The Energy Investment Portfolio: Juggling Long-Term Goals and Short-Term Wins
No matter how many productivity hacks you try, there’s always a limit to how productive you can be: your energy.
That’s why it’s crucial to manage your energy, not just your time.
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In a recent article, I discussed how to plan your week by not only scheduling time blocks but also considering energy blocks. If you want a long-term perspective on planning your energy, this handy method exists: The Energy Investment Portfolio.
Think of managing your energy like managing investments – there are two types:
- long-term investments (your dreams)
- short-term ones (going to the gym, working on a project, …)
You can have as many long-term goals as you want, but it’s important to limit your short-term tasks to a manageable number, ideally fewer than 10. If you take on too many short-term tasks, you won’t have enough energy to do them well or make real progress.
It’s crucial to prioritize.
The Energy Investment Portfolio is a strategy I’ve learned from Ali Abdaal’s productivity strategies he shows in Feel-Good Productivity.