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content/memos/Maximizing Deep Work Hours - A Personal Experiment.md

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ I call this **Intermittent feed fasting**.
 This makes the work look more interesting and fulfilling for me.
 Urge to check feeds, that constant need of stimulation is reduced.
 
-I've been three weeks into this now and this is whats working for me.
+I've been more than a month into this now and this is whats working for me.
 Everything I mention here might work for you or you might not need to do all the things I do.
 
 Remember, in this day and age, your ability to focus defines what you can achieve.

content/memos/State of Time Tracking.md

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+title: State of Time Tracking
+date: 2024-01-08
+type: Memo
+description: My approach with time tracking
+published: false
+---
+
+After lot of fiddling with ways to time tracking, I settled with the approach I describe here.
+
+I tried using automatic tracking tools like [Rize](https://rize.io/#pricing) but the free tier doesn't cut it. Not to forget privacy concerns. I tried open source tool called ActivityWatch but to get any useful info out of it takes work and also it didn't look good.
+
+I believe automatic time tracking doesn't make you conscious enough of how your time is being spent.
+
+I tried Calendars–creating events for time blocks but simple things like weekly analytics takes work again. I tried interstitial journaling, both on apps and physically on notebooks, but you have to calculate things manually.
+
+## Tools I'm using now
+
+- Toggl to track time across projects
+- iOS Shortcuts (Automations)
+- Raycast Toggl extension
+- Claude Chat
+- Waka time for coding - doesn't fit in
+
+Whenever I am ready to get some work done, I start the entry in Toggl's webapp. This is a tab in my browser that's always open. After I'm done, I go there and stop it.
+
+Not to mention, I frequently forget to stop the event. Those times, I used Rewind to scroll back in time to see when I stopped working, and then edit the time entry in Toggl manually. Yes, Rewind is magical.
+
+There is also a Toggl extension for Raycast, which comes in handy time