Stop Managing Time, Start Managing Capacity: An Energy Audit for Consistent Growth

Now, these methods of time management are so good.

They are so good.

And these systems are really good systems.

But what it doesn't teach you is that time management and energy management are are two totally different concepts.

And I was never taught energy management.

And that's what I want to bring to you today.

Because I tried to manage all of this with planners and schedules.

And I still do.

I still use my planner.

I still use schedules.

I use color-coded systems.

And It works in theory and it works in certain seasons of my life.

But overall, I had to actually learn what my capacity was.

And believe me, I dove deep into productivity hacks and all the things to help me learn how to do this better.

But it wasn't until about a year ago that I was exposed to a concept that called an energy management system or an energy audit and what that even is.

And after having years of navigating an autoimmune disease in my own body and not knowing how to explain how it felt to people, and I'm not being lazy or Yes, I'm in overdrive right now, but it's like if I don't get it done now, I might not feel like it next to the next season.

So I better do it now.

And it gave me like a little bit of a scarcity mindset, like I'm not going to have enough energy to get this done if I don't do it now.

But then I would burn and crash and it was like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Right.

So I was solving the wrong problem.

Now, what really helped me is to stop focusing on just the time and start recognizing what my capacity actually is.

And so we are all gifted 24 hours a day.

And you've heard this.

Everybody has the same 24 hours in a day.

Now, these methods of time management are so good.

They are so good.

And these systems are really good systems.

But what it doesn't teach you is that time management and energy management are are two totally different concepts.

And I was never taught energy management.

And that's what I want to bring to you today.

Because I tried to manage all of this with planners and schedules.

And I still do.

I still use my planner.

I still use schedules.

I use color-coded systems.

And It works in theory and it works in certain seasons of my life.

But overall, I had to actually learn what my capacity was.

And believe me, I dove deep into productivity hacks and all the things to help me learn how to do this better.

But it wasn't until about a year ago that I was exposed to a concept that called an energy management system or an energy audit and what that even is.

And after having years of navigating an autoimmune disease in my own body and not knowing how to explain how it felt to people, and I'm not being lazy or Yes, I'm in overdrive right now, but it's like if I don't get it done now, I might not feel like it next to the next season.

So I better do it now.

And it gave me like a little bit of a scarcity mindset, like I'm not going to have enough energy to get this done if I don't do it now.

But then I would burn and crash and it was like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Right.

So I was solving the wrong problem.

Now, what really helped me is to stop focusing on just the time and start recognizing what my capacity actually is.

And so we are all gifted 24 hours a day.

And you've heard this.

Everybody has the same 24 hours in a day.