You cannot plan around your energy until you know what it actually looks like, and memory is an unreliable source. An energy audit replaces impressions with a week of real observations, collected with almost no effort. It is the one piece of groundwork the rest of this course depends on, so do it before you change anything about your schedule.
Three Checkpoints A Day
Set three reminders, for example at 10:00, 14:00 and 17:00. At each one, rate your energy from 1 to 5 and write a single line about what you were doing in the hour before. Also note anything that clearly lifted or drained you: a long meeting, a walk, a difficult email, finishing something that had been hanging over you.
Observe Before You Improve
Keep your week as it normally is. The temptation is to start fixing things on day two, which contaminates the picture and leaves you with neither data nor a habit. A note on your phone is enough, and ratings take about fifteen seconds each, so there is no reason to redesign anything yet.
Read The Week For Patterns
At the end of the week, look for a consistent peak window, repeated drains such as back-to-back calls or constant chat interruptions, and repeated lifts such as a short walk or shipping something. Patterns that appear on three or more days are worth planning around; single instances are noise.
Action Step
Start the audit tomorrow and run it for five working days. Three ratings a day, one line of context each, with lifts and drains noted. Review on Friday and write down the three patterns you see most.
This lesson is educational and reflects general practice. Results depend on your situation, market and effort; adapt what you learn to your own context.