When meningitis took hold of my body, the usual priorities of life became insignificant. What took centre stage was the fear of death. And in that fear, I found something I didn't have a name for yet.

Or rather, it found me.

Time management broke me. I was getting a lot done, but also getting more tired, more irritable, and less effective. Here's what I learned about the real constraint and why shifting from managing time to managing energy changed everything.