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Running Low

Today’s been one busy day at work! 

I went to the gym this morning and had a really great session and left the gym to make my journey to work feeling pumped and ready to have a productive day. 

Sadly, my work day today was as productive as university students on freshers week.

I felt that my fuel tank has been empty since I got to work and I didn’t take any time out of my day to recharge, instead I should have spent ten minutes at the start of my day trying to reschedule my day and collating my active to-do’s, listening to some music and enjoying a cup of coffee.

Similarly, my car’s fuel tank was low on my exit from work, the pop-up alert on my dash-screen filled me with rage. I was so angry that I had let my car get so low on fuel and reflected on my journey home how silly it was for me to react to this alert in such a strong way, but when my own body’s fuel tank had run low I had no cares!?

It is so important to remember to fill yourself up, how can anyone give anything of themselves if they are themselves empty. 

I know how important this is and luckily I have amazing colleagues that fill me with energy and enthusiasm just by having that five minute chat about life so I have the energy to give to the young people I work with. 

Tonight I am surrounded by a small group of friends from my local church, sharing life together and motivating one another to keep doing what we do. 

Wherever you are right now, I encourage you to reflect on what fills you up, or gives you energy and what things drain you...

Think of a hot air balloon, the hot air filling the balloon is all the things that give you energy and the sandbags are the things that weigh you down. Can you cut any of those sandbags off? 
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