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Over the month of December I tracked how I spent each and every minute of the day. You can dive into why I started the challenge as well as the daily updates here. If you want to skip ahead, below are some links to help you jump around. How I Got Here I kicked off […]

This post is the thirty first and last post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. Time flies when you are having fun. For the last 31 days, I’ve tracked every minute of every day. I have learned a bunch, which I will share in a separate wrap up post. Today is New […]

This post is the thirtieth post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. I can’t believe it, but this is the fifth Monday of the #trackingeveryminute challenge. I had to go back and look at the calendar myself. It’s also the last Monday of the challenge. I’ve learned so much from the experience […]

This post is the twenty ninth post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. I titled yesterdays update Saturday Loco because in my infinite wisdom I chose to drink a Four Loco that I’d gotten a friend as a gag gift. There is a reason those things were outlawed. I found out for […]

This post is the twenty eighth post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. Holiday Saturday in between Christmas and New Years. Not much in the way of productivity going on here. Kids had friends over at the house during the day. Wife and I got out for dinner with some friends. 8:30 […]

This post is the twenty seventh post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. Yesterday, I was stuck deciding between working and spending time with my kids. Ended up striking perfect balance. Today, I was not balanced, I was tilted toward that family side, which I am ok with. 8:30 – 9:30. Wake […]

This post is the twenty sixth post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. Today is a Thursday after two vacation days, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. In the UK its boxing day, but here in the US its just Thursday. With no big holiday plans, I want to get some work in […]

This post is the twenty fifth post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. As I mentioned in the update yesterday, my family is hispanic and Christmas Eve is actually a bigger deal than today. That doesn’t mean we don’t celebrate today, but it is a lower key day. 7:00 – 11:00. Even […]

This post is the twenty fourth post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. My family is hispanic. So Christmas Eve, or Noche Buena as we call it is a big deal. It’s a bigger deal than Christmas. All of the family gets together. Typically, whoever is hosting roasts a pig in an […]

This post is the twenty third post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. Kids are home from school. There are no more sporting activities. The holidays are in full swing. But today is Monday, what am I supposed to do? I’ve planned for limited work during this holiday season. I said limited, […]

This post is the twenty second post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. It might be the holidays, but kids sports teams do not take breaks. At least my sons doesn’t. This is the last sporting event of the holiday season. We were all together so we might as well enjoy it. […]

This post is the twenty first post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. In addition to this being a Saturday, it is also holiday time. Not much in the way of work, but there is a bunch of family time. Need to make the most of it. 7:30 – 9:30. Woke up […]

School’s Out for the winter. Dazed and confused. That’s how most parents will feel over holiday break. Maybe it’s just me. Balancing work responsibilities with family responsibilities once school is let out gets much more complicated. I am anticipating much less time dedicated to working, but also want to make the most of the time […]

This post is the nineteenth post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. After my first series of holiday events, I settled back down into a normal routine today. If my focus yesterday was on enjoying the time I have with my family, today it’s making the most I have of the time […]

This post is the eighteenth post in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. Here we go… ‘Tis the season. 6:00 – 6:30. Reading. Yes! I love this time, but as you can see if you are following along, I do not do it very frequently. 6:30 – 8:30. Morning drop off. Funny the […]

This post is the seventeenth in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. As I mentioned yesterday, this is my third week of the challenge, so this is my third Tuesday. I’ve been trying to incorporate what I learn as quickly as possible. Snapping back into working is one of those learnings. After a […]

This post is the sixteenth in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. Third Monday of the challenge. By this point I know what I have to do if I want to have a good week. I need to make a plan. It has gotten much easier to plan the day in advance. Its […]

This post is the fifteenth in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. After hosting 10 11 year-olds for a sleepover, we went out with friends. At my age, this means one thing. Exhaustion. We are always making tradeoffs in life. If I wanted to have an easy day today, I would have stayed […]

This post is the fourteenth in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. We made it through the sleep over. We’re tired, they’re tired, but it’s over. I guess I slept last night, but not really. Constant laughing and horseplay from the 10 boys sleeping over. Honestly, my wife bore the brunt of it. […]

This post is the thirteenth in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. It’s Friday the 13th. I am not superstitious, but I am not looking forward to the day. Well, the day should be fine, but after school I have 10 11 year-old boys coming over to the house and sleeping over. That […]

This post is the twelfth in the #trackingeveryminute challenge. You can follow along here. Not sure if it’s the holiday season or a cold, but I am feeling exhausted. End of the year malaise? The good news is that I planned my day the night before. It is a huge mental hack. Instead of waking […]

Tracking every minute is about learning where I am spending my time. If I am not making adjustments based on what I am learning, why am I even bothering. Today is a great adjustment. Yesterday, I took 4 hours out of the working day to watch my daughters soccer game. Worth every minute, but I […]

Today is the second Tuesday in the tracking every minute challenge. You can read about the first Tuesday, which was day 3. Yesterday, was the second Monday in the challenge. My big takeaway was the importance of shifting from weekend mode into work mode. Today, I think I benefited from that shift into work mode. […]

After a weekend filled with children’s activities and family commitments I find Mondays particularly important. If I can set the tone today, it typically translates into a good week. So yes, I have a case of the Mondays, but hopefully in a good way. Here is what this Monday ended up looking like, if you […]

This challenge to track every minute of the day for the month, started a week ago. This is my second Sunday of the challenge. I am going to write a separate recap of the first week. Here is what today looked like: 8:00 – 10:30. Got a very late start on the day. I planned […]

While I started this challenge to track every minute of my day on a Sunday, this beginning of a new weekend feels different. Most likely because I am entering the weekend after having two great days for my personal life, but those days were awful for productivity and working towards my goals. Days 5 and […]

Day 6 is a Friday. I would assume I’m in the majority by assuming that my typical Friday’s are a bit softer than every other day of the week. Unfortunately for me, I also had a really soft Thursday (Day 5), which starts a routine in the wrong direction now. I started this challenge to […]

Today was the type of day that lead to the creation of this challenge. As I look back at what I got done during the day, nothing pops into my head. I got through the day. That is a win. But I was just running from place to place, with minimal intention and no focused […]

On Day 4 of my #trackeveryminute challenge I continued the routine I established in the last few days. This update is similar to Day 2 and Day 3. 6:00 – 6:30 I got a little bit of reading in. 6:30 – 8:30 got the kids up and out to school. At 8:30 I started the […]

Is it possible that I’ve established a new routine by day 3? I started this challenge of tracking every minute of each day to avoid losing track of what I am doing with my time. Day 1 was my son’s birthday and a Sunday. It felt odd tracking how I spent every minute of a […]

After the first day of this challenge, which was a Sunday and one of my children’s birthday’s, I am happy to have a more traditional work day to follow it up. I feel it’s much easier to set up my calendar on a work day. Honestly, it feels a bit weird to type “Celebrate Son’s […]

Of course, the first day of the track every minute challenge is a Sunday and it’s my sons birthday. This is going to be an impressive display of productivity for everyone to behold… If I was only tracking my time to measure my productivity, this might seem like a waste of a day. However, I […]

It’s Thanksgiving of 2024. We are at the end of the eleventh month of the year. It’s almost time for everyones year in review posts… Then something hits me. It’s time for my year in review post. Oh no. Then something hits me even harder. What have I gotten done this year? As I stare […]