manage your energy, not your time

In the spirit of “time management” I used to set aside time for every task I needed to to, only to wind up goofing off in the afternoon and feeling bad about not completing every task I’d assigned myself. The idea that I can do any task at any time just as easily as any other is a fallacy.

• I’ve have come to learn that I have more creative energy in the mornings, so I plan to do deeper work during that time and save less cognitively demanding tasks for the afternoon.
• While I enjoy engaging with others, I’ve come to learn it consumes my energy pretty quickly, while thinking and working alone restores it. I’ve learned to schedule even mundane social tasks like scheduling appointments for after my creative blocks.

Salman Ansari has talked about this.