Today’s best of episode is with one of my favorite productivity thinkers, Laura Vanderkam. I love her for her practical advice and steps, including those shared in her most recent book Tranquility By Tuesday. This is the perfect episode to hear as you deal with an intense season of busy where pushing yourself outside in less than ideal weather may not be your favorite idea.  On the one hand is time management -- using steps to get the most out of every hour. On the other hand is energy and having the bandwidth to get it all done. So what happens when you’re great at time management but always find yourself energy poor? You’ve got time to do everything you need to do, but lack the energy to get around to the things you want to do. Instead you feel rushed at best, or simply exhausted at worst. In this episode Laura lays out nine guidelines that she has found make a measurable difference in how satisfied people feel about how they spend their time. In this episode she digs into two of the nine and gives tips on how we can make them work for us.  Connect with this episode: Visit Laura Vanderkam’s website Follow Laura on Instagram Follow Laura on Facebook Follow Laura on Twitter Listen to Best of Both Worlds Listen to Before Breakfast Join the Humans Outside Challenge Follow Humans Outside on Instagram Follow Humans Outside on Facebook   Some of the good stuff: [3:39] Laura Vanderkam pretty much just writes books for me [4:50] Laura’s favorite outdoor space [7:13] What is tranquility? [9:37] What are the ‘Tranquility by Tuesday’ rules? [12:44] Why is ‘three times a habit?’ And what does that mean? [17:28] Intensity vs. consistency [21:00] All about ‘one big adventure, one little adventure’ [24:15] There are no adventure police [27:00] We’re back to intentionality again [30:30] Overcoming inertia [33:57] ‘Police the muscle’