The Smart Productive Mom Podcast - Time management, Self improvement, Work from home, Intentional living, Productivity, Self care · LaCresha Sims

[EP. 64] Ditch the schedule! 7 ways to manage your energy levels throughout the day

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She says the only productivity strategy she would follow is managing energy instead of time.

She frames the conversation around energy management through the day. The first move is simple. Stop treating every hour like it feels the same. Listen to the body and follow the rise and fall of energy instead. She describes mornings as her strongest window. That is when she gets the most done. Errands happen. Groceries happen. Doctor’s appointments happen. Cleaning happens. Breakfast gets made. By around one or two in the afternoon, the tone changes. She wants a nap. She wants to sit down. She wants to chill, zone out on her phone, or watch Netflix. That afternoon dip is not something to fight. It is information to respect. From there, she pushes back on rigid schedules. Time blocking sounds neat on paper. In practice, she says, it often forgets that energy shifts. A calendar can look organized and still work against how a real day feels. So she keeps coming back to the same point. Use the high-energy stretch for the work that takes the most out of you. Leave room for the low-energy stretch to be slower and softer. She also folds family life into that rhythm. Her children have independent play time built into the day. Her four-year-old invents stories with dolls. Her one-year-old plays with blocks or other toys on her own. She treats that solo play as important, not as filler. It helps with creativity. It helps with problem solving. It helps with confidence and self-regulation. It also teaches patience and emotional control. She says she is not there to entertain them all day. They need to learn how to entertain themselves. That idea circles back to adult life too. Being comfortable alone matters. The episode then shifts to task management. She front loads the work that needs more energy. The hardest things go earlier in the day. The lighter work can wait until later. Rest is not framed as laziness. It is framed as the better call when the body is asking for it. The message stays direct and familiar. Structure should support real life, not punish it. She ends by pointing listeners to the Productive Mom's Toolkit waitlist and her Facebook group.

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A plainspoken case for planning around energy instead of forcing the day into neat blocks.

The episode argues for planning around energy instead of pretending the clock should run everything. It stays close to ordinary life: high-energy mornings, slower afternoons, errands, cooking, and family demands all press in at once. That gives the piece an easy, familiar shape.

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When your afternoons vanish, this gives you a calmer way to plan the day around your energy.

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