Contemplate for a minute the last few weeks. Have they been full of energy drainers or energy producers?

How do you feel at the end of the day? Do you fall into bed exhausted, dreading the next day? Is your mind racing? Do you wake up in the morning just as exhausted as you did the night before? Does your brain kick into overdrive as you think about your To-Do list?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, you have more energy drainers in your day than energy producers.

I am a firm believer that how we go about our day is our choice. If you are feeling totally drained and overwhelmed on a fairly consistent basis, this is a clue that you need to reassess what is going on in your day.

Ask yourself these questions:

• How do I start my day?
• What do I think about when I jump out of bed in the morning?
• What nutritional choices do I regularly make throughout the day?
• How about exercise - Is it plentiful or non-existent?
• Am I always rushing through everything?
• Is there a task I want to accomplish but continue to put off?
• Do I always need to feel in control and be right?
• Does every task I do need to be accomplished perfectly?
• Do I complain and gossip more than I laugh?
• Do I spend more time watching reality TV than I do creating my own desired reality?
• Am I constantly thinking about what is missing from my life?
• Do I spend most of my time ruminating about the past or worrying about the future?
• Have I been spending more time scolding my kids than praising them?
• Does my career energize or drain me?

Give some really serious consideration to these questions and even go a step further and journal your answers, thoughts and feelings about them. What many women believe is that they are a victim of their circumstances and have little control over their lives - the absolute opposite is true.

Yes, there are situations beyond our control however it is our choice as to how we will let those situations dictate our lives. It is our choice as to whether we make decisions that will enhance our health and well-being. Anything is possible taken step by step.

Give some thought to these words…“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.”

If you are not satisfied with your present lifestyle, are you ready to do things differently? You get to choose.

Balance, Wellness