{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Focus on This","title":"Your Energy Audit: Why Your Days Feel Harder Than They Should","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2722,"description":"You can’t manufacture more time—but you can restore and expand your energy. In this episode, Marissa and Joel explore the “time-energy paradox” and why so many productivity strategies backfire by leaving you exhausted. They unpack three major energy drains and share practical strategies to give your mind and body more opportunities for truly restorative rest.\n\nKey Takeaways\nTime Is Fixed. Energy Isn’t. You can’t add hours to your week, but you can bring better energy to the hours you already have.\nScreens Often Masquerade as Rest. Streaming and scrolling feel like “checking out,” but they overstimulate your brain. Instead? Get outside (trust us).\nTry Walking Meetings. When you can, take a meeting by phone and go for a walk. Less screen time, more oxygen, better energy.\nInformation Overload Has a Cost.  We’re not built to process constant updates, endless content, and every crisis on-demand. Consuming less information today is one of the simplest ways to have more energy tomorrow.\nProtect Sleep (For Real). Sleep is how your body and brain restore. Many people chronically undersleep, then wonder why everything feels harder than it should.\nMake Bedtime More Attractive. If there’s nothing attractive about your bedtime routine, you’ll resist sleep. Design a calming, simple, enjoyable rhythm you actually look forward to.\nRun an “Energy Experiment.” Don’t overhaul your life. Pick one change for one week (earlier bedtime, outdoor breaks, screen cutoff time) and see what happens.\n\nWatch on YouTube at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zL4lWd_fak\nThis episode was produced by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AqmiLOBk0TJElo8GpAZLz2dCpDx--wFHRuRts01mAOA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMWVk/MmM3MTA2Yjc5ODM0/OTBkZTZlOGNkOWRm/YTMyNC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}