Hi friend,
In this episode, you will learn how to adapt to having no energy and win the time back by doing low energy work that has to be done anyways.
If you prefer watching, you can find the YouTube video here. If reading is your thing, then enjoy the transcript below.
Welcome to The Daily Recall show. I'm your host, Vasili.
This is the last day of a three-day series on how to get more done by managing your energy levels.
In Part 1: Prevent, I explained how to prevent the problem from happening in the first place; how to always have a ton of energy. In Part 2: Fix, I outlined what you can do to get your energy back during the day.
Today I will cover how you can adapt to this problem if you're not able to fix it.
When you're in a low energy state, you can still do work.
And the best thing you can do is to take care of things that you have to do anyways.
Buy groceries. Take the trash out. Clean up your place. Because that’s how you can win the time back. If you have to do this work anyways, then by doing it when it matches your lowest energy state you're actually winning back time because you won’t have to deal with this stuff in the future when you will have lots of energy.
But there’s a problem.
When you find yourself in a low energy state, it's hard to figure out what kind of things you can take care of because you can’t think well. You need to have already thought.
I recommend you keeping a "brain gone" list of things you can do when you find yourself in a low energy mode.
Stuff like: process invoices, take the trash out, do house cleaning, do groceries - anything that doesn’t require energy but has to be done.
Another option would be to do nothing. Rest. It's always a great option. You also get to recharge your mind by doing that and you will have more energy tomorrow.
To recap -
If you find yourself struggling with having no energy during the day and Part 2: Fix advice didn’t help, then you need to adapt. Take care of the low energy work that has to be done anyways. This will enable you to win the time back because when you get to a high energy mode again you won’t have to waste precious time on doing this low energy stuff.
Take care and have more energy!
This transcript has been edited for clarity.
#25 How to Get More Done by Managing Energy Levels - Part 3: Adapt