Protect Your Energy

I loved this old essay about protecting your energy/best work space by thinking about your time like an ice cube. The analogy works for work itself or any creative endeavour, but it also works for any time when you feel like others are cutting into the time you need for yourself to either get what you want to get done or to recharge in general.

I like the opening, but I also LOVE the idea of protecting the ice cube from yourself:

Every tangent, action or decision melts the cube more quickly. Try having a pad next to you to write down all the intrusive thoughts and inquiries that demand your attention during the cube. Look it all up at the end as a little treat.

I melt my own cube more often than other people melt my cube.

Passing it along in case it resonates with you, too.