Week 23 - What percentage is your battery?

This week, Tyler discusses resource allocation to those important things in our life.

Happy Wednesday everyone and welcome to another episode of Tyler Talks.

I want to focus the discussion today on how we use our energy to complete our priorities. What are priorities? Simply put, priorities are elements in people’s lives that are pursued with a deliberate intention. Physical activity, health, family, friends, work, sport, diet, reading, and writing are all examples of priorities. When I think about my own priorities, I have a few that take precedent over others: Exercise, nutrition, sleep, and my relationship with friends/family. It can be difficult to maintain one’s priorities. As people go through their day, they can be pulled in many different directions and can lose sight of what’s a priority. How can you ensure your priorities get completed? I have a simple analogy that can help.

I want you to picture your body as a vessel of energy. Similar to a battery, as each minute passes during the day, and through each completed task, your battery dies. It’s perfectly normal for our body’s energy to diminish throughout the day because it rejuvenates when we sleep. Now, I want you to think about your priorities. When it’s time to complete your priorities, what level is your battery? Is there enough left to complete them, or was there too much lost on things that don’t matter?

It’s incredibly intuitive to suggest that people should spend more energy on their priorities; however, this doesn’t always happen. There are times when people are willing to contribute their energy to situations or tasks that simply don’t need it. Getting frustrated in traffic, being upset about an assigned task at work, not getting enough playing time in sport, or being discouraged by not seeing enough progress during physical activity. The more energy spent here, the less that is available for things that really matter. Speaking for myself, I attempt to prioritize my energy towards circumstances that I consider important. I exercise early in the morning since based on personal experience the evenings don’t work for me, I write immediately after work since my mental energy capacity is lesser the further into the evening I go, and if I have a client who wants to meet late at night, I rest beforehand so I can recharge. I schedule my day in such a way so that I have enough energy to complete my priorities, rather than set myself up to fail by not having enough. I recommend everyone does the same. Ensure when it’s time to complete your priorities you have enough battery to complete them. Don’t waste it on tasks that don’t matter. This at least guarantees there is enough energy left for those important things in one’s life.

To summarize, a very effective way to ensure our priorities get pursued is to guarantee we have the energy to complete them. It helps to structure your day in such a way that makes this incredibly easy. Try not to get sucked in by reducing your battery on things that don’t need it. We only have so much energy - Why waste it on things that are not a priority?

Time to reflect: Are you somebody who dedicates too much energy to tasks or situations that aren’t a priority?

Thank you for reading.

Until next week,

Tyler

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