Peer Group Chat// Emotional & Mental Exhaustion// Thursday 7th December 2023, 7-8:30PM AEDT

I will be on the lookout for the transcript too as I missed the chat tonight. I think I finally know how to join these chats...technology 😂...

Hi Everyone,

Something I came across preparing for this topic is the concept of ' energy accounting', which looks at how things we do can sap or replenish our energy, such as in the image below;

The numbers beside each thing represent its weight, in terms of how much energy it saps or replenishes. and I feel like a lot of the things that might sap our energy may also be what leads us to emotional and mental exhaustion. If anyone wants to have a go at creating an energy accounting list for yourself and assigning weighting to individual items (i.e. how much do your withdrawals sap from you? how much do your deposits replenish?), I'd be really curious to hear from anyone who'd like to share their weightings or any learnings from the exercise 😊

@Healandlove @Glisten @Captain24 @Snowie @Shaz51 @Former-Member @Blackbird11

Oh I like that @TideisTurning

Energy accounting sounds like an intentional way to find balance and awareness. @TideisTurning thinking I will have a go and share when I get some spare time.

@TideisTurning Do the list values change if you have ADHD etc?

@TideisTurning , this is wonderful! Thank you for sharing. I will try it.

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@amber22 how do I differentiate between emotional exhaustion and depression?

(As she fluffs her pillow ready for sleep time)

Hey @Glisten, my understanding of the exercise is that weightings will be individual, so if ADHD impacts for you, your numbers might be affected, and that's okay! It's just a tool to help develop more awareness of what saps and replenishes energy for you 😊

@TideisTurning This list is a good tool. If only I had Googled it before asking the question.

I had a go at the energy accounting @TideisTurning. I found my withdrawals were all high ratings. It was difficult to come up with deposits. Here is my list...

 a great insight!