Energy Drainers

These are the people, objects, things or situations which are an essential part of your life; you are in touch with them on a regular basis and don’t realize at first that they are draining you. Draining in the actual sense here means that they are just there to take away from you and take all the time but nothing in return that they can give in return. The give and take here is not the money I am talking about, it is the aura, energy, positive or negative feelings that are being talked about. It is the value that the person or the object creates in your life. This in return affects your productivity and your state of mind. Our lives are quite simple really. There is no point of dwelling in the past and thinking so much about the future. What is important is now – that’s what they say – this is the moment and this is your Present – which is a reality and which is a gift to you. So, make the best use of it and don’t let anyone come and take it away from you.

“It is the value that the person or the object creates in your life. This in return affects your productivity and your state of mind.”

Let’s talk about some of the energy drainers here:

Toxic People or Relationships

These are the people who always make you feel unworthy, unloved, drained and exhausted. If you spend some time or a lot of time with a person, you will get some of their energy, this is what aura is out. It’s better to spend with someone who will make you feel balanced, positive and much more. Once you recognize the toxic people or relationship in your life, the only way is to limit the amount of your time and energy spent on communicating with them and give it to someone else or do something else which is more productive. This will make you a much more productive and positive person.

Situations

These are the circumstances that you are in which make you feel drained out. I remember, having read some where to be out of your comfort zone, but if being out of your comfort zone for a good cause which is good for you and will eventually make you feel great then that is a good way to go. But if that situation or circumstance will make you feel like a total waste and you’d rather spend your time and energy somewhere else, either relaxing or doing something you love, then it’s better to do the latter. It’s a simple question of asking yourself whether it will eventually make you feel great after it is done or you are just doing it to make some one happy. Learn to say to people or things or events in your life that do not add value to you. When life gives you crazy situations or a lot of negativity, take something positive from that and move on.

These are a few of the energy drainers that I have come across in my life and avoiding them has made me a better person and I am learning to make the best use of my time and be more productive and focused and also doing things that matter the most and that I love to do in my life. Remember, you are the creator of your life. So, be kind to yourself and do something everyday that sparks joy and makes you feel a better person everyday. Be someone that others will love to be around.

What do you feel about this topic ? Do post and comment. I would love to hear from you.

Evernote – Best Note-taking space for my life’s work

I am a big believer of having all my information on the move and all in one place – be it scanned copi­­es of the articles that I wanted to read later, prescriptions of the doctor for my puppies so that when I go next time I know what I ordered previously, also another thing is web pages that I bookmarked that I wanted to see later. Yes, web pages bookmarked. I do like the concept of flash drives, cloud drives and hard drives, both internal (on the computer) or external (that you can carry anywhere with you) but what if you forgot your laptop or the external drives elsewhere while working from somewhere else, etc., etc.

“Everything that you can think of – pictures, articles, web clips, bills can be scanned or clipped from the web and maintained in your personal account that you sign in for Evernote.”

Everyone! I am talking about the app which people are not so aware of, at least in my group of network. It is EVERNOTE. I really find its tagline apt for its usage – “The note-taking space for your life’s work”. Yes Evernote makes my life so much simpler. I scan articles from the cut outs that I want to read, as I don’t like to collect paper clutter at home or in my office. I web clip articles from the Internet as well so that I can refer to it later. Everything that you can think of – pictures, articles, web clips, bills can be scanned or clipped from the web and maintained in your personal account that you sign in for Evernote. Evernote has the option to scan the documents or pictures in notebooks or tag them with tags.

Create Relevant Content

Evernote has three plans that you can get started with – the Basic plan, the Premium Plan and the one in the middle, which is the Plus plan. It all depends upon your usage and the features that you would most likely be using for you to choose the plan, which is right for you. You can get started with the basic plan first and then upgrade to the next one once you are comfortable. I previously had the Premium plan but then I realized after a while that I won’t be using as many features and at the point, they had introduced the Plus Package, which was apt for me. If you have a big team and get acquainted with the whole system, you can opt in for the Business package. This link has the comparison of all the four packages.

What I got started with Evernote, I was overwhelmed by all it features and I was amazed at all that it offered. I started importing all my word documents, my PDF files in it and saving them in different notebooks to demark it so that it becomes easier for me to refer to them at a later stage.

For you to get started on Evernote, I strongly recommend Brett Kelly’s Evernote book Evernote Essentials. Here too, you have 3 options Evernote Essentials Premium, Basic and Plus. Here is the link, which explains all the features for the packages.

Have you used Evernote before ? Do you want to add something below and let us know how you have been using it? I am sure it will be useful for me and the readers as well. If not, then get started with it and keep us posted on how it is working for you.

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