After EI, it's EE

Google tells me that earthlings have their IQ and EQ sorted out by now, but crisis is brewing in the EE pot.

Not surprisingly,the first result for 'Emotional Energy' was Oprah's website, which tells me :

'It's an epidemic, as described in Boston-based psychotherapist Mira Kirshenbaum's revelatory new book, The Emotional Energy Factor.'

The Emotional Energy crisis has already reached epidemic proportions and I have just discovered that I maybe one of the millions waking up each morning feeling fatigued and drained just thinking of the day ahead.

This admission has cost me some, because where I come from, having a standing appointment to get your head shrunk is not a cool thing - it's not even 'normal' and anything remotely 'mental' is B-A-D!!

And then again, someone who'd like to call themselves healthy(like yours truly)-with a fairly normal life (needing some exercise and a dietary tweak thrown in) - shouldn't normally be afflicted with anything of epidemic proportions!

But I've got to swallow the bitter pill and accept it, after all, I am having the classic symptoms :

1. I do feel drained in the mornings

2. Everything is great on the surface - a good job, great friends/family, wedding round the
corner,the feeling of being 'settled' in life - but there's no 'zing' to life, life feels strangely
'empty' at times

Expertspeak tells me stuff I already know - do something new, stop procrastinating, have fun, let go of the past , 'keep the flywheel spinning', 'reclaim the meaning of life' ...

The real challenge for me is tanking up on the little in-between thingybob called Self-Motivation..

Making the Switch

I finally did it!

I let go of the past, spring-cleaned my life and stopped to smell the flowers...well,almost!

The tangible output of it all was a BLOG to replace my annual journal or diary,if you like!

Call me old-fashioned (I'm not really THAT old!!!) because I haven't let the machines take over my life- a battery-operated toothbrush is NOT a necessity, E-scrabble doesn't work for me and I love 'writing' letters (snail-mail for the uninitiated)- but all this apart,there are some things that technology simply can't replace!

Like books...and journal writing.

E-books just don't cut it, though I do read them once in a while.

And I can't imagine writing a 'personal' blog because how can it be personal ,if the entire online community can read it and comment on it??
and I'm told that I defeat the whole purpose of blogging if I keep my blog 'private'!

So here I am in some weird ,nested paradox trying to tell you that I find journalling more appealing in my own blog!

To start blogging to me is more than an 'upgrade' , not just a matter of switching media, because I absolutely love writing journals, ever since I started journalling at the age of 12.

It has been a very personal experience, writing my thoughts,feelings - even the most banal experiences - so I'm skeptical of taking to blogging, on a personal level, that is.

*Sigh* there just ain't any room for doodles and pressed flowers and other small things that help create wonderful memories...

2 fav journal-based books :

Diary of Anne Frank
Zlata's Diary