“Mental energy” is a gigantic rabbit hole; you’ve asked a much deeper question than you think. I would set the frame less as “how do I boost my mental energy” and more as “what kind of crazy crap is sapping my mental energy,” which suggests quite different sorts of ideas to try. I’m also quite worried at the thought of having so little energy you can’t even read.
For starters, take a good look at your health in a broad sense: how’s your diet? Are you sleeping enough? Getting enough exercise? Drinking enough water? Getting even the basics right here can make an enormous difference to your quality of life.
Beyond those basics there’s mental / emotional / social health: do you have a strong support network? Are there people you can rely on for emotional support? Do you touch and get touched by others regularly?
Unfortunately most of the really helpful interventions here are really hard to do if you’re starting out in a bad place. The fastest way to get out is probably to have someone else do it: you can swap “debug days” with someone else where someone spends an entire day trying to figure out with you your biggest bottlenecks and then tries to help you resolve them, and then vice versa.
Edit: There are also “tricks” that people sometimes discuss, such as splashing water on your face and so forth. They probably wouldn’t hurt, especially the ones that are more health-oriented like drinking water and going for walks, but both my experience and my models suggest that most of them will not help in the long run.
“Mental energy” is a gigantic rabbit hole; you’ve asked a much deeper question than you think. I would set the frame less as “how do I boost my mental energy” and more as “what kind of crazy crap is sapping my mental energy,” which suggests quite different sorts of ideas to try. I’m also quite worried at the thought of having so little energy you can’t even read.
For starters, take a good look at your health in a broad sense: how’s your diet? Are you sleeping enough? Getting enough exercise? Drinking enough water? Getting even the basics right here can make an enormous difference to your quality of life.
Beyond those basics there’s mental / emotional / social health: do you have a strong support network? Are there people you can rely on for emotional support? Do you touch and get touched by others regularly?
Unfortunately most of the really helpful interventions here are really hard to do if you’re starting out in a bad place. The fastest way to get out is probably to have someone else do it: you can swap “debug days” with someone else where someone spends an entire day trying to figure out with you your biggest bottlenecks and then tries to help you resolve them, and then vice versa.
Edit: There are also “tricks” that people sometimes discuss, such as splashing water on your face and so forth. They probably wouldn’t hurt, especially the ones that are more health-oriented like drinking water and going for walks, but both my experience and my models suggest that most of them will not help in the long run.