When Your Energy Needs A Different Plan

Planning around your energy

Plans often assume steady energy, but energy changes with sleep, stress, seasons, and circumstances. When energy is low, the usual plan may not fit.

Create an alternate version of your plans for low energy days: a shorter workout, a simpler meal, a reduced task list.

Teaching diagram of a seated figure of light with seven glowing chakras labeled Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, Throat, Third Eye and Crown

Planning around energy is practical and kind. It keeps you moving forward without pushing past your limits.

Create a low energy menu

On days when you are tired, your usual plan of workout, cooking, and full workload feels impossible. You either push through and feel worse, or abandon everything and feel guilty.

Write a low energy menu: simpler versions of your usual activities. A ten minute walk instead of a gym session, a simple sandwich instead of a full meal, three key tasks instead of ten. Keep it somewhere easy to find.

On your next low energy day, use the menu. Notice how it feels to adapt rather than abandon. Planning for energy fluctuations helps you stay on track with kindness.

“You are allowed to say no to energies that drain your light.”

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