Why Am I Always Tired?

Have no energy? Read this to understand how you can handle it.

The room is filled with sunlight. Birds are singing outside the window. The clock alarm is switched off.

You had a lot of plans for this weekend. But you are already two hours late for them and you still do not want to leave your warm and soft bed. You feel yourself as if you want to spend the whole day in your nice bed and simply do nothing.

Did you experience it?

I did. And I would tell you that from time to time you can easily allow yourself to spend such a day in bed really doing nothing. It can be a good choice if you do not do it every day or every weekend. It is just important not to blame yourself for doing so after.

But! Of course, there is a But. It always is, right?

As I said it is absolutely fine sometimes. But if you always feel like that then it might mean that you have chronic fatigue and low energy levels which negatively impact your well-being and stop you from achieving more in your life.

What are common causes of low energy levels and being tired all the time?

Usually, the common causes of tiredness are the following:

· Not enough sleep

· Stress

· Not a healthy lifestyle (not enough exercise and unhealthy diet)

· Some illness

· Some medical treatments and medicines

These are common things. I am sure that you know most of them.

Maybe there are more of them?

What I discovered through experience is that the mentioned causes of chronic fatigue are not the only causes. There are more of them.

Do you think in the same way?

Did you also experience low energy levels without the causes that were mentioned?

I did. And these additional things that drain my energy and drive tiredness are not so expected but quite usual for today’s life I would say.

Do you want to know what “energy drainers” I experience?

Maybe you will understand that these “energy vampires” exist in your life as well…?

At the end of this story, I will share with you my approach to increasing energy levels and reducing tiredness.

Let’s move to things that I found cause tiredness to me.

There are three main ones:

Overthinking

This one drains a lot of energy from me. Like many other people, I overthink quite often.

I like to analyze information, actions, and results. It plays a bad joke with me as usually what starts as analysis continues as thinking about different topics and then it goes downward in a spiral to negative thoughts. If you experienced overthinking then you know that sometimes it is really difficult to leave this never-ending circle.

As you might know, overthinking has three main dangers:

· Higher chances of mental illness

· It is bad for your sleep

· It plays against problem-solving

In addition to that in my example, I discovered that overthinking also takes a lot of energy which increases overall tiredness. Honestly, after thinking too much I felt like I did most of the actions considered in my head but basically achieved no real-world results. So, it was a useless exercise.

If you are overthinking as well you might be interested in finding 3 proven ways to stop doing it here:

Overload by unnecessary information

Nowadays there are a lot of informational sources and different channels for getting content. We all know them well. As it is an integral part of modern life. There is a lot of unnecessary and low-quality information from all these sources which just overwhelms you and drains your energy. This information flow paralyzes you and leaves you completely drained if not managed properly.

At least that is what I experience when I don’t pay attention to the amount of time I spend on scrolling social network feeds and surfing on the Internet without any particular goal.

Is it the same for you?

Perfection

I always aim for perfection in everything I do. It works well for self-development and achieving high-quality results but it is unnecessary for every move. Because it is part of my character, sometimes I strive for perfection even in actions that don’t really require it. Such an approach can consume quite a lot of energy as well.

These were things that drain my energy and from time to time cause fatigue for me.

Did you find here something like what you experienced in your life?

Guess so.

I am also sure that there are some other things that can drive the same results and increase your tiredness level. However, we do not always want/can completely drop things that consume our energy from our lives.

What we can do is to reduce the effects of these activities.

My approach

Let me share with you the approach I use to manage my energy levels.

At the end of every week, I make my energy audit by creating two lists.

The first list includes things that gave me energy this week.

The second list contains things that drained my energy this week.

After that, for the next week, I focus on doing more and investing more time in the items from the first list.

At the same time, I am reducing the time spent on the things from the second list.

Voila, by doing this I avoid tiredness and increase my energy levels.

It sounds simple but it works well!

Try it, hope it helps!