shminux comments on Productivity 101 For Beginners - Less Wrong

20 Post author: peter_hurford 05 November 2014 11:04PM

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Comment author: shminux 06 November 2014 06:06:53PM *  3 points [-]

I usually fail out on step 2, time tracking. Apps don't seem to help at all, they are mostly annoyance and a drag on my limited willpower supply.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 06 November 2014 11:22:01PM *  1 point [-]

Was the same for me. As I'm a text person I started to write minimal time tracking in a text file with an absolute minimum format: date stamps and time stamps at any point. A parser for that is trivial: Advance a clock at the stamps. use consistent prefixes and you can sort by text. Add a running sum. Done. I have one window with the text file open at all time. It also contains the todo list right below the now point. No UI tool can beat that.

ADDED: Old comment about this: http://lesswrong.com/lw/iug/timelogging_programs_andor_spreadsheets/