Question for the group
How do you know when you’re tired?
What physical or mental or emotional clues alert you to the fact that
you’re tired?
The reason I ask this is that a few of you are starting the Timer
Exercise and are trying to recognize your body cues, and are having a
difficult time. First of all, that’s perfectly normal. We’re not
wired to be acutely aware of specifics, we just feel ‘tired’. But
tired can be defined by how certain muscles feel, by the state of
your breathing, by mental acuity, by emotional state. All of those
plus ‘context’ tell you that you’re tired rather than bored, excited,
happy, or sad.
However, it takes a bit of practice to begin to recognize specifics.
So I’m tossing this out to the group, (give us a hand here you longer
term cogquitters) what signals does your body send that tell you you’re tired?