Busy Doing Well Ep 6: Time & Energy Management: The Foundation of a Calmer, More Productive Life
Oct 1, 2025
Explore the impact of reactive living on productivity and stress. Discover why disorganized task management leaves you feeling overwhelmed. Learn how proactive planning can create boundaries and enhance performance. Kate shares practical strategies like reframing to-do lists and integrating energy management into your schedule. Adaptability is key—adjust your plans to prevent burnout when life gets stressful. Intentional planning isn’t about doing more; it's about achieving calm and clarity while protecting your well-being.
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Reactive Living Drains Productivity
- Without a clear plan for time and energy people live reactively and constantly feel behind.
- Reactive living increases stress, drains energy, and makes tasks take longer than necessary.
Fragmented Task Systems Cause Stress
- Kate describes clients managing tasks in many fragmented ways, from keeping everything in their head to scattered post-it notes.
- She notes this overcomplication adds stress and reduces clarity across work and personal life.
See To-Do Lists As Ongoing Logs
- Treat your to-do list as a task log rather than a finite checklist you must finish.
- Accepting it will always grow removes anxiety and lets the list be an organising tool, not a stressor.