It’s a problem that goes away by the time you hit mid-game as a result of two things:

1. Increased max stamina (from Stardrops)
2. More efficient tools. Getting your tools upgraded all the way allows to do way more work for way less energy.

In the early game, trail bars saved my life. I would save all my seeds and keep a stack on me until Salmonberry season started, and then I could use those. Otherwise, Stardrops help a lot, and you can get one in the mine and in the fall during a festival.

Before I'm rich and just buy salads from the Saloon, I keep a stack of salmon- and blackberries. They're easy to gather in tremendous amounts, nobody likes them, and they only sell for 2g each so they're not good for much else. It's a bit time consuming, but eating berry after berry will get that energy back up eventually.

There's also the hot spring near the mine if you used up all your stamina in there--or want to fill it up before you go in.

Befriending Linus early on let's you turn all of your cheap fish (mostly the stuff from thr crab pot) into Sashimi as soon as you get the Kitchen which helps a lot.

You can use the items you get from your farm cave to replenish your energy if you have it unlocked or with the berries from the ground.

There is a hot spring in the upper corner of the map (near where the train passes) you can use it to replenish your energy... although it's a long walk. I didn't usually use it, but maybe you'll get along better with it.

There are some star fruits that you find in mine or in events that increase your maximum energy/life too, you can keep an eye out for them. The kitchen is good for cooking things for energy and buffing other things.

Bring food with you. Any crop you grow or find on the ground will typically heal your energy and health a lil bit

Something I didn't saw in the comments is that you can regenerate stamina at the spa if it's unlocked (summer 3) I have seen a lot of people that didn't know this at the beginning and it's so helpful!

Try to kill all the monsters in the floors because they can spawn the stairs too and u don't waste energy

Idk if you’re doing the thing I did when I started (only using the ladder) so I’m just gonna make sure you know about the elevator ��

Coffee.

Maybe you should stop by the Spa have a dip in the pool for a bit when you're feeling tired.

Absolutely a top tier energy/health option. Investing in even the 2nd level barn and gradually rolling out 8 gold star cheese a day makes so much of the game easier for both energy and health recovery.

Invest into sprinklers. That way you can save time and energy to other money making.

Alternatively, don't eat. Use no-energy time to wander the map for forage, do quests, carry things to the community center, bring geodes to the blacksmith, and fight monsters (especially if you've enabled Monsters Spawn at Night).

There are 4 main ways ��

(1) Stardrops (purple, not the fruit you can grow—these will permanently increase ypur your max hp/stam. There are only 7 total awarded from one-time events/purchases throughout the game.

(2) Food/cooking—certain food will give you temporary stat boosts...some of these can last almost all day.

(3) Skill Proficiency—each time you level one up, you will increase your proficiency with the corresponding activity & tool. (e.g. leveling farming reduces the amount of stamina to swing a hoe)

(4) Upgrading Tools—makes them require less stamina to use (and other additional improvements)

There's something called Stardrops that you get for accomplishing certain tasks/milestones.

Other than stardrops, you kinda don't. You just get better foods, weapons and other equipment.

Increasing your combat level will sometimes give you higher health bar, and eating Starfruit will increase energy bar. Starfruits are rare, from memory you can get one from the quality crops festival by cashing in your points, and the guy in the sewer will also give you one. Another is given by giving a shrine in the hidden woods a sweet gem berry

As you complete certain milestones, you receive a permanent energy boost.

BAM!

Collect 'em all.

yes

Ah, you must be very new

The easiest boost is getting to lvl 100 of the mines. You will receive an item that will boost your energy forever. Other places to get it is the SDV fair in fall and getting married.

I really like gold quality hops to top up my health (if I've lost up to 50% of my health for example), and cheese or life elixir if I have lost at least 70% of my health. Crystal fruit is also a great option.

If you're past the 3rd of summer you can >!go to the spa by the train tracks and hold still in the water to restore energy!< but that only works if you're in the area, like working in your farm all day. Otherwise I personally like make fried eggs or omelettes if you have chickens and cows. You get both recipes early and get eggs and milk daily. I don't know if that's really the most efficient use for eggs and milk, but it's simple enough to work for me.

In year 1, salmonberry. Those always fuel through the mines.

I always eat cheese in the beginning, and throughout - unless I want the boosts that come with certain recipes. I always have LOTS of cheese.

My choices:

Early game: spring onions, salmonberry (can be collected 15th-18th of spring), field snack (crafted from tree seeds), blackberry (can be collected 15th-18th of fall). // Efficient because you can get so many and only have 1 inventory slot taken. Some double nicely as gifts, too

Later: Quality cheese, cactus fruit, //Lots of energy, don't interfere with boosts.

General honorable mentions: sashimi (cooked from cheap fish), salad (bought from Saloon)

Year one, berries are your best bet. Foraging levels 4, 8 and 12(10 + 2 foraging buff) each add one berry per bush(max 4) Salmonberries are Spring 15-18 and Blackberries are Fall 8-11. During those times focus on berry picking and look to get a stack of a couple hundred at least.

Field snacks, crafted from one of each tree seed, as well as various foragables.

I survived on wild onions, salmon berries, grapes, blackberries, algae, seaweed, random seasonal foaragables and food I found in the dumpsters until I had enough money to buy cows and turn their milk into cheese which is a great source of energy.

The bath house, it's free x3 annnnnd right next to the mine

I used fish early on. Spent a day or two fishing and had plenty to eat when I needed energy. Mix that with berries and you can go all day and night

also if you hold the hoe above your head for a few seconds before slamming it into the earth, it'll do the entire bed in one hit.

Except irl this is often an issue of water more than of food! If you feel lightheaded, you're dehydrated. Go drink some water and probably have a salty snack

personally, i think the start of the game's energy is very well-balanced. you have to pick a task and commit, because varying exp levels means varying amount of energy per tool use means varying amount of productivity total in one day for each task. in later game you have more nergy and have easy cash to spend on food to get quick energy. it just takes a big part of the strategizing out. now, of course, this is THE cozy life sim with farming elements. it's not meant to be hard, it's meant to be fun and cozy. additonally, you could always just ignore stardrops and opt out of buying high-healing food if you wan- i know what my next playthrough's challenge is suddenly

Just keep eating cheese while you work! (Just kidding, don’t do this.)

you risking it with no scarecrows!