Ladies and gentlemen,
Well, hello there. I've amended my time tracking twice recently.
Here's the old version, v5 -
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START OF DAY ROUTINE:
Time awake:
Total sleep (hours/minutes):
Appointments today:
Other time-sensitive things:
Key habit today:
What assets could I build/improve/acquire today:
Planning:
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DO BEFORE GOING ONLINE:
Vitamins (C, Fish oil, Calcium/D):
Stretching:
Situps:
Brush/floss:
Breathe:
Borderlands (+Solo):
Gratitude:
Review Life Goals:
Review “Current Targets”:
Reach out:
Help someone:
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DO SOMETIME DURING THE DAY:
Exercise (walk/run/other):
Listen to audio:
Blog post:
Email in box, start:
Empty inbox completely:
Organize/cleanup/etc:
Look at to-do List:
Do one thing on to-do list:
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TIME TRACKING:MINUTES:
A-task:
Exercise:
Thinking/planning:
Writing:
–> Subtotal Excellent:Maintenance:
Reading:
Social:
Relaxing:
–> Subtotal Good:Semi-productive:
Daydreaming:
General-life:
–> Subtotal Okay:Surfing/wasting time:
Transit/dead time:
–> Subtotal Bad:
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FOOD/CALORIES/TRAININGCalories:
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CHALLENGES:
Did I start the day in my planner instead of online?
Did I only check email when I was ready to write back immediately?
Did I only check a site once, then done with it?
Did I check “Current Targets” if I caught myself wasting time?
Did I prioritize books/good learning instead of mindless surfing?
Did I keep surfing under 60 minutes for the day?
Did I make war on procrastination?
Did I act on my key habit for the day?
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END OF DAY:
What are my key life goals? Spend 5 minutes on this.
Expenses for the day (estimate)?
Cash gotten or worked towards today:
What did I do right to move me towards my goals?
What would I do differently if I had the day to live over?
Plan tomorrow:
Make a request of my subconscious:
Set alarm:
Here was my next attempt to evolve. The big changes were adding in cycles and consolidating some points that were either happening automatically, or could be grouped into one line.
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START OF DAY ROUTINE:
Time awake/total sleep:
Appointments today:
Other time-sensitive things:
Key habit today:
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QUICK CHECKLIST:
Time started:
Vitamins, stretch, brush, breathe, posture:
Borderlands, celerity, gratitude, life goals:
Highest Impact Creative:
Highest Impact Enterprising:
Time complete:
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CYCLE DEFINITION:
Target Cycle 1, Expansion:
EXP1:
EXP2:
Target Cycle 2, Maintenance:
MNT1:
MNT2:
MNT3:
Target Cycle 3, World:
WLD1:
WLD2:
Time complete:
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CYCLE ANALYSISExpansion Cycle start time:
Expansion Cycle end time:Maintenance Cycle start time:
Maintenance Cycle end time:World Cycle start time:
World Cycle end time:
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS-------------------------------------------
TIME TRACKING:MINUTES:
Enterprising:
Creative:
Exercise/gym:
Thinking/planning:
--> Subtotal Excellent:Maintenance:
Reading:
Social:
Relaxing:
Research/learning:
Walking:
Daydreaming:
--> Subtotal Good:Semi-productive:
General-life:
--> Subtotal Okay:Surfing/wasting time:
Transit/dead time:
--> Subtotal Bad:
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ANALYSIS:
Did I do the Cycle Plan? What did I do right to move me towards my goals? What would I do differently if I had the day to live over?-------------------------------------------
END OF DAY:
What are my key life goals? Spend 5 minutes on this.
Expenses for the day (estimate)?
Email in box, end of day:
Cash gotten or worked towards today:
Plan tomorrow:
Make a request of my subconscious:
Time complete:
The good about the change -
1. Look at how much more compact it is. Here's the old start of day routine -
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DO BEFORE GOING ONLINE:
Vitamins (C, Fish oil, Calcium/D):
Stretching:
Situps:
Brush/floss:
Breathe:
Borderlands (+Solo):
Gratitude:
Review Life Goals:
Review “Current Targets”:
Reach out:
Help someone:
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Here's the new one -
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QUICK CHECKLIST:
Time started:
Vitamins, stretch, brush, breathe, posture:
Borderlands, celerity, gratitude, life goals:
Highest Impact Creative:
Highest Impact Enterprising:
Time complete:
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Much more compact.
This was also my first attempt at adding cycles into the day, as described in "Getting More Out of Each Day Via Cycles."
However, the whole cycle thing was too cumbersome. Too much overhead to fill it out.
So I just evolved, here's v6.2 -
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START OF DAY ROUTINE:
Time awake/total sleep:
Appointments today:
Other time-sensitive things:
Key habit today:
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QUICK CHECKLIST:
Time started:
Vitamins, stretch, brush, breathe, posture:
Borderlands, celerity, gratitude, life goals:
Highest Impact Creative:
Highest Impact Enterprising:
Time complete:
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CYCLES:
Target Expansion:
Target Maintenance:
Target World:
Other Priorities?:
Time complete:
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS-------------------------------------------
TIME TRACKING:MINUTES:
Enterprising:
Creative:
Exercise/gym:
Thinking/planning:
--> Subtotal Excellent:Maintenance:
Reading:
Social:
Relaxing:
Research/learning:
Walking:
Daydreaming:
--> Subtotal Good:Semi-productive:
General-life:
--> Subtotal Okay:Surfing/wasting time:
Transit/dead time:
--> Subtotal Bad:
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ANALYSIS:
Did I do the Cycle Plan? What did I do right to move me towards my goals? What would I do differently if I had the day to live over?-------------------------------------------
END OF DAY:
What are my key life goals? Spend 5 minutes on this.
Expenses for the day (estimate)?
Email in box, end of day:
Cash gotten or worked towards today:
Plan tomorrow:
Make a request of my subconscious:
Time complete:
It's looking good for the short term.
Again, I'll remind you that you should never start tracking more than 3-5 things at once. If you're new to this and want to try it out, you might want to start by reading the evolution post to see how the practice develops, or watching the intro to time tracking videos I made for someone asking how it was done.