If you’ve been feeling like you can’t muster any energy lately — growing increasingly indifferent to things that once mattered, maybe even sinking into a thick fog of resignation and self-defeat — stop putting this off. This is a serious problem.
It works like an invisible black hole, pulling your state of being steadily downward, causing you to miss out on the wealth, fortune, blessings, and joy that could rightfully be yours.
So what do you do? Here’s Master Chi’s advice — and I can tell you, it works every single time.
First: never pull all-nighters, and absolutely do not let yourself fall into a reversed day-night cycle. Nothing damages the body more. I have many friends who work night shifts, and nearly all of them say the same thing — whether it’s a full night shift or a partial one, by the end of a rotation they feel completely hollowed out, even without any real physical exertion.
Human beings may sit at the top of the animal kingdom, but at our core, we are still animals. Don’t work against your own nature and against the will of heaven.
Take my word on this: when it’s time to be in the sun, get in the sun. When the moon is up, let yourself sleep. No matter how pressing the situation, the best approach is always to sleep fully, come back at full strength, and then deal with it.
On the other side of things: commit to the art of letting go. Make absolutely certain your living space stays clear and clean.
From the perspective of traditional Feng Shui, misfortune tends to linger among stagnant and cluttered objects, while good fortune hides within auspicious ones. So when you put on or use something and you feel comfortable and things run smoothly — keep using it. But if something makes you unsettled, and you happened to own it during a low period in your life, it’s perfectly fine to pack it away in a box and put it out of sight.
Equally important: do your best to avoid consuming media carrying heavy negative energy. This is critical.
When everything seems to be going wrong, the last thing you need is content full of violence, pettiness, or hostility. When you’re already anxious about your romance fortune (桃花运), don’t consume content that pits men against women or spreads fear of marriage — that kind of material is remarkably good at drawing more bad luck your way. Instead, in all things, choose content that is optimistic, beautiful, and uplifting. Not only will your mood improve, your overall energy will gradually come back to life.
And of course — those who deliberately try to put you down, and the low-energy complainers who do nothing but sigh and groan all day long? Keep your distance from them too.
The prescription, then, is straightforward: for the next week or two, speak less, argue less, keep as regular a schedule as you can, eat modest but nourishing food every day, and seek out content that radiates positive energy and makes you genuinely laugh out loud.
You’ll find, soon enough, that your state of being quietly begins to restore itself — and that things, almost imperceptibly, start going your way again.
It’s also been a while since I’ve asked all of you brothers and sisters to exchange blessings and encouragement with one another.
And I’ll say this — every time we do a group blessing, the ones who show up first tend to find things going remarkably well for them afterward. There really is something to it.
So tonight, I’d like to invite you again: leave your blessing for yourself and your blessing for everyone here in the comments below.