The Real Reason You Feel Like You Don’t Have Enough Time
And the 3-Second Reset That Changes Everything
You’ve looked at your calendar before and thought:
“There’s no way I’m getting through this day.”
Maybe it was back-to-back meetings.
Maybe it was juggling work, parenting, caregiving, and emotional labor.
Or maybe it was just that tight, buzzing feeling that never seems to leave your chest.
If you’ve felt that — you’re not alone.
But here’s the part most people miss:
That feeling isn’t coming from your to-do list.
It’s coming from your internal state.
What Is “State,” Really?
Your state is the internal condition of your body, mind, and nervous system.
It’s the sum of your breath, your thoughts, your emotional charge, your muscle tension, your alertness, your posture, and your pace — all combined.
And your state is how your energy expresses itself in the moment.
Energy isn’t just a woo-woo concept.
It’s how fast or slow, clear or chaotic, safe or unsafe your system feels on the inside.
If your energy is calm, grounded, and present — time feels spacious.
If your energy is rushed, anxious, or performative — time collapses around you.
Your state is your internal experience of time.
Why You’re Always In a Rush (Even When You’re Not Late)
When your body is stuck in go-mode — hypervigilant, multitasking, anticipating —
your mind speeds up, your breath shortens, and your awareness narrows.
You become reactive.
Not present.
And no matter how well-organized your calendar is, the day feels like a sprint.
Most high-achieving women are so used to living in this state, they don’t even recognize it as dysregulated.
It just feels normal.
But it’s not your natural state.
It’s your survival state.
The 3-Second Reset That Expands Time
Here’s the part I want you to try — right now if you can:
Pause for 3 seconds.
Drop your shoulders.
Feel your feet on the ground.
Ask yourself:
“Is this actually urgent… or just familiar?”
That tiny pause?
That’s what I call a Millisecond window.
It may feel small, but it interrupts your current energy state and gives you the chance to shift it.
And when you shift your energy…
You shift your experience of time.
You don’t need more hours in the day.
You need more presence in the ones you already have.
Time Is an Inside Job
Most people try to solve time stress by rearranging their schedules.
But your relationship with time isn’t logistical.
It’s energetic.
When your system is in a reactive state, time feels tight, loud, and fast.
When your system is regulated and grounded, time slows down.
It stretches.
It expands.
The 3-second reset is a simple way to return to presence — and begin rewiring the part of you that thinks rushing is required.
Inside EnergyOS™, We Call This a System Interrupt
The reset you just practiced is one tiny tool inside a larger framework I teach called EnergyOS™ — your internal operating system that drives how you lead, relate, and respond to the world around you.
When you start upgrading that internal code —
from urgency to clarity,
from reaction to regulation,
from chaos to choice —
everything changes.
Especially your time.
If this gave you even a few extra inches of space today… that’s the beginning.
Start with three seconds.
Practice presence over performance.
And keep going.
Let’s go change the world together,
—Susanne