Fear.

Perhaps you are on the other side of energy management, you have no trouble conserving and protecting your energy, but rather in expending energy.

You gather up and store energy like a child at an egg hunt, holding tightly to your spoils. You keep your energy close because you fear being overtaxed and taken advantage of. There is a sense that opening up and expending energy would not be worth it, that there will be regrets later.

So energy is held tightly, and over-managed.

Journal Prompt: I resist expending energy because…