Summary: I had 23 open loops draining my energy and didn’t even know it. Every unfinished task, avoided conversation, and postponed decision was quietly stealing energy I could have used for anything else.
I had 23 open loops draining my energy and didn’t even know it. The bill I kept putting off. The message I “forgot” to send. The decision I was avoiding. The room that’s been messy for three weeks. The conversation I needed to have but kept postponing. The email to the college that’s been sitting in my drafts for two months. Each one felt small. Manageable. “I’ll do it later.” But here’s what I didn’t realize: every single one was quietly stealing energy I could have been using for literally any…