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I Tracked My Energy Instead of My Time for 30 Days. Here's What Shifted.

We are taught to be masters of the clock, but time is a fixed resource. Energy, however, is fluid. I spent a month tracking my internal battery instead of my billable hours—and the results changed how I work forever.

Chloe Kim
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Chloe Kim
I Tracked My Energy Instead of My Time for 30 Days. Here's What Shifted.
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For years, I was a devotee of the "Time Blocking" church. My calendar was a Tetris board of colorful rectangles, each one promising that if I just stuck to the schedule, I would finally achieve the mythical state of "Total Output."