#*mental energy

[hopeful-engineer]

[bookishbrigitta]

Hey Tumblies, this is just a gentle reminder to rest up to the best of your ability when sick.

I know that finances and awful bosses and short-staffed workplaces don't always make it possible. But if you do have the opportunity to take a day off when sick, please do.

I see this particularly entering gray areas with people who work from home. Sometimes, if I'm only a little under the weather, WFH means I'm just less tired and less likely to infect everyone. That's a win, especially for disabled folks like me.

BUT right now, I'm really, genuinely sick. I was able to take the day off work except for 1 meeting I couldn't reschedule.

I just got off that meeting. It was a brief 15-minute check-in about a project. But man, when I hit "end meeting," I could feel the exhaustion creep in. It was like my brain had just gobbled up all my energy reserves to just follow along and pretend to be fine for 15 minutes.

So to conclude:

Mental energy is energy. Bodies need rest. You are not being unproductive. The product you are creating is a body that feels better.

(I could go deeper into the toxicity of productivity, but that's for another day).

[enigmatic-97]

Falling as I fear

I am not obligated to be here

Poisoned by the masses & their toxic thinking

My brain was corrupted by their mindful undertaking ~Bx

[micahthemoon]

September 9 2023

Honestly, I had looked forward to go to the 30th anniversary of the queer club in town but... I guess I am just sort of not feeling it? Idk, I feel very exhausted lately like my everyday energy level is just less. It sucks not to be there and celebrate together with other queers but like we talked about in group this past thursday; sometimes a way to take care of ourselves and our mental health as queer people is knowing when to listen to your body and stay home.

[referenceable-ramblings]

That is one of the great mistakes people make: assuming that someone who does menial work does not like thinking. Physical labor is great for the mind, as it leaves all kinds of time to consider the world. Other work, like accounting or scribing, demands littler of the body--but siphons energy from the mind. 

~ Brandon Sanderson in Tress of the Emerald Sea (2023)

[ellinorosterberg]

Sometimes I wish I had this mark on my body or clothes, showing a glass emptying everytime mental energy is draining and filling when I’m getting energy. Then, I wouldn’t have to explain to everybody why I don’t have the energy to do that or why I’m getting too tired and need isolate myself.

[gesunderzellschutz]

Mentale Gesundheit und Leistungsfähigkeit,

denn gerade der Alltag machtes uns manchmal schwer durch Leistungsdruck der Gesellschaft, Ausbildung oder beruflichen Stand zu halten.

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[vesper93]

I read something in a fanfic yesterday that blew my mind in a "this could actually change my life kind of way."

I can't remember the exact quote, but it was along the lines of "he realised that if he gave exactly as much thought and energy to things as they deserved, his life was so much better."

That is so so true and something I'm desperately trying to do to make myself healthier.

Someone you've never met talking shit on the Internet about someone else you've never met? Zero thought/energy.

Some rogue politician in another country that you have no mandate in doing something shitty? Tiny bit of thought/zero energy.

Instagram post not getting enough likes? Zero thought/energy.

Seriously. I realised a while ago that I have a very limited mental energy battery each day, and I have to consciously choose what I spend it on. I can't give thought and energy to everything otherwise I just end up catatonic.

TLDR: fanfic is fucking awesome and authors say some really profound things.

[lemonaficionado]

Whew boy, story of (probably mostly the latter half of) my life.

[purefilly-connection]

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[hopeful-engineer]

People will talk about 'diet culture', 'diet industry' and how we need to 'stop giving food a moral value' and 'stop demonizing food', and while it's true, that food has no 'moral value', it's also true, that some kinds of food are bad for your health in long term. Eating a burger or pizza doesn't make you a bad person (honestly, idk why someone would even think it does?), but if you eat it too often, it will make your body feel worse. And don't forget, that 'processed food industry' also exists, and doesn't care about your health and wellbeing. It's goal is (obviously) to sell you as many of it's products as possible, so this 'eat whatever you want, whenever you want' narrative actually works to it's advantage. Food doesn't have a moral value, but it has a nutritional value and consuming huge amounts of sugar, carbohydrates and artificial flavors can make you feel better emotionally for a moment, but definetely won't make you feel better, both physically and emotionally, in the future.

[hamoodmood]

[purelightning7]

It’s the mental energy, the shower afterwards and the cool down period. It’s like half an hour of psyching yourself up. Working out, then ten minutes to cool down, a fifteen minute shower and then your suppose do other things.

[enigmatic-97]

Can I trust this? Maybe not. If I don't do it, will it be worse to wonder if I would've lost? Making up scenarios over in my head. I take on life like the walking dead. Plaguing my thoughts with all I desire. I'll take the next drug to get me higher. Probability is my only cause. Fighting for a future that I may harshly judge. Bx

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[vokaldialect]

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