You are right, what we can not control very often is a energy drainage. This is the general theory. But I believe that there are also things that worth caring from the Area of Concern. For things that we can not control, but have an great impact on our lives, deserve our energy. Like the events of 10th of August 2018 in Romania, or the 1989 Revolution. If no one will care, there will be no critical mass, and things will never change.
This principle I apply at work. There are topics out of my Area of Control that have a huge impact. Sometimes I call them The Lost Battles. But in my role as a senior director, I'm the only one can fight these battles. I can surely loose, but overall I rise the needed awareness, and finally sunshine is a little closer. Similar to situation in Ukraine. A lost battle. But if no one would resist the Russian aggression, no one from the free world would have not dare to make a step, and prevent the inevitable.