What If Your Energy Was the Boss This Week?
Most of us organise our days around tasks.
Write the list.
Do the things.
Tick the boxes.
And for many people, that works well enough.
But for introverts and neurodivergent brains, there’s usually something deeper going on.
Not the list. Not the calendar.
But energy.
Energy is the real engine, and it doesn’t behave like a tidy to-do list.
It swells and dips. It reacts to people, environments, noise, expectations. It’s sensitive to the world in ways you might not even notice until you’re already depleted.
So let me offer you a gentle challenge:
What if, just for one week, you organised your days by your energy, instead of your tasks?
This isn’t about doing less.
It’s about doing things differently.
It’s about listening to the patterns your body and brain have been whispering for years.
Your One-Week Energy Experiment
For the next seven days, track your energy, not your productivity.
Three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening), pause for 30 seconds and notice:
What’s my energy level right now? (on a scale of 1–10)
What have I just been doing?
Did it drain me or energise me?
What do I need next? (Not “what’s on the list?” but “what would support me?”)
Use a notebook, your phone, or a voice memo.
Keep it simple. Keep it kind. Keep it honest.
By the end of the week, you’ll begin to see the shape of your own rhythm:
The times of day you naturally rise.
The tasks that refill you.
The people who quietly drain you.
The moments where you push through because you “should,” not because it serves you.
This is the data. Your data.
And it’s where real change begins.
Designing an Energy-Led Week
Once you see your patterns, the question becomes:
What might change if you scheduled your most important work for when your energy is highest, and planned rest or lighter tasks for the times when it’s lowest?
Maybe you’d move creative thinking to mornings
Maybe you’d build in recovery time or a short walk after deep-focus work
Maybe you’d put admin into the dips where it can’t do much harm
Maybe you’d save your deep-focus work for WFH days
Maybe you’d treat your energy like an asset worth protecting - because it is
None of this needs a new system.
It only needs awareness and a willingness to listen to yourself.
When you support your energy, everything else becomes more possible.
Your Invitation
Give the experiment a week and see what it reveals.
Let your energy lead, and notice what becomes easier.
Want support building an energy-friendly way of working?
I help introverts and neurodivergent people design lives and work that fit them, not exhaust them.
If you’d like support, book a call and let’s explore what you need, together.