Rae

It's crazy how there is simultaneously SO much time in the day, yet literally NO time at all. The biggest struggle for many ambitious people is falling in between these lines, never having enough time for a schedule or having all this time and feeling like you haven't utilised it well enough.

Enough is enough...

This is how you conquer TIME:

By shifting the way you look at it.

Realise that energy (not time) is the main thing governing your day

Once you realise that energy and not time governs your day, you will release yourself from over inflated schedules, minutes counting and burn-out inducing expectations. You could have an entire month to do a simple task, but if you don't have the energy to do it the time is pointless. That's why above all else, learning to manage our energy and find more ways to replenish our energy is the key to a more productive life.

Realise that energy isn't the only thing governing your day

After realising that energy is more crucial than time, we slip into another misconception zone: that as long as I have energy I can 7139382397237912 things done in that time.

There are limitations to the amount of things you can do in a time frame, and it is crucial for us to pay attention to how long things really take, and also the time it takes for our energy to recover from each task and to shift into different foci.

Realise that motivation and energy are not the same thing

It's easy to feel like you should have all the energy to do all the things. You're such an ambitious, creative and passionate person. You know you truly and deeply want to do these things. These things keep you dreams, these things get your excited, they get your blood running.

Yet... there are so many days you lay on your bed after your day job and the last thing you want to do is work on your passion hobbies or side hustles.

Energy is a tangible thing. It's mental, but it's also physical. To have energy, you need sleep, breaks from screens, food, water PLUS emotional and mental strength. No matter how motivated you are, if you worked yourself past your physical limits you cannot, and should not expect yourself to be gun-ho for your passions.

This is why we circle back to energy management, as being the most important in the cycle of needs, AND why we must not blame ourselves and our character when we're not able to deliver unreasonable schedules or expectations.