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How to find more marbles for your bucket quickly

by EvieBurke, posted in energy

Like we talked about last week, your energy has a massive effect on your productivity.

If you have low energy, it’s challenging to get much done. 

It’s important to be aware of how much energy is in your “bucket.”

The premise is you have a bucket full of marbles. The marbles represent how much energy you have for the day.

You want to save those marbles for your essential tasks.

Last week I shared how to prevent losing marbles before your day even begins.

This week, let’s talk about how to find more marbles for your bucket quickly.

Just like there are little things that can cause you to lose a marble or two, there are also things you can do to put more marbles in your bucket.

These things might be

  • getting enough sleep at night,
  • working off of a to-do list,
  • exercise or movement,
  • eating at regular intervals,
  • taking regular breaks,
  • daily meditation (meditation doesn’t have to take a long time),
  • or other things that give you a bit more energy than what you started with.

These small things can replenish your energy, thereby adding precious marbles to your bucket.

What things replenish your energy bucket? Comment below and let me know!

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You don’t want to lose all your marbles before the day even starts

by EvieBurke, posted in energy, tolerating

Your energy has a massive effect on your productivity.

If you have low energy, it’s challenging to get much done. 

It’s important to be aware of how much energy is in your “bucket.”

The premise is you have a bucket full of marbles. The marbles represent how much energy you have for the day, and you don’t want to lose all your marbles before the day even starts.

You want to use those marbles on your essential tasks. But there are little things that can make us lose a marble or two.

These little things might be

  • the paint chip that’s missing on the wall in the bathroom, 
  • the door that sticks or doesn’t latch, 
  • the online order you want to return and walk by every day, 
  • the sidewalk that needs to be power-washed, 
  • the messy office you walk into every morning, 
  • and any other small thing that you’re tolerating.

Those small things add up quickly, and suddenly you’ve lost a bunch of marbles before you’ve even sat down to start work.

One way to notice what you’re tolerating is the things that you do a small internal sigh about. It’s easy to miss. Sometimes it’s fleeting thought of, “I should take care of this later” or “I should ask my partner to do this later.” 

This week, make a list of what you’re tolerating. Then, commit to removing one of those things from your list in a week.

Then you won’t lose all your marbles before the day is out!

Let me know what how this goes for you!

If you prefer listening/watching, you can catch this on Facebook or YouTube.