harmful vices such as drugs are still to be avoided. The idea is to do something useless and harmless, not something harmful

Step 7. Take a break from people and things that drain your energy

We all have to deal with something that is emotionally annoying or tiring, and they are often unavoidable for some reason. If you can't get rid of it permanently, at least take a day off.

• Avoid phone calls from friends that bring negativity into your life, call them back another day. Forget a fussy email from a colleague for an afternoon and respond when you have the emotional energy to deal with that person.

  

• Put bills, bank notices, and other financial documents in a desk drawer and don't think about it until tomorrow.

  

Step 8. Meditate and pray

Commit to spend 5 to 20 minutes in a state of meditation or prayer. Meditation works well for both those who are religious and those who are not, but if you are a believer, prayer adds a rejuvenating spiritual component to the process. Either way, the goal is to let go of pain and negativity during this time.

Method 3 of 3: Mentally Recharge

Step 1. Stop doing multiple things at the same time

Research suggests that multitasking makes a person feel more drained and less satisfied. You won't be able to focus on the tasks you accomplish, and even if you do it pretty well, you'll drain your mental energies completely faster than if you tackled each task separately.

Step 2. Go on a tech fast

There are many benefits that come with being connected 24/7, but that level of connection to the outside world can quickly tire your brain without you even noticing.

• Being connected to people even when you are alone means not having the opportunity to relax and focus only on yourself.

  

• Turn off your phone, log out of social media accounts, and shut down your computer altogether. To avoid the temptation to turn everything back on, physically move away from your tech appliances.

  

Step 3. Break the bigger goals into smaller steps

When you focus only on long-term goals you may question the amount of energy and effort you put into them when the reward seems so small and distant. By breaking them down into smaller, short-term steps, you can enjoy small wins more regularly. This, in turn, makes it easier for you to focus on your goals.

For example, if you want to lose two sizes in six months, break this goal by aiming to lose 2 or 4 kg per week

Step 4. Take something off your agenda

Even if you have the physical energy to deliver on a busy schedule, you may not have the mental one. Remove everything you don't need or really don't want from the calendar. Freeing up some time, even if it's only a few hours a month, can help your mind feel less tense and more focused.

Step 5. Empty your mental pockets at the end of the day

If you tend to get stuck on your to-do list before bed, take the time to write down everything you need to do in a notebook or on your computer. In this way it will be as easy for the mind to rest as the body.

You can also go one step further and carefully plan things to do the next day before bedtime

Step 6. Spend less time making decisions

The process that helps us make decisions takes a lot of mental energy, so limiting this time can save you energy and make you feel more energized when you have to deal with a big and inevitable one.

• Decisions attack you from every angle. Do you want some cereal or toast for breakfast? Do you have to wear black or brown pants? Do you have to accept the invitation of colleagues for an aperitif after work?

  

• Thankfully, most of the decisions you need to make are small, so even if you have to make fewer, they won't fundamentally change things. For decisions like these, follow your gut and don't question it. Save energy for important decisions with long-term consequences.

  

• Also, remember that making too many decisions may affect your ability to abstractly think, plan, and focus.