Let's get practical #2: Deep Work & Organization

[Raphael]

13 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 06:17 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 10:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ❌ No social media until 7 PM
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Deep Work Sessions:

• 10:19 AM - 12:00
  • I worked on my API. I wasn't highly focused because I was listening to Leo at the same time
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes
• 12:59 AM - 01:30 PM
  • I continued making progress on the API
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes
• 04:15 PM - 06:01 PM
  • Looks like I'm finally starting to see some lights from the end of the tunnel for this issue
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.33 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 4 hours 58 minutes, including 4 hours 58 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)

[Raphael]

14 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 07:33 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:26 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ✅ No social media until 7 PM
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Deep Work Sessions:

• 09:48 AM - 11:17 AM
  • I worked on my API
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes
• 01:14 PM - 02:55 PM
  • I think I'm getting ready for testing this cron
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes
• 04:35 PM - 06:01 PM
  • I started to work on another cron function
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes
• 07:20 PM - 08:35 PM
  • I tried to understand some possible performance issues
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 5 hours 51 minutes, including 5 hours 51 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)

Edited May 14, 2021 by Raphael

[Raphael]

15 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 05:33 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:12 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ~ No social media until 7 PM (Not applicable on Saturday)
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Deep Work Sessions:

• 05:20 PM - 06:22 PM
  • I did some progress on the scheduled Instagram cron
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes, including 1 hour 2 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)

Edited May 15, 2021 by Raphael

[Raphael]

16 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 07:21 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: ~ PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ❌ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ~ No social media until 7 PM (Not applicable on Saturday)
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• No work for today

 

• Average Focus: ~ / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 0 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)

[Raphael]

Weekly Statistics (10 May 2021 - 17 May 2021)

 

Total Working Time

31 hours 12 minutes

Average Focus

3.4 / 5

Edited May 17, 2021 by Raphael

[Raphael]

17 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 06:19 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:18 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ✅ No social media until 7 PM
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Deep Work Sessions:

• 08:25 AM - 10:01 AM
  • I worked on the Instagram schedule cron
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes
• 10:20 AM - 12:02 AM
  • I fixed an issue related to dates
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes
• 01:15 PM - 02:42 PM
  • I did some work on the new cron. My focus was a bit lower during this session
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes
• 04:37 PM - 06:07 PM
  • I worked on scrolling issues on multiple web app. I got interrupted by some drama in the house related to grandma
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.37 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 15 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)

Edited May 17, 2021 by Raphael

[Raphael]

I'm thinking about shutting this journal down.

[Raphael]

18 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 06:12 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:32 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ❌ No social media until 7 PM
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Deep Work Sessions:

• 09:04 AM - 10:21 AM
  • I worked on some issues on some small web apps and also worked on my backend API.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes
• 10:41 AM - 12:10 AM
  • I worked on the API. My focus wasn't that great.
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes
• 12:59 PM - 02:45 PM
  • I did improvements on some small web apps. I had a lot of unrelated thoughts.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes
• 04:17 PM - 05:11 PM
  • I did some improvements on a few small web apps
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 54 minutes
• 05:16 PM - 06:03 PM
  • I worked on my backend API
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 47 minutes
• 07:24 PM - 08:12 PM
  • I did some good progress on the backend API
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 48 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.42 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 7 hours 1 minute, including 7 hours 1 minute of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)

Edited May 18, 2021 by Raphael

[Raphael]

19 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 05:40 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ❌ No social media until 7 PM
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 08:19 AM - 09:42 AM
  • I started doing some improvements on my backend API, then got a call from a new client. I felt uncomfortable because clients don't usually find me from my website and call me directly. My social anxiety kicked in in this situation.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 11:11 AM - 12:06 AM
  • I took some time to check out a function. I have another function to verify. These functions really need to work properly, otherwise, it could cause some issues to clients and damage the business.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 55 minutes
• 01:07 PM - 02:50 PM
  • Looks like this function is working well too. It wasn't that focused during this session. I just hope that I will not have any performance issues the day it will be deployed.
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes
• 04:04 PM - 05:19 PM
  • I worked again on the previous function.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
• 05:28 PM - 06:03 PM
  • I started to work on a new cron function.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 25 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.4 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 5 hours 41 minutes, including 4 hours 18 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)

[Raphael]

20 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 06:37 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:16 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ✅ No social media until 7 PM
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 12:53 PM - 01:29 PM
  • I had a call with a client.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 32 minutes
• 01:36 PM - 02:38 PM
  • I fixed an issue, started to do some code review, then noticed things that I forgot in the code.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes
• 07:22 PM - 07:51 PM
  • I completed a code review and updated the API on the server.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 29 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 09:18 AM - 08:23 AM
  • I worked on a cron function.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes
• 10:41 AM - 11:57 AM
  • I did more work on the cron and also worked on data deletion.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes
• 04:24 PM - 06:11 PM
  • I improved some small web apps.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 11 minutes, including 4 hours 8 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)

Edited May 20, 2021 by Raphael

[Raphael]

21 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 05:57 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: ~ PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ✅ No social media until 7 PM
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Deep Work Sessions:

