Plan With Flow, Not Force: Aligning Your Calendar With Your Capacity

26/08/2025 8 min
Plan With Flow, Not Force: Aligning Your Calendar With Your Capacity

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode of Harmonizing Success, host Litra Simms discusses the difference between force-filled and flow-based planning, emphasizing the need to organize one's tasks around their natural capacity rather than pushing their limits. Simms highlights problems with force-filled planning and how it can lead to burnout, while explaining flow-based planning as a method that respects one's energy, time, and focus. The episode further provides a four-step guide to planning with flow: starting with one's energy, building around non-negotiables, leaving margin, and checking for balance. It emphasizes the value of aligning one's calendar with their capacity to foster productivity and well-being over the long run. The episode concludes with a weekly challenge for listeners to try this style of planning in their lives.