Attention is Energy and Energy is currency (Energetic Currency). You give your energy to situations, events, news, people, thoughts, beliefs, fears, hopes, loves, etc
As an example, we can take the concept and extend it to energetic coins. Say I have 10 energetic currency coins in which I can place them (and my attention) on things. My energy|personal power is then attached to those things until I deploy them elsewhere. Here’s the rub, if I'm not conscious and deliberate on where I put those coins they end up being placed in non-important and non-useful locations leaving me no coins for things I truly value or where they are actually needed.
This has also been shown to me as a house in the summer trying to keep the cold air while keeping multiple windows open. You have to identify the open windows and shut them. Many of these windows you don't even know are open until you go look for them (Self Observation).
If you are exhausted, distracted, and have no energy to do the things that actually matter to you, then I’d suggest you take a look at where you are currently deploying your energetic currency.
Energetic Currency Traps
"We waste so much currency (energy) on fighting up against truth....spiritual truths, universal truths, uncovering truth. When really, if we were to just allow everyone to be in their own truth, we would have so much energetic currency to create a New Earth.......True freedom really requires an availability of energetic currency. Because if your currency is being siphoned into something that is like a mini war in your life or on the planet, you don't really have it available to you to live this true and sovereign life that we came to live." ~Micheila Sheldan
Begin to take stock of where your energetic currency is placed. Set the intention to notice where you place your energetic coins each day and decide if it's a useful deployment of your attention.
Time Slot Machines:
If your attention is projected outward on time wasters and distractions like social media and games then it’s not available when you want to use it.
“Changing” People’s Minds:
Is changing the mind of a stranger on the internet your true inner calling? Is that stranger in a position and mindset to receive? Are you spending time you normally charge people for or time you normally get paid for on people who don't value your time?
Things “I” object to:
How much or energetic currency do we expend with all of our "objections" throughout the day? Consciously deploying our or our is key. This video from The Nagual Zone was really eye opening when I started to pay attention to my objections throughout the day.
Stop This & Gain Lots Of Energy - The Nagual Zone| Carlos Castaneda| Don Juan Matus
And a personal take by Chris:
I object - pt 1 | The Sky Beckons
Fixation on the Past or Future:
Need to focus on the now - the past is unchangeable and the future is yet to come. If you are busy focusing on either of those you miss opportunities NOW.