• 09:16 AM - 10:16 AM
  • I started to deal with Instagram API limitations on the backend.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour
• 10:31 AM - 12:59 AM
  • I continued the work on Instagram limitations. I had some weird thoughts that I'm not going to reveal because they were too weird lol.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes
• 01:09 PM - 02:40 PM
  • I continued the work to deal with Instagram limitations.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes
• 04:17 PM - 05:44 PM
  • I completed the work on the API concerning Instagram limitations. I uploaded the changes on the development server.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes
• 07:23 PM - 07:59 PM
  • I did small fixes on some small web apps
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 36 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 2 minutes, including 6 hours 2 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)

[Raphael]

22 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 05:37 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 10:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ❌ Cold shower after waking up
• ~ No social media until 7 PM (Doesn't apply on Saturday)
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• No work for today

 

• Average Focus: ~ / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 0 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)

Edited May 23, 2021 by Raphael

[Raphael]

22 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 07:33 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:55 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ~ No social media until 7 PM (Doesn't apply on Sunday)
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• No work for today

 

• Average Focus: ~ / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 0 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)

Edited May 23, 2021 by Raphael

[Raphael]

Weekly Statistics (18 May 2021 - 23 May 2021)

 

Total Working Time

31 hours 10 minutes

Average Focus

3.44 / 5

[Raphael]

24 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 06:30 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:45 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ❌ No social media until 7 PM
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Deep Work Sessions:

• 08:28 PM - 10:00 PM
  • I did some improvements on a small web apps.
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes
• 10:26 AM - 10:50 AM
  • I continued the previous improvements.
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes
• 01:10 PM - 02:30 PM
  • I continued working on improving these web apps.
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
• 04:22 PM - 06:11 PM
  • More corrections and improvements on these small web apps.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes

Average Focus: 3.12 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
Total Work Duration: 6 hours 5 minutes, including 6 hours 5 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)

[Raphael]

25 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 05:52 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:09 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ✅ No social media until 7 PM
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Deep Work Sessions:

• 08:58 AM - 10:09 AM
  • I did some accountability and some improvements to a small web app.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes
• 10:28 AM - 11:54 AM
  • I continued the same improvement work.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes
• 01:01 PM - 02:28 PM
  • I continued the previous work.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes
• 04:11 PM - 05:55 PM
  • I continued working on these apps improvements.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes
• 07:28 PM - 08:02 PM
  • continued working on these apps improvements.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 34 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 22 minutes, including 6 hours 22 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)

Edited May 25, 2021 by Raphael

[Raphael]

26 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 07:21 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ❌ Cold shower after waking up
• ✅ No social media until 7 PM
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 07:19 PM - 08:08 PM
  • I completed some work on these small web apps, I responded to a client, and also did a bit of accounting. I did the best amount in a month since I started freelancing.
  • Focus: 3.75/5
  • Duration: 49 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 09:42 AM - 10:16 AM
  • I improved a small web app.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 34 minutes
• 10:38 AM - 11:46 AM
  • I continued the previous work.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes
• 01:16 PM - 02:41 PM
  • This day is pretty fucked up.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes
• 04:23 PM - 05:59 PM
  • Looks like I'm finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.
  • Focus: 3.75/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes

I didn't sleep most of the night, but I pushed through it anyway.

• Average Focus: 3.6 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 5 hours 24 minutes, including 4 hours 35 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)

Edited May 26, 2021 by Raphael

[Raphael]

Simple Tips to Improve Work Ethic

• Clear past traumas as most as possible: do breathwork, forgiveness, talk therapy, shadow work, etc. It will reduce parasite thoughts and improve mental clarity
• Eat healthy
• Exercise regularly
• Wake up and go to bed at the same time
• Change environment
• Remove distractions: people, social medias, etc.
• Progressively use force to break out of the laziness homeostasis

[Raphael]

Holistic Work Ethic

Work ethic is holistic. I have been dealing with a lot of difficult thoughts in the past that affected my ability to focus until things started to get better recently.

I did some forgiveness to release past traumas and started to have less and less difficult thoughts. A few days ago I started to eat less, I notably reduced my quantity of rice and I noticed that it reduced the monkey mind a lot. I intuitively felt that there was a connection between digestion and thoughts. When I eat a lot my intestines works a lot and it results in thoughts storms, when I eat less my intestines works less, I feel lighter, my mind feels much more clearer and my ability to focus is better. I also feel less and less the need to cope by using social media, reading the news, or watching porn, and it feels great.

The attitude of pushing through it even if it's difficult is unhealthy stage orange. It works when someone is healthy: eat healthy, exercise properly, don't have any huge traumatic baggage. The people who aren't highly healthy and who are able to do that have incredible willpower and even if they have incredible willpower, their work is most of the time not the best quality work.

Being healthy and having a powerful system is simpler and more rewarding than pushing through it like an animal.

 

[Raphael]

26 May 2021

• Wake Up Time: 06:56 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:15 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ Stretching after waking up
• ✅ Cold shower after waking up
• ❌ No social media until 7 PM
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Deep Work Sessions:

• 10:30 AM - 12:07 AM
  • I improved a small web app, and started working on Twitter publish API. I distracted myself a bit too much.
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes
• 01:06 PM - 02:37 PM
  • I worked on Twitter integration. I also distracted myself too much.
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes
• 04:20 PM - 06:00 PM
  • I'm a bit demotivated to work today.
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes

My mood was a bit low today and I also didn't sleep well at night.

• Average Focus: 3 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 4 hours 48 minutes, including 4 hours 48 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)

Edited May 27, 2021 by Raphael