How Full Is Your Tank?

Back in 2020 in the early days of the Pandemic, I was having a conversation with my Spiritual Director about how tired I felt. In the early weeks of the Pandemic things were changing constantly and quickly. As a small business owner, I felt like I was reinventing my business every other week. I knew this feeling was shared by pretty much everyone I knew and we all felt a little stuck.

Instead of giving me tools and tricks to help restore my energy levels, my director asked me to drill down a bit deeper by asking me to explore different aspects of my life...my physical energy, my emotional energy, my relational, mental, and spiritual energy. And my Will--my energy for doing anything about any of it.

I found this to be a helpful exercise and wanted to share it with others. I made a visual of the six tanks and added a few reflection questions and shared it with my friends. It proved to be a helpful self reflection tool on where we were really feeling depleted...and surprisingly, where we had some energy to lean into in order to sustain and nurture our stamina.

This practice has stuck with me and from time to time I do a little self-assesment. Where are my energy levels? What do I need to refill and restore? How can I lean on the tanks that are (more) full in this current season?

If you want to try this for yourself, click the link below to download the free PDF. And then let me know what you think.