Raphael

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

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28 May 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 06:31 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:29 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 - 10:06 AM
    • I worked on my backend API.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes
  • 10:22 AM - 11:38 AM
    • I worked on my backend API.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes
  • 12:57 AM - 02:47 AM
    • I did some progress on the API. I decided to let of small details to make the project move faster.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes
  • 04:27 PM - 06:01 PM
    • I did some progress on Twitter publishing.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes
  • 07:33 PM - 08:11 PM
    • I continued working on this API. Some stuff isn't working, but I'll figure that out tomorrow.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 38 minutes

 

  • Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 6 hours 26 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
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29 May 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 05:31 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 10:06 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

Deep Work Sessions:

  • 01:49 PM - 02:53 PM
    • I did some work on my API. I also distracted myself a bit.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes
  • 04:45 PM - 06:15 PM
    • I did some progress on the API. I also distracted myself too much.
    • Focus: 3/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

 

  • Average Focus: 3.25 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 2 hours 34 minutes, including 2 hours 34 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)
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30 May 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 06:18 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 (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)
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Weekly Statistics (24 May 2021 - 30 May 2021)

 

Total Working Time

31 hours 39 minutes

Average Focus

3.32 / 5

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31 May 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 05:41 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:46 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:

  • 08:05 AM - 08:42 AM
    • I did some work on Twitter file upload.
    • Focus: 3.75/5
    • Duration: 37 minutes
  • 08:51 AM - 10:15 AM
    • I continued the work on the API.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes
  • 10:39 AM - 12:16 AM
    • I completed the route for Twitter file upload. I experienced a lot of joy during this session.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes
  • 01:12 PM - 02:41 PM
    • I made a lot of progress on this API. Also, the happiness that I felt while working was quite phenomenal
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes
  • 04:40 PM - 06:18 PM
    • I continued working on integration Twitter API.
    • Focus: 3.75/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes

 

  • Average Focus: 3.6 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 6 hours 35 minutes, including 6 hours 35 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
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01 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 05:34 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:36 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:

  • 07:47 PM - 08:06 PM
    • I uploaded the correction on the server, did some tests... and everything works fine! I'm really satisfied with my work.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 19 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

  • 09:10 AM - 10:26 AM
    • I worked on Twitter API integration. They were a lot of noises outside, it distracted me.
    • Focus: 3/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes
  • 10:53 AM - 12:18 AM
    • I almost completed this Twitter publish API. I got distracted several times on Skype by another client.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes
  • 01:20 PM - 02:45 PM
    • I completed the API to publish on Twitter. I also created the pull request and merged it back to the main branch. I will update the API on the development server after that and also start working on a schedule cron.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes
  • 04:32 PM - 06:08 PM
    • I updated the API on the server, but got an unexpected bug that I corrected.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes

 

  • Average Focus: 3.4 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 5 hours 34 minutes, including 5 hours 15 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
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02 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 06:12 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:35 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:

  • 10:34 AM - 12:18 AM
    • I got contacted by a client. I did a lot of tiny things.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes
  • 01:46 PM - 02:50 PM
    • I started to replace some web apps.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes
  • 04:31 PM - 06:08 PM
    • Did some updates on my API, uploaded some files, had a conversation with a coworker.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes
  • 07:34 PM - 07:47 PM
    • I just did a few tests.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 13 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

  • 08:45 AM - 10:10 AM
    • I started to work on Twitter scheduling. I also got contacted by a guy who exploited me in the past. I'm careful about working with him, I'll cut him as soon as possible.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes

 

  • Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 6 hours 2 minutes, including 1 hour 25 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
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03 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 07:08 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:33 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:

  • 09:41 AM - 10:30 AM
    • Did some work on Twitter related crons.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 49 minutes
  • 10:53 AM - 12:05 AM
    • I continued working on crons for Twitter. I had a lot of unrelated thoughts.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes
  • 02:03 PM - 02:47 PM
    • I took a nap just. I really felt the lack of sleep, my head hurt.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 44 minutes
  • 04:33 PM - 06:10 PM
    • I continued the work on the cron. I still have a lot of unrelated thoughts.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes
  • 07:23 PM - 08:10 PM
    • I continued the improvements on the Twitter cron.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 47 minutes

3 days without sleep... It was very tough, I had to take a nap during the day.

  • Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 5 hours 9 minutes, including hours minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
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04 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 06:42 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:49 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:

  • 09:58 AM - 10:25 AM
    • I realized that I did some unneeded work yesterday. I also got a mail from the revenue authority about the payment of taxes and submission of income. I need to inform myself more on this stuff.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 27 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

  • 10:45 AM - 11:59 AM
    • Sent an email, did some work on my API.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes
  • 01:38 PM - 02:42 PM
    • I continued the previous work.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes
  • 04:38 PM - 06:16 PM
    • I mostly did some testing.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes
  • 07:27 PM - 08:24 PM
    • I corrected some bugs, created a pull request and merged it, and updated the API on the development server.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 57 minutes

 

  • Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 5 hours 20 minutes, including 4 hours 53 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
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05 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 06:36 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:17 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:

  • 07:20 PM - 07:33 PM
    • I just researched a few documents.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 13 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

  • 04:18 PM - 06:10 PM
    • I started improving the publishing interface.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes

 

  • Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes, including 1 hour 52 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)
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06 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 06:36 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:11 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)
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Weekly Statistics (31 May 2021 - 06 June 2021)

 

Total Working Time

30 hours 45 minutes

Average Focus

3.5 / 5

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07 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 06:15 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:

