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🌸 A Soft Start
You don’t run on hours.
You run on energy.
You are not a machine with evenly distributed output.
You are a rhythmic, living system—full of pulses and seasons, surges and stillness.
So what if you stopped planning your day by the clock,
and started planning by your capacity instead?
🌀 A Gentle Truth
Time doesn’t tell you how you feel.
It doesn’t know if you’re exhausted or inspired, empty or overflowing.
But your body does.
Your energy does.
Your system knows.
Designing for energy means giving yourself permission to shift how, when, and if you show up—based on what’s real inside you, not just what’s scheduled outside you.
💡 Try This
Look at your to-do list—or just what’s on your mind.
Now ask yourself:
- What on this list requires the most emotional energy?
- What could I do when I’m feeling light and open?
- What needs to wait until I’m restored—and what could actually be let go entirely?
Try organizing your day not by “what comes next,” but by what kind of energy you’re carrying right now.
And if that energy is low?
That’s part of the system too.
It means… pause.
💭 Parting Thought
A time-based system demands output.
An energy-based system builds trust.
Let that be the measure now:
Not how much you got done.
But how well you honored your rhythm.
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The Systems Cowboy Guide to Living Softly in a Hard World
