Episode 44 - Can you rely on time? Can you manage it? What were you doing with yours 3 days ago at 3:15 pm? Wanna find out? Then have a listen!Some of the USEFUL stuff in there is:Time management doesn't workWhat does 'time' even mean?Could we change how we measure time - some people already haveTime seems to stretch depending on what you are doingPsychology Today explains why the years pass faster as you get olderTerry - come one, give him a chance! At least his facts are realThe earth doesn't revolve every 24 hoursThe French tried to 'decimalise' time - TWICE! In the Soviet Union, they changed the length of the week 3 times in the 20th CenturyChanging your approach to what fills your day could work two ways:Getting more done in the same timeDoing the same amount in less timeWhich one do you want? They're both good for different reasonsLunchtime - how do you do yours?Why measuring 'performance' just based on how many hours someone works may not be usefulIs it time to find out what fills your 168 hours?E-mails take up more than we think, according to - Forbes.comThat's just e-mails; where are your other 'time-thieves'?Track your time - it's VERY revealingThe Art of Manliness wrote - this article on the subjectYou can do it in different ways - one way is with appsHere's one The one we used was - TogglConsider how you're going to track your time with an app; there are 2 key ways:Every time you start a new task, log itChecking in each 15/30 minutes and logging what you've been doingThe great thing about Toggl is that you can select categories and tagsMy categories were:Work-reactive actions (meetings, resolving stuff etc)Work - proactive actions (planning, developing, strategy)RoutinesTravelCallsSelf-developmentEatingFamily timeRelaxingMeditatingMessing aboutPodcast productionInstead of apps, try tracking time using a paper-based methodDecide on doing weekday/weekend or bothLog actions every 15/30 minutes (you decide)Write EVERYTHING down - including messing about time (e.g. social media scrolling)Be honestSuspend judgement until you've finishedDo it for at least 1 week - 2 if you canIf you want to - log it on paper first (the raw activities) and then put into Toggl afterwardsYou can then categorise, and Toggl gives you reports in different waysTake what you've learned and use it to inform what steps you want to takeGo and look at any of our other episodes to work on what you've decided onA good place to start if you want to plan your day better is Episode 35We discovered that Terry needs some equipment training!

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