Have you ever had one of those days when you feel like everyone needs a little piece of you?

Your phone keeps buzzing. Your inbox is filling up. Someone needs your advice, someone else needs a favour, and there's a growing list of things waiting for your attention.

And somewhere in amongst all of that, you're trying to find a little time for yourself.

By the end of the day, you feel completely depleted. Not necessarily because you've done anything particularly strenuous, but because you've spent the entire day responding to everyone and everything around you.

And I think that's something many of us can relate to.

We give our time, our attention, our emotional support and our energy so freely that sometimes we forget these are limited resources.

In the last episode, we explored how to restore our energy through physical wellbeing, mental rest, emotional connection and activities that make us feel alive.

But here's something worth considering.

We can do all the right things to restore our energy and still feel exhausted if we're continually giving that energy away.

In this episode, I want to explore the idea of protecting our energy.

Not by shutting ourselves away from the world or becoming less generous with the people we love, but by recognising that our energy is valuable, and learning to be a little more intentional about where it goes.

Because protecting our energy isn't about caring less.

It's about creating enough space to care for the things that truly matter.

If the content of today’s episode has piqued your interest, I have something very special for you. I have created 30 Journal Prompts, similar to the ones mentioned throughout this episode on energy – that’s one life-changing prompt for you to work on every day over the next month!

Just imagine how much growth you can unlock over the next 30 days if you keep the momentum going and commit to answering one prompt a day.

All you need to do to get these thought-provoking prompts is leave a positive rating and review for this podcast, take a screenshot of your review and email it to: courtney@alittlepinkbook.com and I’ll email you the prompts!

Check out my courses: Magical Mornings and Joyful Journaling Journey, as well as my book, A Year of Love: Finding peace one day at a time.

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