Thread by @MartineGuernsey

🔋 Energy accounting is an essential part of my wellbeing-driven productivity toolkit.

If you are you are feeling exhausted right now, this thread is for you 👇

💭 The idea behind energy accounting is that you work out which activities drain and restore your energy.

📝 Make a list and assign each activity a number of points (e.g. out of 100) to represent how much they restore (+) or drain (-) your energy.

For example, I find large social gatherings drain my energy, so they might score -50.

However, 20 minutes lying in my hammock reading my Kindle helps restore my energy so that activity could be +50.

I do not focus on the numbers too much - it's more the principle.

The idea is to balance your energy levels ⚖️

I want to be productive - but I can only do that if I have energy.

If I do something that drains my battery, I need to balance that something restorative.

That's why, for me, energy accounting helps me practice wellbeing-driven productivity.

✅ TLDR:

• Make a list of activities that drain and restore your energy.
• Allocate each activity a + or - score out of 100.
• When you do a - activity, balance it with a + activity.

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