{"id":161,"date":"2010-11-22T10:59:59","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T15:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wholeperson.com\/wordpress\/?p=161"},"modified":"2010-11-22T10:59:59","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T15:59:59","slug":"stress-energy-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/stress-energy-economics","title":{"rendered":"Stress Energy Economics"},"content":{"rendered":"

You are one person and you are subject to limited energy. Many of us use too much of our valuable energy when we don\u2019t want or mean to. Overspending<\/strong> your energy is an unhealthy habit shared by a lot of us. If you panic when you can\u2019t find your keys, or get angry when someone cuts in line, or you keep fighting a lost battle, you are overspending your limited energy. You can underspend <\/strong>your energy too. This would be something like if you were to allow a relationship to disintegrate, if you were turning a blind eye to something you could fix. Underspending and overspending are both problems.<\/p>\n

You can see if you are wasting your stress energy, or not using enough of it by asking yourself three questions. First, does a threat really exist? Second, is the issue important? Third, can I make a difference?<\/p>\n

If you answer no to any of these, it isn\u2019t worth getting stressed over. If you answer yes to all of these, then it\u2019s a good reason to use your energy.<\/p>\n