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name: my-energy-map
description: "Map your real energy through the day and week, then match your tasks to it — hard things when you're sharp, easy things when you're not. Use when asked when should I do my hard work, map my energy, why am I so unproductive at certain times, or schedule around my focus. Produces a picture of your energy peaks, troughs, and patterns from your own observations, a task-to-energy matching plan (deep work at peaks, admin at troughs), the traps you're currently falling into, and a realistic daily shape — because fighting your natural rhythm wastes your best hours on your worst tasks."
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# My Energy Map

Most people schedule by the clock and willpower, then wonder why the hard task at 3pm feels impossible. Your focus and energy follow a rhythm — peaks, troughs, a post-lunch dip — and productivity comes from matching tasks to it, not overriding it. This maps your actual pattern from your own experience, then assigns the right work to the right window: deep thinking at your peak, mindless admin at your trough.

## What This Skill Produces

- **Your energy map** — the peaks, troughs, and patterns across your day (and week), drawn from your observations
- **The task-to-energy match** — which kinds of work belong at your peaks (deep, creative, hard decisions) vs. your troughs (admin, email, routine)
- **The current mismatches** — where you're wasting peak hours on low-value work, or forcing hard work at your worst times
- **A realistic daily shape** — a loose structure that works *with* your rhythm
- **Protective habits** — how to guard your peak windows from meetings and interruptions

## Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:
- **Your observations** — when you usually feel sharpest and most sluggish
- **Your constraints** — fixed commitments (work hours, meetings, family) the map has to fit around
- **Your task types** — the kinds of work you do (deep, creative, admin, social)
- **Chronotype clues** — early bird, night owl, or somewhere between

## Framework: Observe, Match, Protect

1. **Map from experience.** Use the person's own sense of when they're sharp vs. foggy — peaks, the post-lunch dip, second winds — rather than a generic template.
2. **Match task to energy.** Deep/creative/decision work goes at peaks; email, admin, and routine go at troughs. This alone reclaims hours.
3. **Find the mismatches.** Spot where they're spending prime focus on shallow work (a classic waste) or forcing hard tasks into low-energy windows.
4. **Shape the day loosely.** A flexible structure that honors the rhythm and fits real constraints — not a rigid hour-by-hour plan.
5. **Protect the peaks.** Peak windows are precious — guard them from meetings, notifications, and low-value asks; put those in the troughs.

## Output Format

### Energy map: [chronotype] · constraints: [x]

**Your rhythm**
- 🔺 Peaks: [when] → best for [deep/creative/decisions].
- 🔻 Troughs: [when, e.g. post-lunch] → best for [admin/email/routine].
- Second wind: [if any].

**Current mismatches:** [peak hours wasted on / hard work forced into troughs].
**A daily shape that fits:** [loose plan matching tasks to energy].
**Protect your peaks:** [guard from meetings/notifications; batch shallow work into troughs].

## Quality Checks
- [ ] Maps energy from the person's own observations, not a template
- [ ] Matches task types to peaks vs. troughs
- [ ] Identifies current mismatches (wasted peaks, forced hard work)
- [ ] Produces a realistic shape that fits real constraints
- [ ] Includes protecting peak windows

## Anti-Patterns
- **A generic "morning is best"** template ignoring the person's actual rhythm.
- **A rigid hourly schedule** that ignores real life.
- **Leaving peak hours** open to meetings and email.
- **Fighting the rhythm** instead of working with it.

## Example Trigger Phrases
- "When should I do my most important work?"
- "Map my energy so I can schedule around it."
- "Why am I useless at certain times of day?"
- "I keep doing email during my best hours — help me fix that."
- "Help me plan my day around my focus, not the clock."