Fatigue

On your way to the 10,000 hours ;-) you might encounter an unexpected obstacle: as soon as you have come to the point where you have your end in view and decided to get up a bit earlier an unbelievable fatigue will overcome you!

It’s unfair, I admit :-) but on one hand this is at some point true for everybody and on the other hand it just shows that there is an imbalance of input, process and output.

So, if you are sometimes / often / most of the times (!) tired, go through the following checklist and apply some of the suggestions:

A Input

• Do you eat enough? If the answer is no or I don’t know, eat more! But be careful: too much food won’t give you more vitality but will make you only obese / slow / heavy ;-) and finally… even more tired.
• Is your diet balanced and rich in variety? Do you get all you need from the food you eat? Try to minimise / exclude food that is industrially processed and eat instead more fresh and simple food.
• Too much input will not only cause disturbance on your plate but also on the mental level: that goes from phone calls to tasks that are stressful in the sense of responsibility or emotional involvement. In that case try to delegate these tasks and give yourself regularly or at least once in a while some rest / yoga / meditation.
• What kind of music do you listen to? If your music is too agitating or even puts you in a state of depression, replace it by something inducing power, optimism and love for life! Don’t tell me now that you don’t like this kind of music ;-) Make a test; check out how you will feel after listening for a while to the new music!
• Do you practise yoga? If not (or not enough), it is high time you get started (again)! Yoga will give you access to new and regenerating energies!
• Do you spend sufficient time outdoors? In addition, by spending time in nature you will get new impulses!

B Process

• Do you sleep well? I don’t ask whether you sleep sufficiently as this can be quite individual but regenerating sleep is essential for everyone. Practise more Shavasana before you go to sleep. And apply Yoga Nidra!
• Check your prevailing thoughts! Don’t let negative thoughts destroy your day-to-day life.
• Do you get angry very often? If so, meditate more often… and do even more Shavasana.
• Boost you inner fire by means of Uddiyana Bandha, Nauli Kriya and Pranayama!
• What about periodical cleansing? Cleansing in the meaning of physical as well as mental (think of Shatkarma ;-)). Every type of dirt, either physical or mental, is baggage you carry around and which will make you tired. Therefore, apply the Shatkarma-techniques regularly as dirt accumulates all the time, regardless of having or not yet having internalised the necessity of periodical cleansing.

C Output

• Do you endeavour to do too much (physically, mentally, emotionally)? If that what you do is exhausting either because you have to do it or you want to do it (you masochist ;-), reduce your efforts.
• Do you make enough physical efforts? Even if this sounds strange: a lack of physical activity leads to tiredness. A well proportioned amount of physical activity keeps you fit – walk/ run/ cycle outdoors, not indoors, so that you will not only move more but also spend more time outside, in nature (see also above)
• Do you do something you really like? Something you enjoy and that makes you forget the time? Perfect, do it more often ;-)!

Please see also this article- a lot of things have been said before but some others havn't!

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