Mindful of how much energy you waste a day?

We talk about how important positive energy is in the program we implement with all of our clients, addict or not. Energy can be the missing link to some people who waste to much negative energy on their daily routine in life. I was in a video Skype meeting a couple weeks ago sharing my thoughts on energy with a day program for adolescents and adults who struggle with self esteem issues and depression/anxiety with some addiction if I remember correctly. Each day self has the opportunity to control how much energy they want to put forth on things that they can not control. We used a example with one of their clients who shared she was going through a relationship and was looking to make this particular relationship work this time she noted with a strong voice! Apparently, she was recently divorced, and her ex husband was very abusive, and a addict. She began to tell the group how deflated, tired, and appeared to be frustrated that she was not getting anything out of her day program. I interjected with how her day started before the online group with me and her staff. She looked up at the monitor, and asked what did I mean. I then asked again, what she did this particular morning before coming to group. She quickly rattled off her medications, shower, did not eat, did not do her assignment for group, and got on the phone with her current boyfriend and talked for 15 minuets, and was late for group. This writer slowly, began to identify with her how much wasted energy she used to start her day. We as a group examined how not eating breakfast, not doing her homework, and worrying about her boy friend took a tremendous amount of energy out of her, that it proved to be a waste of energy. Then I suggested how we could role play her morning, and try to get positive energy going, therefore; when her thoughts would go to a negative, she could focus more on her self and the positives she had completed this morning. She could talk to her boyfriend after group, sharing her positives and how she is learning to be mindful of her energy!  The exercise in this particular case was educational and positive I was told from her and the group! The point is that self, you right now when you are reading this blog, can control and be mindful of where you are allowing your energy to go! Try to think of where you put energy on a daily basis? Are you wasting energy on things you can not control and then create more negative energy that can cause you to get out of your health? You have the power to put your energy into what ever you want. Stay in your health, stay in the moment.