Alex’s Struggle with Tiredness
Alex feels very tired after coming back home from the office. He recalled his early life, when he felt tired after completing exams. Sometimes he has a lot of work in his office, and becoming tired on those days seems natural to him. But on other days he does nothing in his office, yet he still feels tired.
He went to a doctor, had a whole-body check-up, and found nothing significantly wrong with him. The doctor advised him to exercise regularly and take care of his mental health. He started exercising with great motivation, but after a couple of months his motivation went down, and his tiredness came back.
Alex wanted to solve his problem. He wanted to make his whole day, especially the evenings, energetic. He started reading some books to gain knowledge and figure out the matter.
Tiredness Is Not Only Physical — It Is Mental Too
Our mind is like a machine; it spends a lot of energy when it thinks. When our thinking is aligned and in the right direction—identifying problems and finding solutions—it requires less energy and gives higher output. We get greater efficiency from our brain.
But when our thinking is scattered, going in multiple directions, everything becomes hazy in our mind. Our mind keeps thinking repeatedly, taking the situation as a threat to our existence. In these cases, we feel like our energy is drained, and we feel extremely tired.
When we are in a mood where we are our true self, our mind thinks less, spends less energy, and we feel energetic. But when we are in a place where we think anything might happen, we set our mind in an alert mood. Our mind spends a lot of energy. Thoughts keep coming one after another, and we follow them to try to make ourselves safe from every possible damage. In reality, in most cases, the factors we imagine as harmful are not true—they come from our negative, imaginary thinking.
The Mind Also Needs Rest
Alex also learned that, like other machines, our mind also needs rest. When we feed our mind with too much information—most of which we may not require—we make our mind a garbage bin of information. We keep thinking in multiple directions but find no results.
We push our mind to complete one “to-do” list after another, leaving no rest. Eventually, the mind becomes tired, finds no way to heal, and gets burnt out.
Along with our body, Alex learned our mind needs rest too. It must be detached from the storm of information at regular intervals to heal. We need clarity in our mind. That will slow down the drainage of energy and make us more productive in the long run. Alex knew he needed to track his daily activities to find his own healing formula. He also knew he had to journal.
Regular rest and clarity help the mind slow down, recover, and stop unnecessary energy drainage.
Alex’s New Practice
Alex wanted to apply his knowledge to solve the matter. He sat down in a quiet place, watched his breath, and took a notebook and a pen in front of him. He set a timer on his table clock (not on his mobile phone) for ten minutes.
He observed his breath, focused on it, and while counting his breaths, he shifted his focus to his daily events. He kept analyzing how the day had passed.
Nothing happened in the first days, but he understood that if he continued for a reasonable time, there was a strong possibility he might figure out what was actually going on in his mind and remove his tiredness.
Determined to change, Alex began a new routine:
- Sat in a quiet place.
- Focused on his breath.
- Kept a notebook and pen in front of him.
- Set a timer on a table clock (not his phone) for ten minutes.
- Observed his breath, then shifted focus to his day’s events.
At first, nothing happened. But with consistency, he began to uncover the real causes of his tiredness.
What He Discovered About Himself
He kept repeating this practice—sitting with himself and writing in his notebook—for one month until he began to figure out his inner mind. He deeply felt his anxious and scared thoughts.
What he found in his sittings was and Through journaling and reflection, Alex realized:
- He leaves no room for error
- He is very prone to anxiety and worry
- He often thinks: What will people think if I fail, get defeated, or get insulted?
- He feels anxious about chaos and conflict
- He is an over-planner, over peace-lover, and conflict-avoider
- He lacks physical movement
Hidden Fears Holding Him Back
He also listed deep fears that drained his energy:
- Fear of being exposed
- Fear of being insulted
- Fear of failure
- Fear of conflict or arguments
- Fear of increasing workload
- Fear of poverty
- Fear of losing his job
- Fear of losing relationships or friends
- Fear of society
- Fear of losing track in life
The Turning Point
At this point Alex stopped and asked himself: What can I do now?
He understood that if he could discover himself well and change these patterns for good, it would not only remove his tiredness but change his entire life.
He asked each of his anxieties and fears one by one: Is this true? He did not rush to get answers. He held the question in his mind for days and weeks, kept sitting and asking regularly, and observed both his body and mind.
Sometimes he got upset, seeing no visible progress, but he did not stop. He also took help from other blogs of https://yourthinkingmind.com/blog/
of https://yourthinkingmind.com/ and applied the ideas in his life.
Gradually, Alex realized he had overcome the “tiredness without reason.”
