Recharging

I begin in the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

It's been a while since I have blogged properly, partly because I don't actually know if anyone reads these anymore, and partly because well...I just haven't made the time! I was tempted to say that I haven't had the time, but that would be a lie; we can always make time if something is important enough.

As human beings, it's natural for us to get tired from time to time, especially mentally. Usually we tire from doing the same thing for a while- the hamster wheel that is work, day to day routines, being in the same surroundings. We overwork whatever part of our minds it is that we use during these activities, and we seek a way to recharge it- the same way we would recharge our body with fluids and protein shakes after working our bodies hard.

But why is it that sometimes we still don't stop feeling tired? We will 'relax', take our minds off the serious things in life, get a massage or just have a nap...and still feel exhausted and ready to go back to bed the second we get back into the old routine. I think it is because we often try and recharge our minds with the wrong type of fuel. Or we do whatever we would do to recharge our bodies, and expect it to work for our minds as well, forgetting that our minds...(wait for it)...have a mind of their own! (Yes, I actually did it). (Sorry).

But seriously, many of us don't treat our mind as the separate entity that it is, and so we think that a nap or a sugar binge or a couple of hours of FIFA on the PS4 (no, this is not a dig at my husband at all) will fix our exhaustion, when actually, our minds crave a totally different type of energy. From my limited experiences, I feel that when our mind is exhausted, it doesn't wish to shut down, it just needs to be used in a different way, or a different part of it needs to be used. It needs a different kind of stimulation- similar to how after our muscles tire from a vigorous workout, we stretch them and do a warm down, rather than just stopping movement altogether and becoming idle.

For many of us, that stretching or warm down could be reading, listening to something meaningful, painting, drawing, creating. For me, it is writing. Which is why, even if nobody reads this, it is my outlet and my way of recharging my mind. More than anything, this blog has been a reminder and an outlet for myself, and anyone who reads or benefits from it is a massive bonus.

So, I hope to be writing a lot more frequently here, God willing.