Stop Trying to Manage Your Time
<p>One of the biggest red herrings in most the productivity advice I see has to do with the relentless pursuit to control, wrangle, seek, carve out, or otherwise manage time.</p>
<p>Manage your energy, not your time. If you do that, time works itself out.</p>
<h1>Smash your day…start with the clock</h1>
<p>The <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g9sq" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">new gurus</a> suggest we should be <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/style/self-care/waking-up-at-4-am.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">waking up at 4am</a>, undertaking <a href="https://betterhumans.pub/how-much-morning-routine-is-too-much-7ebc17e85380" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">elaborate morning routines</a>, and <a href="https://medium.com/@indirastar/online-yoga-pros-cons-and-15-tips-on-how-to-get-the-best-out-of-it-2de12e78145c" rel="noopener">twisting ourselves</a> into <a href="https://hubermanlab.com/effects-of-fasting-and-time-restricted-eating-on-fat-loss-and-health/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">intermittently-timed</a> <a href="https://www.myketokitchen.com/keto-recipes/make-low-carb-ketogenic-soft-pretzels/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">keto-friendly pretzels</a> to tackle our to-dos in a <a href="https://medium.com/illumination/why-4-hour-workdays-work-for-successful-entrepreneurs-but-not-you-f9f02163853c" rel="noopener">4-hour workday</a>. As a result, people are literally exhausting themselves to make it all fit, getting more and more tired as they struggle.</p>
<p>What if we started responding more to the internal “I’m tired” signals over the external clock and calendar signals?</p>
<p>Here are small ways we can listen and respond to the things we actually need to be more productive.</p>
<h1>Tiny actions to manage your energy</h1>
<p>I’m always amazed how the smallest splinter at the tip of your finger can divert so much focus and can cause such suffering. And removing it brings about immense relief. That’s the power of small changes.</p>
<p>Eliminating various energy drains of the day can be similarly rewarding. Try some of these tactics for surprisingly big energy gains:</p>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/@KimWitten/stop-trying-to-manage-your-time-a07b6e45cec8"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>