Good morning! How are ya? + I have a new tool that is doubling my productivity.

Hey guys,

How's your week going? Any wins or things that are exciting.

The tool: Time Studies

The past several days I've been infatuated with doing time studies - basically documenting every 15 minutes of my day, EVERY... SINGLE... 15 minutes of the day. Through that process I've been able to review my productive days and my unproductive days.

Here's a couple of things that I learned from the time study

My most productive days are when I take the time to plan and then execute my plan.
My unproductive days are when I don't plan properly and when I talk on the phone + i end up scrolling and browsing the internet in general.

But on my unproductive days I'm trapped because i don't want to plan. Why? because it's going to take me at least an hour and a half, and I already feel rushed to be productive that day because I already slept in cause I stayed up too late the night before.

But now I KNOW(because of the time study) no matter what time I wake up I'll be unproductive without a plan

So let me know your thoughts, and if you're interested in doing a time study, Heres how.

Get a spreadsheet. It can be Google Docs or it can be an app on your phone(you only need 2 columns - time of day & activity.
Set a timer on your phone for 15 minutes and repeat it every 15 minutes.
Write down what you do, what you just did, every time the timer goes off.

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