3 Simple Rules for Protecting Your Energy That I Learned Under the Morning Sun. Press enter or click to view image in full size Trading drama for the morning sun. Protecting my energy, one step at a time. Image by author I returned from my run today and realized one thing: life is far too short to waste it on people and situations that steal your breath instead of giving you strength. As I ran my morning kilometers under the French sun, my mind cleared itself of other people’s voices. You know that feeling when someone “dumps” their problems on you for hours, and you’re left feeling like a wrung-out rag? That is the moment you allowed your energy to become a free trash can. Here are my “toddler-simple” rules to save your big, adult soul: 1. Don’t Lean Out of Other People’s Windows Just as we tell children, “Don’t lean out of the window or you’ll fall,” the same applies to other people’s drama. You can listen, you can wave from your window, but do not lean out so far that you lose your balance.…