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&hellip;start with the clock</h1> <p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g9sq" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">new gurus</a>&nbsp;suggest we should be&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<a href="https://betterhumans.pub/how-much-morning-routine-is-too-much-7ebc17e85380" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">elaborate morning routines</a>, and&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;into&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.myketokitchen.com/keto-recipes/make-low-carb-ketogenic-soft-pretzels/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">keto-friendly pretzels</a>&nbsp;to tackle our to-dos in a&nbsp;<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 &ldquo;I&rsquo;m tired&rdquo; 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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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>Read More</strong></a></p>
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