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Keeping track of my time is actually really draining. I wish there was a more friction less way of tracking my time. I\u2019m going to try stopping tracking right now at 12:04pm. It could just be that I\u2019m drained by my sub optimal biometrics today.*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Problems With Manually Time Tracking:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The data isn\u2019t organized <\/strong>so I\u2019m not really reviewing the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tracking my time helps me focus. However, there is an unintended consequence. Focused time is easy to track. But because of my tracking, I\u2019m avoiding doing activities that are difficult to track.<\/strong> For example, it\u2019s draining to keep mental note of all the activities I\u2019m doing during explorative, unfocused session of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These explorative blocks of time are important. It\u2019s when our lateral creative thinking happens.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To improve the time tracking<\/strong>, I need to allow for explorative unfocused time. If the tracking process was more automatic, that would help. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also need to DO something with the data<\/strong>. I\u2019m not going to review it if it\u2019s just a list of items. And I\u2019m not going to be excited about tracking if I\u2019m not looking forward to reviewing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I track my food intake, I\u2019m always excited to see perfect micro nutrient scores. I look forward to reviewing the data. Which keeps me motivated to track my food consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solutions:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Using an automated service like\u00a0RescueTime<\/a> might help me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A blog post with more ideas on time tracking: Time Tracking Tutorial<\/a> with suggestions on how to connect other app to RescueTime<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d also like to always have a widget on my website that says what I\u2019m doing right now. I have no respect for my own privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time Tracking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

8:17-11:09:<\/strong> breakfast, walk to post office and back to mail eBay stuff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:09-11:29:<\/strong> meal plan for the day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:29-11:40:<\/strong> Bathroom and read about period and nutrition, get ready to work<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:40-11:56:<\/strong> blog and post to linked in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stoped tracking my time here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*<\/strong>Turns out I had a low grade fever, which I didn’t realize at the time of writing. My biology probably played a bigger role in the mental drain than I thought.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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