Comments on: Don’t waste energy deciding https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/09/dont-waste-energy-deciding/ Writer, Author, Speaker Wed, 09 Sep 2020 11:35:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Nikki https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/09/dont-waste-energy-deciding/#comment-159407 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 11:35:44 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17776#comment-159407 In reply to Laura Vanderkam.

Thanks Laura! Will try the shorter nap approach 🙂

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/09/dont-waste-energy-deciding/#comment-159202 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:11:23 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17776#comment-159202 In reply to Sarah K.

@Sarah K – thank you!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/09/dont-waste-energy-deciding/#comment-159201 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:11:08 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17776#comment-159201 In reply to Grateful Kae.

@Grateful Kae- it’s the kind of thing I like having *done.* During it, it’s quite the bother! But I like looking back on them…So on the whole I’ve been pushing myself to get them taken.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/09/dont-waste-energy-deciding/#comment-159198 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:07:05 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17776#comment-159198 In reply to Nikki.

@Nikki- I think naps are productive! It’s not wasted time. You might want to do a targeted 20-30 minutes in early afternoon. A 2-hour nap will feel like too much time plus you’ll be groggy but a short one can work wonders. And you’ll probably gain more than 30 minutes of productivity by taking the nap. As you note, if you don’t nap, you just do the minimum.

]]> By: Nikki https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/09/dont-waste-energy-deciding/#comment-159195 Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:55:44 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17776#comment-159195 Hi Laura, your family is beautiful! I am also waking up often at night, and even with a priority list, I sometimes hit a wall and feel the need to get some sleep during the day while the kids are at daycare and I should be working uninterrupted. If I nap, I am more productive afterwards, but have obviously wasted the time during which I napped. If I don’t nap, I find myself trying to pull myself through the day just to finish the minimum work I need to. Do you have this issue? If so, how do you deal with it?

]]> By: Grateful Kae https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/09/dont-waste-energy-deciding/#comment-159027 Sat, 05 Sep 2020 11:24:15 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17776#comment-159027 Happy Anniversary! Very sweet photo, indeed. We very rarely get professional photos taken. I think our last ones were from like ~4 years ago now. When I see photos like these I sometimes wonder if we should have them done more often!! But I take a million photos constantly with my iphone, plus we always have the good old overpriced school photos… not to mention there are only so many places in our home to actually display photos. 🙂 Seems like a lot of work to get all those color coordinated outfits together all the time too. Ha. I’m sure yours are all beautiful though if they were done on the beach!

]]> By: Sarah K https://lauravanderkam.com/2020/09/dont-waste-energy-deciding/#comment-158900 Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:56:20 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17776#comment-158900 Love the photo!

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