the one productivity system you need: time vs energy management (ep. 1)

"Nature does not hurry, and yet everything gets accomplished."

Honestly, I have to say that while you don't post as often as some influencers, you produce the most life-changing content. Thank you. Also, your hair looks great. 😊

When you call us 'Sweet potato' It's warm my heart..!

"Energy is your ability to be present" THIS! I have never read a truer description of energy in my life before, when I say I'm low on energy or I'm tired, what I actually mean is that I'm unable to focus or be present and it's vastly different from like, say, needing a nap bc I'm low on energy from sleep deprivation or something. They are vastly different and I'm so glad you described energy in this way bc it makes the most sense to me tbh

Energy management is so much more fulfilling! I feel accomplished and have time to do the things I love.

*Rowena*: "Hello, sweetest potatoes" *Me*: "🥺 that's me, I'm sweetest potato!"

Energy auditing is very helpful for anyone trying to avoid burnout. Something more people need to know about

This reminds me a lot of what I learned in cognitive psychology- everyone has a different cognitive peak! You can take the morningness-eveningness questionnaire or just self-reflect to figure out when your energy tends to be at its highest- and do important tasks during these times. It’s been proven that if you take tests or do work during your personal cognitive peak, you perform much better!

I plan a week at a time. But every morning, I observe my energy and write down what “progress” will look like that day.

As a person who had chronic fatigue for 7 years now, energy management is such an improtant part of somehow getting my stuff done 😅

This is such a breath of fresh air. I've been doing so much the past week from preparing for uni classes that start in a week and cramming all the undone tasks that accumulated during lockdown. It confuses me at the end of the day when I look at my journal, see all that I've accomplished yet not feeling the least bit happy or proud. I've watched all your "reset" videos, and they've helped me quite a lot. But this really does sound like a healthier way to go about things. Thank you so much, Rowena 💖💖

GREAT CONTENT!! Let me just share to these quotes that I like, "Focus on being productive instead of busy." -Tim Ferriss and "Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night."

Rowena does this thing where she takes a mainstream concept and just puts her unique, knowledge- packed twist on it. She's such an inspiration. 💛

right when we need it the most, the queen posts 😌 i love rowena’s videos so much and she inspired me to start my own channel! <33

I couldn't agree more. As someone with chronic illness, managing my energy is HUGE. Thanks for the great video!

Ughh dude you’re taking me back to old rowena days. I remember years ago idk what you said but it made me leave my boyfriend and start this journey to loving myself and living my best life. I remember all your advice being able to help me through sooo much at this stage of growing up. I’m 23 now and have never felt these productivity issues to be more beneficial then they’re to me now. The 80/20 rule really took me back .. I lost touch but I’m back now and appreciate these videos even more then I did before. Thank you queen ❤️❤️❤️❤️

You always come through right when I need it: I've been trying to figure out my post-breakfast energy crash for a while now. I've gotten a really great morning routine that puts me in a fantastic mood and focused and ready to tackle the day, but, gotta eat, and once I've eaten, I feel heavy and sluggish and ready to curl up and mindlessly watch just one.... more.... video....... but now I'm starting to figure out, okay, yes, rest while you're eating, don't try to multi-task or already be stressing out about not crashing, but after, get up and go sit outside. Get my meditative me-time out in nature done right from the gate so that I'm replenished and ready to be productive and focused. 🍠💚🍠💚🍠💚🍠

Rowena! I would love to see more of your "7 mindset habits" videos however you could do a sub-series and have themes, like "Consistency mindset habits" or "Self love Mindset habits", "Relationship mindset habits". Id love to see you come up with this content - your 7 mindset habits series is such an underrated form of content in the self love/ self care community.

I was feeling so terrible and depressed these past few days but after watching this video I don't know how all of a sudden I felt energised and motivated. thank you so much. I love you and yes I subscribed 😁😁😁😁😁😁❤️❤️

I love how every time, I watch one of your videos I feel like I gained a wealth of knowledge!