Spending Your Life Wisely
February is not a month that asks for dramatic effort. It arrives after the push of January and before the promise of spring. It is quieter. Slower. Often more tiring.
Which makes it a good month to talk about energy.🌿
Not motivation.
Not discipline.
Energy.
Time matters, but energy is what determines how your time feels.
Energy is what your life actually runs on. Time matters, but energy is what determines how your time feels. Two people can have the same schedule and experience it very differently depending on how drained or nourished they are by what they are doing.
Most of us think about how to manage time. We rarely think about how we are spending ourselves.🔋
Every commitment has a cost.
Every relationship draws something from us.
Every habit either gives energy back or quietly takes it away.
The question is not whether your life is full. The question is whether what fills it is sustainable.
The question is not whether your life is full. The question is whether what fills it is sustainable.
There is a difference between being busy and being faithful to what matters. There is a difference between activity and investment. You can spend your days on things that look important and still feel strangely depleted.
Paying attention to energy is not selfish. It is honest. It acknowledges that you are not limitless and that your life deserves to be lived with care.
🌱A helpful place to begin is simply noticing:
What tends to leave you clearer and steadier afterward.
What reliably leaves you scattered or exhausted.
What you keep doing out of habit rather than intention.
There is a difference between activity and investment.
This is not about cutting everything down to the bare minimum. It is about learning which things are worth the cost.
February offers a kind of mercy in this.🤍 It does not demand big changes. It invites small adjustments. A slightly earlier bedtime. A quieter evening. One less unnecessary obligation. A conversation that needs to happen. A boundary that has been waiting.
Spending your life wisely does not mean making it impressive. It means making it livable.
Spending your life wisely does not mean making it impressive. It means making it livable.
Perhaps this January does not require a new direction.
When you begin to treat your energy as something meaningful rather than something to be used up, your choices change. You become less reactive. More deliberate. More able to show up for what actually matters.
This month does not need more effort from you.
It needs more awareness.
Not everything deserves your energy.
But some things truly do.
✨And learning the difference is one of the most practical forms of wisdom there is.
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I have coached and mentored individuals, and facilitated small groups for over 30 years. I am a strong proponent of walking the walk and talking the talk. When I know something works, I like to pass it on to others!
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About Heather O ‘Reilly
I have coached and mentored individuals, and facilitated small groups for over 30 years. I am a strong proponent of walking the walk and talking the talk. When I know something works, I like to pass it on to others!
Join me and start your journey to spark meaningful change in your life. Discover new strategies and develop good habits by registering for our upcoming workshops at heatherlynnecoaching.com/workshops