How to not lose your mind when you lose electricity

How to not lose your mind when you lose electricity. Can you? Is it possible? Erik Kruger wrote anarticle to help us with this. Erik is someone I have looked up to in trying times; he runs the Mental Performance Lab, and has often hit the nail right on the head when it comes to harnessing the strength of your mind. You are stronger than you think. This is no different when we are dealing with load shedding.

In this article, Erik explains how to not lose your mind when you lose electricity. It is trying for sure, but we can decide how we react. We can decide if this will make us grumpy, or whether we will breeze through it.

Our plan

The plan we have at CityPowerless is to find ways for people to navigate through the trials of load shedding, and to attempt to make “getting off the grid” easier for more people. Unfortunately, getting off the grid is a very loosely used term here – getting completely off the grid is extremely difficult and very expensive. Our aim is to try and make this possible to some extent for the general public. Until then, we need information, life hacks and advice. I am hoping that the excerpt from Erik’s article below can help you deal with this situation better.

I am only going to post the first three of Erik’s points here. You can continue reading the rest on his site.

The Controllable

The most cliché piece of advice during trying times, but one still worth mentioning, is that we have to control what we can and let go of what we cannot. You’d be surprised by how much you can actually control. It’s another way of saying, focus on the power you have and not the power you don’t have.

The Temporary

Load-shedding will pass. I don’t know when or how. But it will pass. I have personally always found comfort in the quote “This too shall pass”. It’s a potent reminder that the bad (and good) eventually passes. Therefore, we must endure the bad knowing that it’s temporary, and enjoy the good, knowing that it too is temporary.

The Ubuntu

You are not suffering alone. It may feel like it. But rest assured that we are all feeling the strain. Of course, I am not suggesting that there is some joy to be found in observing the suffering of others. However, when we know that others are experiencing the same hardships it gives a sense of Ubuntu. We are in this together and together we will overcome.

However powerless we feel, there is a way through it. All we need to do is to find it.

If you have any life hacks or ideas related to electricity or load shedding to share, kindly let us know at info [at] citypowerless [dot] co [dot] za.