Why Time Management Was Never Enough
There was a time when I lived by my planner.
Color-coded, blocked by the hour, every task stacked neatly from 9 to 5. I was doing “everything right” according to productivity gurus. I had time management down to a science, but I still felt exhausted, scattered, and burnt out.
It took me years (and a few burnout cycles) to realize:
Time management isn’t the whole story.
The real transformation came when I started managing my energy, not just my time.
Time Management Says: Go Faster
Energy Management Says: Go Deeper
Productivity culture tells us to measure our days in output. But our bodies… they move differently.
Some days you wake up charged and creative. Other days, you need softness, slowness, silence. Neither is wrong. Both are sacred.
Enter: Energetic Containers™
One of the most powerful shifts I made in my business (and life) was to stop organizing my day around rigid blocks of time, and instead, start working within Energetic Containers™.
Here’s how it works for me:
Creative Flow – for writing, recording, dreaming
Client Connection – for calls, coaching, DM convos
Quiet Admin – for low-lift, behind-the-scenes work
Family time - for hanging with my partner or walking my dog
Each container holds a different vibe, and I match them to the energy I naturally have that day. Not the energy I’m forcing myself to generate.
This simple switch reduced my overwhelm and helped me show up more fully, more often, and without the crash.
But Don’t I Need Structure?
Yes, of course. We’re still running businesses here. But structure without body-based flexibility leads to burnout.
I still use a calendar.
I still plan launches.
I still set goals.
But I build it all around my energy, not against it.
Try This:
Audit your week. When do you feel most energized? When are you most depleted?
Group tasks by vibe, not just by category.
Create 2–3 Energetic Containers™ and slot your tasks into those.
This is one of the core frameworks inside my self-led course, AstroAligned Practice™, where I teach you how to align your work with your Human Design, astrology, and nervous system.
Because no two people work the same.
And your business should feel like a sacred YES, instead of a schedule to survive. That’s just corporate vibes masquerading as entrepreneurship.
Want to go deeper?
Book a Burnout Healing Recalibration™ session with me to reset your rhythm.
You don’t need to manage time better. The solution is already within.