Wassim

I decided to pause tracking my time for a couple of months and see if there are any benefits. Well I had a sense of loss. It is true that I had less anxiety. But at the same time, I felt like I was losing something precious. I guess the fact of tracking my time helped me value my time more than ever before. So I am getting back tracking my time, but not for all projects. The reason why, is that I now know how much time some projects take. For example, it takes me around 45 minutes to do 15 minutes of Insanity Max and take a cold shower right after it. This time, I am going to track the projects where I lack any sense of measurements, or where I need to evaluate my performance, for example study time .

I am a conscious fucking hardcore procrastinator. In my childhood, I started Karate, reached the blue belt, and quit. In my teenage years, I started Tae-Kwon-Do, reached the orange belt, and quit. One of my training colleagues continued to the end. Years later and before my marriage, I subscribed to Tae-Bo workout in my neighborhood. Guess who was the trainer… Palma Gym, Tunis I started swimming in my college years. I trained every other day the whole week before going to classes. Then I quit. I planned to do certification exams and find me sit for the exam years later. The Wireshark exam is the best example. I wanted to start my CCIE journey a decade ago. I still did not even start reading a single CCIE-level book. I wanted to build a multi-vendor home lab. I downloaded a lot of images but still have nothing built at home. Setting my own deadlines does not work for me. I find myself rescheduling them over and over again. As I explained in my previous blog post “ Why I Stopp...

I was looking for ways to increase my motivation to learn Anki flashcards. So I was browsing the internet in search of some popular extensions. I found Habitica . I downloaded the extension for Anki, created an account, configured the API in Anki and started using it. I think I am getting to like the tool a lot. I simply love the fact that achieving stuff helps me build an RPG character, which is rewarding in some way. Since I don’t have time to play video games – and while I was a big fan of video games in my teenage days – I feel like I am combining a past hobby with productive activity. The people behind Habitica are simply brilliant! Now, I am to progressively switch my tasks from Google Calendar to Habitica, because I like the fact that I am making my fictional character – the Habitican- earn some gold and experience, which will translate into equipment and magical potions. And I really like the Android app. It is completely ad-free and well designed: explor...

time tracking report April 2021 My sleeping time increase with a whopping 10%. One of the reasons is the two days where I got hypothermia. On each of those days I accounted an additional 3 hours at least, trying to recover my health. Job time (~22% of total tracked time), is almost the same duration as in March (24.7%) A lot more time with family (13% of total tracked time): I decided to involve my son when I go shopping. That way I can spend some quality time with him Since Ramadan started on April 13th, I dine with my family around the same table each night.

The first two weeks I started tracking time as usual with Boosted: Time tracker project duration report first two weeks Mar 2021 Then I was faced with the decision with either continuing using it, buying the full features, or searching something similar that is free and fulfills my requirements. That is how I found aTimeLogger . I customized it and used for the rest of my time tracking activities: Time tracker report mar 2021 When I will get bored I will probably post a tutorial on using it. Sleep time occupied 27.3% of total tracked time. An interesting observation: in March I ate for as much time as I studied for the Wireshark exam :)

Time tracker project duration report feb 2021

first, let us look at the week from 18 to 24 January: Then I decided not to track per week, but for the whole month: Time tracker project duration report Jan 2021

In November I slept, ate and worked more than spent time with family. This makes me uncomfortable because family should have been more important to me than fucking eating alone. And the Invest time in Myself project went to the bottom, which is a sign that I was not disciplined during November. Time Tracker November 2020

In this month it seems I am starting to invest in myself more than to eat. Also, the Bathroom project time shrank a bit towards the end of the list. Time Tracker October 2020

In this month I spent more time with my family than in the job. However, I decided to distinguish a project from the lot and name it Bathroom . The Bathroom project includes activities like pissing, shitting, shaving and showering. I wanted to know how “productive” I was in the WC. I also grouped some projects into a bigger one and called it Invest in myself . This task includes activities like praying, conscious self talk, self analysis – or what David Goggins calls live Autopsy(c)-, studying and skill learning. Time Tracker September 2020

What’s new to notice in this month is that I spent more time commuting than eating. Normally I have the same commute track every day. So maybe I spent less time by eating because I ate quicker during August.. Time Tracker August 2020

In this month, I still slept most of the time. Job still occupied the second place. I dedicated more time to my family than to eating, which is great. However, I added the Commute Time project, which came before the Wasted Time project. So I need to consider leveraging the commute time . Time Tracker July 2020

This is my first time tracking report using Boosted app. In June I slept a lot. I’ve wasted 36 hours, ate for 35 hours and practiced religion for 20 hours. Time Tracker June 2020