Emotional energy reserves.

We are usually attentive about money and time. We are conscious when we are running short of either. And we are also sometimes aware of our physical energy and mental energy bandwidth.

But when it comes to emotional labour, we are usually not compassionate with ourselves.

A reason being that it’s not quantified like time and money. And also, unlike physical and mental work, emotional labour is not time intensive.

An email to a potential client might take only 30 minutes but depending on the leap might cost a lot of emotional energy.