8.1 Sustainable Energy Management

8.1 Sustainable Energy Management is about learning to live like a renewable energy system, not a battery you run into the ground. Using the Energy Balance Cycle, you practise honestly checking your current energy, naming sources and drains, feeling the somatic markers of overdrive or depletion, asking what your body needs, and renewing with one concrete action. Over time, you move from burnout swings (push hard → crash → avoid) into steadier rhythms of investment, recovery, and long-term vitality.