Time is Valuable — Why Log Your Time and What You Can Learn From it

It is very easy to waste time. Even a few minutes can go wasted without being aware of it. But, how do you know whether or not you are spending your time efficiently. With 24 hours in a day and 5 weekdays, you have plenty of hours available and how you choose to spend those hours is up to you, but as it is a precious currency, it would be unfortunate if time wasn’t used efficiently.

To figure out how well I am allocating my time, I have decided to time log my activities each day between Monday to Friday and then generate a report to visualize my results. By logging my time, I would get a better understanding of myself and my time management skills.

How to Log Your Time

There are numerous apps available for logging your time. For this project, I decided to use a mobile app called aTimeLoggr because it is easy to use and offers all the features I need.

With aTimeLoggr, you can create activities to record time for. Activities are the things you do daily or occasionally. For me, activities will fit under one of the three following categories:

Every Day Activities

These are activities that are done on a daily basis such as working and sleeping. For the most part, I cannot control the amount of time spent on these activities, so they will reduce the amount of free time I have available for the week, but they must be done regardless.