Everything You Do Costs You Energy
The difference between psychological and emotional energy and how to have more of each.
We live a society obsessed with the cost of things (and, likewise, the value of them). With capitalism a dominant force of the social order, we are constantly talking about money: how to spend it, how to save it, how to make more of it, and even how much our time is worth.
The idea that time is something that is a “cost” to us isn’t new. The phrase “time is money” has been around since the 1700s. It’s the origin of the idea that cost doesn’t have to be a monetary measurement.
Truly, the cost of something is whatever we are giving in exchange for it. There’s so much more than money (and time) that goes into relationships, work, mental health, and even survival — but money and time can often help many of these situations.
While there are a number of things that we can give in exchange for others, there are two particular kinds of costs that I feel are a shared experience by most (whether you think about it often or not).
Let’s explore them.
Psychological Cost
Thinking costs glucose. When neurons fire, they utilize some of the glucose (aka sugar/carbs) that we consume. Glucose…
