I’ve seen tremendous improvement in my productivity lately simply by documenting everything I do in a spreadsheet. Any interval of time with a discrete task, e

I’ve seen tremendous improvement in my productivity lately simply by documenting everything I do in a spreadsheet. Any interval of time with a discrete task, even if it’s answering emails, I note and occasionally provide supplemental information. I’ve noticed that it’s helped most with clearing through lots of small tasks, because when I record my start and stop times, I feel less inclined to let “answered an email” take any more than a few minutes. I still don’t have a productivity boosting solution for big complex projects with lots of research, except “lots of coffee.”