The last few weeks I was feeling pretty lethargic and blergh. I had no mood nor motivation to do anything much, work also suffered as I only did the bare minimum.
At the same time, I've been reading The Magic of Thinking Big by an author whose name escapes me right now, and in this book he talked about how you can change the way you feel by just moving. In his words, "Action creates emotion". So I thought, yeah, let's try that. I started with small things, like making the bed in the morning, washing the dishes after I'm done eating, tackling small work tasks. Guess what? It works :-) I know this must be old news or no news for some people but to me, it's a huge relief to finally figure out a fool proof way to pick myself up and feel better.
This week I wanted to try something bigger. On Monday I went to the gym and worked out for an hour. By the time I got home, feeling psyched by the dopamine rush, I managed to finish some work that was way due. And then I did laundry. Then I showered, prayed Zohor, and drove to work. Phew, those few things don't usually get done in the SAME day, yet doing them that day seemed effortless.
Forward to today, I thought hmm, usually I feel good like this just for a day and the next day everything slows down and die down. I woke up at around 10 (later than yesterday, OMG this is not going to be a good day!). Decided why not go to the gym again today, after Zohor? So I did that, working out is harder today because of the achy muscles and the afternoon heat. After an hour, I went home and did laundry. Not having much work today, I find myself going through Iflix for new shows to watch. After 10 mins, I stopped watching and vacuumed the whole house instead. The cat hair situation has been bugging me for days so I decided to put a stop to the useless thinking-but-no-action. Man, it felt so good having a clean house.
After that I had an early dinner, showered, prayed Asar and drove to work. It is now 10.30 pm, I just reached home. Still feeling fantastic woohoo! What kind of magic is this?
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