Treat your energy as if it's expensive

Advice from Taylor Swift and how to guard your time

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When announcing her new album on the New Heights podcast, Taylor Swift said, “You should think of your energy as if it’s expensive… Not everyone can afford it.” She was encouraging people to have a healthy relationship with social media and not get sucked into online drama and endless scrolling.

As a working mom with three kids, this hit me deeply — about much more than social media. I have spent a good portion of my adult life talking about productivity, apps, and tools to save time. But Swift used a different word: energy. I can do dozens of things to save time in my day, but if I don’t have any energy left, what have I really gained?

If you want to treat your energy as if it’s expensive, you should think about how you’re spending your time and what things drain too much of your finite energy resources.