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Managing Energy

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I’ve been questioning how I approach my work and how I handle anxiety levels. Yes, stress is the norm, but it should be harnessed to help focus and prioritize where we should devote our energy in a given day.
 
I’ve been thinking a bit more granularly about my energy expenditure. 
 
So a question I’ve been asking myself is on a day to day basis – how do I manage my energy and time during the day?
 
While I am tasked as a “Solutions Engineer”, what the hell does that mean when everything is of equal importance and of equal urgency. I usually get stuck spinning my wheels, but doing something as simple as writing down the “Most Important Tasks” I need to accomplish is determined by how much time I should spend and how important a customer is (re: $$$). 
 
So this is what I devised.
 
Plan for 2 things to get done by a certain time 12 PM? and work relentlessly to get those done by 12 PM. Purely for building momentum at first.
  • From there, I’ll take on mini-tasks first and then bigger task after that
  • If it takes more than 30 minutes to get any significant progress – ask for help or delegate

From that point forward, it’s all gravy.

vulnerability and asking for help

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I used to think that vulnerability was admitting I was weak. That I wasn’t good enough. That I was incompetent and all the other insecurities I held with me that clung onto me so tightly as I aged and matured into the fine whiskey of 36 that I am.
 
Nowadays after surrounding myself with genuinely good people, I’m finding myself more and more anxious about things like my age (even though I look stupidly young. Thanks mom and dad for the genes!), and what station of my life I should be occupying now. It just eats away at me and paralyzes me.
 
But how did I arrive here? How did I devolve to this state? Lacking grit, courage, and confidence?

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Excuse Tracker. No Excuses.

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I’ve been making a fuck ton of excuses as of late, which I admitted on Facebook and stirred a good amount of discussion. I may be borderline depressed I think, but I think I can salvage this through journalling and more reflection which I have very seldom done on a week to week basis.will lam excuses
 
I figure I should make it as visceral and visual as possible. To the point where I wince. I’ve tried to be aspirational in the past and plan around being forward looking, innovative, etc. But when I look back at what I set out to achieve over the last say, 10 years or so, I don’t have much to show. Lots of tough learnings, but, lots of lumps and bruises, and nothing substantial or meaty that I’ve made significant progress in and stuck to through the years.

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Chipping away

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I feel as if I’ve been cocooned and in a defensive mode, one that is rooted in self preservation. Whether energy or time, I’d take it for myself, greedily and do nothing other than frittering it away on things that didn’t serve me.
 
I’ve been going more inward and protecting myself as if I were a turtle sometimes.
 
I’m now focusing on getting some momentum, any sort of momentum in accomplishing something, consistently and well. Not the best, but the kind of thing where you know a person has put in the work.
 
To be honest, it’s been a struggle. Somehow it slowly took over my life. I witnessed it as I can have flashbacks to specific moments in my life where I know they’ve nudged me in the direction I took in life.
 
Now, I’m trying to actually try. And keeping in mind the amount of energy I need to be able to consistently do things. Like taking care of my sleep and my fitness. Those things have had an outsized impact on my life.
 
If I took care of those things ferociously and religiously, I think my quality and outlook on life will take a turn for the better.

Everything you need to know on how repair your Xiaomi M365 all in one place

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As an owner of a Xiaomi M365 Mijia Electric scooter and struggling with finding some solid and comprehensive repair resources for it, I finally hit the mother lode!

Naturally, it’s from none other than one of the leading electric scooter rental companies, Bird! It makes sense as they have an army of repair people to help with their fleet of electric scooters that need some maintenance.

Whether dealing with a flat tire to Rear Fender replacements and everything in between – it seems that they’ve covered it all.

Outside of the M365, they’ve also got repair guides for the Segway ES2 and their newer OKB model.

Have a gander and soak it all up. I think this is probably the most comprehensive resource out there and will empower you to take better care of your electric scooter.

You won’t have to go through and endless vortex foreign produced videos on YouTube 🙂