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Using time tracking to keep yourself accountable while working from home
Using time tracking to keep yourself accountable while working from home

When you're working from home, it's easy to be distracted -- there are so many things that are within reach that can pull you away for minutes, hours, maybe even days. It's easy to think: I'll put on a Netflix show real quick, and watch only one episode. Then that episode ends in a cliffhanger, and you think: well, the next one is autoplaying, so okay I'll watch one more but that's it. Then it keeps going. Before you know it, that one episode of 29 minutes has turned into a 3 or 4 hour binge fest, and you're thinking: wow, where did my day go? Did I actually get anything I wanted done?

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21 days of time tracking with TimeTag: Day 21
21 days of time tracking with TimeTag: Day 21

Day 21 - After 21 days of goal tracking, I'm happy to report that my meditation goal is as sticky as ever -- I'm keeping to the 10 minutes a day, right between my coffee and my walk with my dog. It's been great -- I feel less like it's a decision I make, and more like it's an automatic action I take. That's the magic of a habit -- we do it without much thought, and without having to self-negotiate on whether or not we want to do it.

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21 days of time tracking, goalsSamer Abousalbihabits, achieve your goals, goals, productivity tips and tricks, productivity hacking, goal hacking, timetag, timetag mac, timetag ios
21 days of time tracking with TimeTag: Day 8
21 days of time tracking with TimeTag: Day 8

Last week I was able to hit my meditation goal, but I missed my writing and my running goal. That's totally okay -- the fact that I was able to integrate one goal into my daily life and keep that on track is actually a huge win. It leads to today's lesson: it's okay to mess up or miss early on. That's no reason to quit or be frustrated, or say that it's not possible.

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21 days of time tracking, goalsSamer Abousalbihabits, achieve your goals, goals, productivity tips and tricks, productivity hacking, goal hacking, timetag, timetag mac, timetag ios