Energy-Aware Week Plan

Run the 7-day log first. Only build the planning board once you have real data, not a guess about your own energy.

Part 1: Seven-Day Energy Observation Log

Log at roughly the same few checkpoints each day. Use a 1–5 scale (1 = depleted, 5 = sharp and capable of hard thinking). Note, don’t diagnose — you are looking for a pattern, not a health conclusion.

Day	Morning energy (1-5)	Midday energy (1-5)	Afternoon energy (1-5)	Evening energy (1-5)	What helped or hurt today
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun

Part 2: Find Your Pattern

Time block where energy is most consistently high:
Time block where energy is most consistently low:
What predicts a bad block (poor sleep, back-to-back meetings, skipped food, something else)?
What predicts a good block?

Part 3: Classify Your Work

Task type	Examples	Energy it needs
Deep / hard thinking	Writing, analysis, strategy, difficult decisions	High
Collaborative	Meetings, negotiation, coaching	Medium-high
Administrative	Email, scheduling, expenses, routine approvals	Low-medium
Recovery	Breaks, walks, unstructured time	Protects future capacity

Part 4: Weekly Planning Board

Match task type to your real high-energy blocks from Part 2 — not to whatever slot happens to be free on the calendar.

Day	High-energy block: protect for	Low-energy block: use for	Recovery block (non-negotiable)
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri

Part 5: Review Rule

Recheck date (2-4 weeks out):
Sign that the plan is working:
Sign that the plan needs adjusting:

Boundary

This log tracks patterns in a normal week, not a medical measurement. Do not use it to self-diagnose a sleep, mood, or health condition. If low energy is persistent, worsening, or affecting daily functioning regardless of schedule changes, that is a signal to talk to a qualified healthcare provider, not to plan around it indefinitely.