I don’t always do all of these things every day. Most of these make an appearance in the book, with lots more detail and background. So in advance of Make Time’s publication in September, I’m sharing seven daily habits I use to build energy and make time for what matters. After all, we’re not machines - we’re humans, and our brains need energy, and to energize our brains we must take care of our bodies. I can’t write about productivity and time management tips without acknowledging the role of energy in making those tactics possible. Health is too important to not talk about. Most of the habits below are based in intuition about human evolution, supported by scientific research, and validated by my own experience. I’ve learned a lot from reading Michael Pollan, Darya Rose, Gretchen Reynolds, Mark Sisson - even Mr Money Mustache. Health has become a priority for me in the past five years, and I’ve tried dozens of techniques and experiments. But I am a real human person who lives and eats and sleeps and exercises every day. I hope you’ll consider trying them yourself.įirst, a disclaimer: I’m not a doctor or a nutritionist. I want to share some of my daily health habits - simple practices that help me build energy and make time for what matters.
So whenever possible, I try to establish habits that make the right decisions the defaults. (Indeed, that’s the idea behind the Energize step from my new book Make Time: To find focus and fight distraction, you need energy, and that energy comes from taking care of your body.)īut relying on willpower to make the right decisions all the time doesn’t work. Even the best systems for staying distraction-free or focusing on important work can fall apart when you’re short on sleep or not eating well. Tactics for productivity and time management can only help so much. But it was a good reminder of how small decisions about health are connected to energy, and in turn, affect my ability to make good use of my time. Losing those 45 minutes isn’t a huge deal, and I’m not beating myself up about it. My plan was to work on this post, but instead I took the path of least resistance and dove into the Infinity Pool of online distraction. Type “Fac”… Thankfully the stock market wasn’t open yet, or I would have repeated the compulsive routine with Google Finance. New tab, type “tw,” auto-complete, same drill. When I opened my laptop, I checked my email instead… New tab, start typing “inbox,” matched to. And as usual, I planned to start right after coffee. Yesterday I decided that my Highlight for Friday would be to draft this post. It’s not a big deal, but I’m feeling tired and a bit hungover. The night before, I did the exact same thing.
Last night, I stayed out a little too late.
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