Use this Trick, when you feel Tired and Tense

Today, I had a lot of unpleasant work to do and found it difficult to motivate myself to stay on task. Though I had enough sleep last night, I felt tired and tense. My scalp and face muscles were tense to the point of hurting.

Even after taking a nap, I still felt tired and tense, and found it difficult to stay on task.

Then I remembered a trick that I used to do whenever I felt tired, tense, and overwhelmed. I used to say to myself "Lord, let Thy will be done, not my will." Besides saying this, I used to alternately tighten and relax my tensed muscles to loosen them up.

This trick would relax me and enable me to get much work done in a short amount of time. I would feel "in the zone," "on the ball," "a sense of flow," "in the groove," etc. In other words, I would be working optimally.

After using this trick, my muscles loosened up, I felt more energized, and I got much work done. Yep, this trick still works.