I use the “Bearable” app for very rough time logging. It has a system of toggles for “factors” where you can specify what factor was present in a 6-hour interval of your day. Since I am mainly interested in correlations with other things I measure, a primary purpose of “Bearable,” this low resolution is a good compromise. It also makes it easy to log after the fact. “Did I do this activity in this 6-hour period?” is a much easier question than remembering down to an hour or quarter-hour granularity. The downside is I can’t tell how much time I’ve invested in a particular category.
I do much more detailed time logging at work with Jira and the “Tempo” plugin. I can then look back when I create my monthly reports. And I can use the per-ticket data to estimate the effort required for future tickets.
I use the “Bearable” app for very rough time logging. It has a system of toggles for “factors” where you can specify what factor was present in a 6-hour interval of your day. Since I am mainly interested in correlations with other things I measure, a primary purpose of “Bearable,” this low resolution is a good compromise. It also makes it easy to log after the fact. “Did I do this activity in this 6-hour period?” is a much easier question than remembering down to an hour or quarter-hour granularity. The downside is I can’t tell how much time I’ve invested in a particular category.
I do much more detailed time logging at work with Jira and the “Tempo” plugin. I can then look back when I create my monthly reports. And I can use the per-ticket data to estimate the effort required for future tickets.