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Energy, Not Just Time

Tim Challies, Do More Better

Challies writes, “In many vocations and in many places in life it is energy, not time, that is the more valuable commodity.” Like time, energy is limited. Unlike time, it fluctuates with health, stress, and spiritual state. Wise planning treats energy as a real constraint rather than assuming every hour is equally usable.

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In many seasons the limiting resource is energy more than hours. Stewardship must account for both.

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