Since energy management is directly involved with the performance of work, the major decision in planning this resource is to solve the problems on when and how to perform the work. It would also require the careful decisions related not only to minimize energy expenditure, but also to avoid bodily discomfort and fatigue.
The problem on deciding when to do the work is interwoven with time planning. This involves the preparation of a time schedule in which light and heavy tasks are organized alternately. Besides this, there is a need to incorporate rest periods in between these two tasks. However, one should keep in mind hat certain tasks are fixed for certain time slots, as in the case of attending to school or work place, meal times, sleeping periods etc. Considering all these and taking into account one’s availability and work demands, an individual should plan her energy use carefully.
Time and energy planning are inseparable. Managing energy is similar to managing time. It involves the making of activity plans as well as carrying them out and evaluating the results. In time planning, one’s clock or watch helps measure time expenditure, while in energy planning knowledge of the energy costs of different activities, one’s skill and ability to turn out work and the effects of fatigue help to measure energy expenditures. Though experience one learns how to work out well balanced, energy, spending patterns that are based on the store of energy available from day to day.
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