My day job is fun. If I don't keep myself accountable, I end up working 50-60 hour weeks and burn myself out. I needed something that would show me "in bold" that I've already done 40 hours on a Wednesday. Initially, this lived in an Excel sheet, but that became unmaintainable quickly.
Maybe I'm groggy (just woke up from a nap) but how is a job that's so fun you need help stopping yourself from working 50-60 hours going to result in burnout? Wouldn't the burnout be a self regulating mechanism?
That is a fair point, although I've heard many times in my circle about people who "were great" and then crashed. In general, I needed to force leisure time on myself. Timeretain helps me with this.
I like recording how I'm spending my time, so that later when it feels like the day got away from me, I can see why. Ideally, I can make adjustments that help unlock longer focus periods while still keeping family, coworkers, bosses, and other stakeholders in my life happy.
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My day job is fun. If I don't keep myself accountable, I end up working 50-60 hour weeks and burn myself out. I needed something that would show me "in bold" that I've already done 40 hours on a Wednesday. Initially, this lived in an Excel sheet, but that became unmaintainable quickly.
Maybe I'm groggy (just woke up from a nap) but how is a job that's so fun you need help stopping yourself from working 50-60 hours going to result in burnout? Wouldn't the burnout be a self regulating mechanism?
Maybe burnout is the wrong word?
That is a fair point, although I've heard many times in my circle about people who "were great" and then crashed. In general, I needed to force leisure time on myself. Timeretain helps me with this.
This tool is focusing a lot on the first and maybe the second but it’s that third one that’s the hardest to catch.
I like recording how I'm spending my time, so that later when it feels like the day got away from me, I can see why. Ideally, I can make adjustments that help unlock longer focus periods while still keeping family, coworkers, bosses, and other stakeholders in my life happy.