My energy is not something abstract.
I can feel very precisely when it's there – and when it slowly diminishes.
That's why I've learned to treat her with care.
Not out of selfishness, but out of responsibility towards myself.
I protect my energy by not participating in everything.
Don't adopt every mood.
I don't react to every expectation.
I used to think I had to be available, friendly, adaptable.
Today I know: I get to choose.
Some things start very small.
Pause before I answer.
I keep my distance when something gets too close.
An inner "no," even if things remain calm on the outside.
I have learned that my energy is strongly connected to my calmness.
Too many impressions, too much noise, too many stimuli –
and I lose touch with myself.
That's why I need to retreat.
Not as an escape, but as a return.
I pay attention to how things feel.
Not how they should work.
If something is consistently draining my energy, I take notice.
Sometimes things need to change.
Sometimes less is simply better.
Protecting my energy also means for me,
Don't be hard on me when things get too much.
I don't always have to be resilient.
I am allowed to be tired.
And I am allowed to react to that.
Energy cannot be protected through control.
But through closeness to oneself.
Through honesty.
And through the trust that I am allowed to listen to myself.
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