everything in life is recoverable except two things: your time and energy and in today’s world, they’re the hardest things to protect
so what’s the simplest way to guard them? DND
think of your day like a game you wake up with a finite number of energy bars every notification you react to burns one
most people get 50-100 notifications a day so if you react to all of them, what’s left for deep work?😩
here’s what most people don’t realize about deep work: it needs activation energy you need a full, uninterrupted focus window just to start
this is why not using DND in the mornings is unironically my biggest regret in 2025 (posting a video on that tomorrow so stay tuned)
i tried to “eat the frog” every morning but because my energy bars were scattered all around, i never reached activation energy
but that changed two weeks ago when I introduced DND back into my morning routine😈 now i’m channeling that focus into getaudora.app, a communication coach built for early-stage founders who need to pitch, persuade, and communicate with clarity
If this gets 100 reactions, I’ll share how to recover the bars you lose to distractions during the day. But for now, you can get an extra energy bar by connecting with me ;)
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not only does it help protect your time, but (more importantly) it safeguards your energy too
it robbed me of my ability to get the ball rolling because I never reached activation energy
now I finally have the focus and momentum I need to bring getaudora.app to life
I got a lot more energy bar analogies ready to be posted so make sure you follow
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