TLDR

EA is a community where time tracking is already very common and yet most people I talk to don't because

It's too much work (when using toggl, clockify, ...)
It's not accurate enough (when using RescueTime, rize, ...)

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You should probably track your time

I'd argue that for most people, your time is your most valuable resource.[1] Even though your day has 24 hours, eight of those are already used up for sleep, another eight probably for social life, gym, food prep and eating, life admin, commute, leaving max eight hours to have impact.

Oliver Burkeman argues in his recent book Meditations for Mortals that eight is still too high - most high impact work gets done in four hours [...]

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Outline:

(00:11) TLDR

(00:40) You should probably track your time

(02:21) It just got easier

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First published:
October 14th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/wt8gKaH9usKy3LQmK/you-should-probably-track-your-time-and-it-just-got-easier

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