  • 08:35 AM - 10:05 AM
    • I called the revenue authority to get some clarifications about the return of income and got them... and holy shit I was not prepared for that. I have so much information to fill, I'm lost. I'm going to do the best that I can, but I hope I won't get any issues with the law. I need to seriously educated myself on accounting.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • 10:25 AM - 12:04 AM
    • I decided that I will use the services of a professional accountant to help me fill in all the information because I don't want any issues with the law. I created a Google Sheet document and started to fill it. I also got a message from a client.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes
  • 01:05 PM - 02:43 PM
    • I continued completing the document for accounting and posted a job on Upwork.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes
  • 04:23 PM - 06:00 PM
    • I checked the answers that I got from freelancers, responded to a few of them, and had a nice discussion with one. I think I found the appropriate guy.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes
  • 07:18 PM - 07:30 PM
    • I just did a few research.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 12 minutes

 

  • Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 6 hours 36 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
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08 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 06:32 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:49 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:

  • 09:23 AM - 10:37 AM
    • I accepted a freelancer's proposal and reported some data to a Google Sheet document.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes
  • 10:58 AM - 12:18 AM
    • I completed the instructions for the freelancer and also had a conversation with him.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • 01:19 PM - 02:52 PM
    • I responded to a freelancer. I also started to do some work on an interactive map.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes
  • 03:02 PM - 04:12 PM
    • I did a bit of research and a bit of coding.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • 04:30 PM - 06:04 PM
    • I continued dealing with accounting stuff.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes
  • 07:12 PM - 08:37 PM
    • I continued dealing with accounting stuff.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes

Today was stressful and charged because I had to rush in order to complete the documents for the revenue authority.

  • Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 8 hours 6 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
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09 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 06:20 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:51 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:

  • 08:49 AM - 10:57 AM
    • I'm still a bit stressed out about taxes. I also worked on an interactive map.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes
  • 11:19 AM - 12:14 AM
    • Did a few tests, communicated with a few persons.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 55 minutes
  • 01:34 PM - 03:00 PM
    • I switched between working on this interactive map and giving assistance to the freelancer.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes
  • 04:32 PM - 06:14 PM
    • Well... I thought I was out of my fuckery, but it looks like I'm still fucked up.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

  • 03:09 PM - 04:05 PM
    • I worked again on this interactive map.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes

I might be seriously fucked up.

  • Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 6 hours 15 minutes, including 5 hours 11 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
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10 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 08:02 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:36 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:

  • 09:17 AM - 10:44 AM
    • I still dealing with the law and accounting.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes
  • 11:10 AM - 12:14 AM
    • I still dealing with the law and accounting. I also made another call to the revenue authority, it was nice to speak with this lady, she was very friendly.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes
  • 01:10 PM - 01:47 PM
    • I started searching for documents for the accountant.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 37 minutes
  • 02:00 PM - 02:47 PM
    • I completed the preparation of the documents for the accountant.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 47 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

  • 04:34 PM - 06:07 PM
    • I worked on an interactive map. I wasn't fully focused because I was listening to things in the background, but the task was simple so I handled it.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes
  • 07:24 PM - 08:01 PM
    • I worked on this map again.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 37 minutes

Really difficult day which started out with a very bad night. I was very stressed concerning finances and my declaration of revenues, I couldn't sleep properly and wake up late. I choose that I will minimize reducing my sleep as much as I can so that I can still work properly. Sleep is so important.

  • Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 6 hours 5 minutes, including 2 hours 9 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
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11 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 07:11 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
  • In Bed Time: 09:00 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:

  • 04:19 PM - 06:01 PM
    • I worked on an interactive map and completed the form for the Return of Income, but I might get a financial penalty
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes
  • 07:15 PM - 07:26 PM
    • I just did a few verifications.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 11 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

  • 01:23 PM - 02:41 PM
    • I did a lot of improvements on an interactive map.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes

Very bad night of sleep again. I couldn't work properly.

  • Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Total Work Duration: 3 hours 11 minutes, including 1 hour 18 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
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Structural Change + New Metric: Progress

So... I have been tracking my work habit for a bit more than one year now and I got results: I can work for longer hours and can also focus better. I now want to make a few changes here.

The issue that I see is that I often focus more on the hours that I put in rather than making progress in the work. What I care about is the result that I create while working, not the number of hours that I put in so I'm going to focus less on the time spend and more on the progress. I'm going to stop tracking my hours and I'm going to add a new metric called "Progress". This metric is an indication of how much progress I make during a work session. I sometimes noticed myself spending a lot of time turning into circles in order to convince myself that I'm actually making progress, where this is not the case. This new metric will help me acknowledging if I'm actually making real progress or just fooling myself. It has 5 levels:

  1. Very Low Progress
  2. Low Progress
  3. Normal / Average Progress
  4. Good Progress
  5. A lot of Progress

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15 June 2021

  • Wake Up Time: 08:13 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

Work Sessions:

  • 02:16 PM - 02:55 PM
    • I updated some data and uploaded the app file to make some tests.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Progress: 3/5

Deep Work Sessions:

  • 04:46 PM - 06:19 PM
    • I did some work on handling video upload.
    • Focus: 3.5/5
    • Progress: 4/5

I didn't sleep the night because I had to take care of grandma again. An ambulance came today to take her to the hospital. This day was pretty agitated and I didn't work that much.

  • Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3.5 / 5)
  • Average Progress / Session: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 3/5)
Edited by Raphael

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