Cool, I think a lit review of this territory would be valuable. (You’ve already got a start on one with this comment!) Could be an interesting opportunity to work with Elizabeth / deploy the methodology she’s working on.
I’ve worked at places where I’ve tracked time actively, places where I’ve tracked time passively (e.g. with RescueTime), and places where I haven’t tracked time at all.
I still get some value from RescueTime, but overall time-tracking has felt like a distraction on net, based on my experience so far. (YMMV etc.)
Thanks for the plug Milan. For those who don’t want to click through: via a grant from LTFF, I’ve been working on a method for bootstrapping a deep grounding in a subject, starting from knowing nothing. I don’t want to take over the thread, but I’m happy to talk about it with anyone who’s interested.
Burnout is on the rise because people are confusing screen time with leisure time. NOTHING that occurs on the screen is rejuvenating by giving your Sympathetic Nervous System a break. Video games and Netflix are optimized to be engaging = emotional agitation. Social media and news feeds induce comparison mindset, outragism and dopamine spirals. Worse, the fact that these tasks are interspersed throughout the day means you don’t get the longer time blocks that are necessary for your SNS to actually calm down. Instead you are periodically jolted. Sleep problems increase when such a block of time doesn’t occur before rest.
What gets measured gets managed, rescue time is helpful even if you don’t do anything in particular with the data.
Before you yell at me yes creating art is an exception. But doing this one tab away from a distraction is more stressful than the alternative. I get a decent amount more writing done in places without wifi.
Cool, I think a lit review of this territory would be valuable. (You’ve already got a start on one with this comment!) Could be an interesting opportunity to work with Elizabeth / deploy the methodology she’s working on.
I’ve worked at places where I’ve tracked time actively, places where I’ve tracked time passively (e.g. with RescueTime), and places where I haven’t tracked time at all.
I still get some value from RescueTime, but overall time-tracking has felt like a distraction on net, based on my experience so far. (YMMV etc.)
Thanks for the plug Milan. For those who don’t want to click through: via a grant from LTFF, I’ve been working on a method for bootstrapping a deep grounding in a subject, starting from knowing nothing. I don’t want to take over the thread, but I’m happy to talk about it with anyone who’s interested.
Also here’s a recent take from Romeo: