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What do I need?
Your body gives you information all day. The skill is treating it as worth listening to.
We have become very good at asking what we should eat, what we should take, what we should avoid, and what the research says. Those questions have their place. But there is another question that often goes unasked: what do I need?
Your body is giving you information all day. Tired. Hungry. Restless. Calm. Heavy. Energised. Not today. More of this. Most of us learned to override these signals: push through tired, ignore hungry, sit still through restless.
Treating this information as valuable does not mean obeying every signal. It means hearing it before deciding. Sometimes the answer to tired is rest. Sometimes it is a glass of water, a walk, or simply knowing that today is a slower day.
A simple practice: once or twice a day, pause and ask what your body is telling you right now, in one word. Then ask what you need. You may not always be able to give it to yourself, but you will start to know.
Key points
- The body sends useful information all day.
- Many of us learned to override it.
- Listening comes before deciding, and does not mean obeying every signal.
- One word, once or twice a day, is enough to start.