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Happy

N.Y.E

(New Year Energy)

How to feel perkier than a crateful of V

By Tara Ali

Not only is this
time of year a
beacon of next- STEP ONE
level goal setting Relearn
(Get your dream How to Rest
career! Save There’s a fine line
$30K!), it can between having that
also be exhausting. get-shit-done energy G e t u p
All that gung-ho and burnout. To strike a n d g o
list-making and a balance, incorporate
the pressure to ‘active resting’. “Think of
overhaul your it as taking your foot off
entire life might the gas pedal, to signal
be to blame. “A to your body that you
very busy, high- are safe and out of fight-
stress lifestyle or-flight mode,” says
depletes nutrients Laura Piccardi, a stress
in your body,” says management expert
sports dietitian and and founder of coaching
nutritionist Claudia company Uppy.
Cramer. “You lose DO IT TODAY: Piccardi
your natural recommends doing
energy, and rely things that make you
on stimulants feel “happy, calm, light
like sugar and you up or make you
caffeine, which giggle”, four times a day.
run you down and “When you wake up, at
leave you fatigued.” lunchtime, before leaving
Oh. For long-lasting work, and at bedtime,
2020 energy, follow do something simple:
this five-step plan water your plants, watch
instead. Ready? a funny puppy video on
YouTube or chat with your
barista. Do it consistently
and your brain will then
associate that with
switching off and resting.”

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