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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

The moment I stopped explaining myself to people who had already decided who I was, I got back an amount of energy I didn't realize I'd been spending - Silicon Canals

Attempting to change someone's predetermined perception of you depletes mental energy through cognitive labor, causing measurable physical and psychological exhaustion.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

The psychological reason you feel exhausted even after doing nothing all day - Silicon Canals

Actually, it makes perfect sense once you understand what's really happening in your brain. After spending months unemployed following media layoffs, I became intimately familiar with this paradox. Days spent scrolling job boards and refreshing email left me more drained than my busiest workdays ever had. The exhaustion wasn't physical-it was something deeper, something that sleep couldn't fix.
Psychology
Mental health
fromFast Company
5 months ago

How to stop wasting mental energy and train your focus like a high performer

Excessive attention to uncontrollable thoughts, past events, or future worries wastes mental energy and increases anxiety and depression; redirect attention to controllable, solution-focused tasks.
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