Energy management beats time management

Two hours when you’re sharp and two hours when you’re drained are not the same two hours — and no calendar app knows the difference.

The four kinds of energy

• Physical — sleep, movement, food.
• Emotional — stress and tension you carry.
• Mental — focus without task-switching.
• Purpose — whether it feels like it matters.

Manage your energy, not your time, and the same hours quietly become twice as valuable.

Match the task to the tank

Spend your peak window on your hardest work — not email.

Recovery is part of the work

Real breaks are what make the next block possible.

Start with one change

Fix the most-empty tank this week — usually physical.