These tasks distract me from time tracking and, as a result, I often forget to start a timer for when I begin recording and, conversely, stop the timer when I’m done. You see, when I sit down to record a show like Connected or AppStories, I need to take care of key tasks such as making sure my audio inputs are correct, checking out notes for the show’s outline and intro, and keeping an eye on the Connected audience in Relay’s Discord server. The approach worked well for MacStories and the Club, but podcast timers turned out to be a different beast. How I access my saved timers from the Home Screen. I split my work projects into three main areas – MacStories, Club, and podcasts – removed redundant sub-tasks, and grouped related activities under the same tags for more reliable filtering. I cleaned up my saved timers and shortcut that activates those timers, which I can now trigger system-wide via Raycast on the Mac and the Shortcuts widgets on iPad. So I went back to the drawing board of my Timery projects and reorganized everything with simplicity and ease of activation in mind. There’s also the opposite problem – forgetting to stop a long-running timer – which John explained and fixed in a separate story for Automation April. For time tracking to be effective, you need to remember to start a timer whenever you’re working on something too much friction in the process – such as having to carefully pick from a list of similar projects – defeats the whole purpose of it. My daily routine is different now – and it’ll continue to change in 2022 – and I wanted to get rid of the overhead caused by a time tracking system that was too granular. I appreciate the insights into my habits and patterns afforded by time tracking and Timery’s excellent Reports view, but lately I’ve felt like my setup with projects, tags, and sub-tasks was too convoluted since it was based on a structure I designed years ago. For the past week, I’ve been rethinking my approach to time tracking with the Timery app with a focus on simplicity and automation.
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