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Why I do Time Tracking
- davidw 17y agoOne of the things I was pleased with in Stuff To Do is that you don't have to monkey around with starting/stopping a timer. You just have a task that you're working on, and when you're doing email/HN/otherwise wasting time, you just set 'time wasting' or whatever as your current task.
- torpor 17y agoThis whole article can be summarized in one word: DISCIPLINE. Reading about how to stop being un-productive is .. well .. unproductive. Not getting shit done? Go do something!
- mahmud 17y agoThe hardest part is knowing what you need to do next, versus what you want to do. Speaking as someone who wasted 5 days architecturing some fancy ajax<->CLOS thing instead of implementing the simple admin interface that I now desperately need (was working at a library today which filtered all non web traffic and cut me off of ssh)
- swaroop 17y agoThe question is how to attain discipline, not whether you need discipline :)
- torpor 17y agoDiscipline is a decision. That is all. You decide to goof off. Be responsible for making your decisions, and you will find a way towards better discipline. You could say that discipline is "recognition of having made a decision" ..
- Pistos2 17y agoI somewhat disagree. It is _difficult_ to change certain aspects of yourself. If it were so easy, everyone would do it; nobody would be lazy, nobody would procrastinate, nobody would be addicted to any substances or have bad habits. Nobody would get into (or stay in) depression. The human condition is such that, with respect to various things, what we are and what we know we should be are different, and sometimes quite distant from one another, and moving from the "are" to the "ought to be" is often a struggle. I have learned some strategies over the years, but these strategies are not ones that everyone is willing to employ.
- jules 17y ago> I have learned some strategies over the years, but these strategies are not ones that everyone is willing to employ. Share please!
- Pistos2 17y agoWell, honestly, after going years trying to change myself with "decisions" or willpower, I eventually allowed myself to receive the graces that God has been offering. I put "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect" together with "ask and you shall receive". Take this advice however you will. shrug
- mixmax 17y agoThere's an amazingly good article on the subject here: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/06/self-discipline/ http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/06/self-discipline/
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- Tichy 17y agoAlso reminds me of the "Pomodoro Technique": http://www.bestbrains.dk/Blog/2009/02/21/CanATomatoChangeYourLifeThePomodoroTechnique.aspx http://www.bestbrains.dk/Blog/2009/02/21/CanATomatoChangeYou...
- TravisLS 17y agoWhy I don't do Time Tracking: I find many creative tasks require a lot of distraction time in order for my brain to process what I'm doing. Many times, it helps to "be productive" for an hour, then go use twitter for 20 minutes. When you come back, the solution is magically there. Then again, maybe you could track "productive zoning out time" as one of your categories.
- roc 17y agoI'm a fan of the 48/12 system for creative work. A simple timer and a list of 'stuff i did' per work chunk have been getting me all the useful information without becoming a burden or forcing me out of my natural rhythm.
- jlees 17y agoRealizing that I am more productive if I wake up early but I just love being a night-owl. A hard problem to solve. Yeah, this one's stumped me for years, too.
- jamesbritt 17y agoNaps.