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Energy Experiment Challenge

Reclaim Greater Focus, Recharge Life

“How old are you?!” I was innocently accosted with this question before the official start of a recent hypnotherapy session by a dapper mature gentleman who wanted to know if the point he was going to cite to me would fall on deaf ears should I not be able to relate to the generational commentary he desired to share. “Do you know there was barely a mention yesterday on the news about the anniversary of the (John F.) Kennedy assassination?” The man’s dismay at the lack of news coverage for such a seminal event in the U.S. was a surprise to him given its societal impact and ensuing milestones surrounding the occurrence.

After a brief exchange relating to the media’s lack of coverage in his estimation of this event, we got on with the business at hand regarding what he was using my hypnotherapy support for (which had nothing to do with historical events or their impact today). But the timing of this client’s media commentary oddly intersected with an ‘energy experiment’ I currently have underway.

It is an experiment I want to encourage CF (Conscious Flyer newsletter) readers to undertake. The Energy Experiment Challenge involves removing your attention for 60 days from all news media. Whether you source news from network television, cable, streaming, platform apps, newspapers, radio or other media outlets.

The proposition for this experiment is to witness how your energy, focus, and productivity is impacted by the news abstinence. The point is not to fear exposure to news attention – you may be in a household or environment where others are otherwise habitually engaged - but withdraw your personal engagement or minimize participation in your conversational exposure to news-related happenings or discussions.

Don’t make a big deal out of the endeavor, simply avoid your personal habit of sourcing news during this period. Continue to source other media entertainment in its various forms if you so participate (T.V. dramas, comedy sources, games, sports, TikTok and other social media content) – just avoid intentional news sourcing.

For many, the non-news interest is already the case, for others, news has become a pseudo companion or source of company and its less about the content and more about the company. Wherever you are on this continuum, the aim of the Energy Experiment Challenge is to recognize how news curation commandeers the energy source of your being.

(For those who do fall on the news-as-company end of the spectrum, simply change the source of constant company to other content forms of media broadcast - cooking, sports, stocks, etc.)

This experiment is not so much about disengaging from current events or one’s care about such things, but rather to recognize the world is largely a delivery source of fear, conflict, trauma and catastrophe as curated by sources that subconsciously recruit consumers attention for their benefit – not the consumers.

Attention is a form and source of energy. The kind of attention sourced by certain sources is physiologically, mentally and emotionally recharging or draining. Sources that prey on your natural energy source via the drug of doom and gloom drain rather than replenish.

Engage in this 60-day Energy Experiment Challenge and chart, observe or notice how your energy, focus, motivation and productivity in daily life is impacted.

Perhaps you witness from lack of energy drain…

•  You finally start making concerted headway with writing that novel or non-fiction book you’ve been excusing your way out of… or perhaps you simply read that book you’ve intended

•  Time to notebook organize all those internet recipes you’ve printed—your fridge magnets can only hold so much.

•  God forbid you call someone! Just to reach out! 

•  You work on that entrepreneurial idea your soul has been nagging you about

•  You start taking more walks or exercising

•  Or without judgment or necessarily advice-giving (unless asked) you inquire about what your children or grandchildren are doing from their vantage point of things

• Perhaps you get back into your yoga

•  Engage in that oft-forgotten interest or hobby of yours

• You get your sleep cycle restored

•  Maybe you listen to loved music reminding you of your vitality for living

Go ahead, dare yourself to immediately begin the 60-Day Energy Experiment Challenge (this is the one thing that doesn’t require any preparation to engage). It costs you nothing, but the potential gain can be life changing.

As you witness your focus retrieved, your spirit rejuvenated and your autonomy of independence reclaimed from re-sourcing your natural life energy, don’t be surprised to discover that while the world has been telling you who you are, you begin to recall who you’re meant to be.

*I want to hear from you as you participate in this Experiment - [email protected], first, let me know you’re going to participate, and then update me as you engage. A follow up article post will be featured in the newsletter in the coming weeks as the Energy Experiment Challenge proceeds.