What gives you energy?

[simplisticjoy]

Just out of curiousity, what are your coping strategies to energize yourself? Mine are:

Being with INTJ's - ie: sarcasm, directness, saying what's in your head
Laughter
Physical exercise
Reading

[sriv]

Willpower.

Thread got owned.

[nonentropic]

mostly spending time alone and doing things by myself. my mental health requires some social interaction...thus, among other reasons...i am here posting.

[HackerX]

Food is generally what works for most humans so that tends to be what I stick with.

[catd]

Sleep

[Rei]

I like taking solitary walks and drawing. It brings all my senses to it's peak, and therefore gives me an impression of having more energy.

[Motor Jax]

or coffee...


is this more specifically what motivates us? recharges us? and gives us purpose?

[Bioplasmoid]

Precisely.

[AutisticCuckoo]

Physical exercise – running, PowerCore or just some simple arm/shoulder exercises with barbells.

Music – playing something on the piano or the guitar (I do it very badly, but it doesn't matter).

Crossword puzzles and sudoku. I solve the sudoku in the local paper every morning, and it wakes up my brain and gets it ready for work. :)

[Timdotz]

Compelte Annihilation the opposition. No offence.

[niffer]

Good weather, sports (put a basketball in my hands and I'll perk right up), people, cold showers, and loud music.

[Double Victory]

-Getting ready to do something adventurous
-Sunny weather
-Animals

Mostly it's just being outside.... Indoors I feel compelled to use my indoor voice, and to at least exhibit caution when running/jumping/practicing martial arts moves I saw on TV, etc. If I'm outside and it's sunny and I'm with my brothers, I just get the urge to go run around the yard. The sunny part is needed for brightness, which makes me happy, as opposed to darkness, which depresses me. The brothers are needed because they're the only people I don't feel stupid being myself around.

That's all for excessive physical energy/excitement. For every day stuff.... I don't really energize myself. Most of my day is me looking up things on the internet until I realize how long I've procrastinated, and then I do my work.

EDIT: Oh, I lied. There's one thing I do every morning, which is listening to loud music (and in response, singing very loudly) in my car before going to school. Music (that I listen to) on a scale of least energizing to most energizing:

Asian hip-hop
Asian pop
Rock (all varieties)
Techno
The Pokemon theme song

[Motor Jax]

yes, music drives me... i listen to a lot of country/cajun fast-tap dance music

Jamabalya, tart ecruvisse, e file gumbo
'cause tonight i'm gonna see my ma chere amio
pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gayo
son fo a gun, we're goin' t'have big fun
on the bayou - Hank Williams

[Nansau]

coffee, being outside, riding my bike, music, animals and little kids

[Vertigo]

Getting up early and having a coffee alone, before anyone else is awake.

Spending time outdoors, anything with nature, the stars, the sun, trees, water, animals

Doing dishes (I resent the fact that I try to do them all the time because I don't think anyone else does a good job cleaning them, but I do feel refreshed when I'm done)

Hot showers and a shave.

[Beery Swine]

Watching the movie Crank, shaving my head, running up some stair two at a time, slapping my face on purpose, stubbing my toe, watching fauxnews...all these things tend to fill me with energy.

[mental drift]

or coffee...
is this more specifically what motivates us? recharges us? and gives us purpose?

I used to drink energy drinks but somebody told me Taurine (a main ingredient of energy drinks) meant bull pee. So I went on dictionary.comshortly thereafter and found taurine meant adjective: 1. of or relating to or resembling a bull noun: 1. a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals. That kind of took away my weapon of choice, so probably Mountain Dew. All healthy options I suppose.

[Jakalwarrior]

Sleep

Same here :thumbsup:
Sleep sounds so awesome right

Another thing that works is buying a new toy "Sweet! I got a new game!", "OH YEAH! new chip to overclock!" or best of all "YES, new high comp piston set!"...

[Marcus]

physical energy: running, taking a shower, sunny days
emotional energy: certain type of movies and books
intellectual energy: traveling

[PHS Philip]

For the last few years, not much, unfortunately. Music's about all that energizes me. Apathy sucks :(

[azelismia]

I used to drink energy drinks but somebody told me Taurine (a main ingredient of energy drinks) meant bull pee. So I went on dictionary.comshortly thereafter and found taurine meant adjective: 1. of or relating to or resembling a bull noun: 1. a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals. That kind of took away my weapon of choice, so probably Mountain Dew. All healthy options I suppose.


The taurine in your energy drink is a synthetic product. it's an essential amino acid.

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[anul]

Giggling and laughing. Nothing is quite like it.

[Motor Jax]

being able to smile at work

emotional responses are contagious!

i'm always smiling at work, and everyone i meet at work always seems to have a great day

[Eric86]

Listening to death metal and talking to people I work with are what really keeps me going during the day. I love finding out new things about them and being able to connect with them more, though it can be pretty hard to actually do it sometimes since I can be very shy, or I just get too caught up in what I'm doing at the time to think of it.