Time tracking my day…where does the time go?

[Anonymous]

Help me divvy out my day.
I recently started a freelance 1099 job that I track hourly.

I find it hard to fit in 8 hours of work for some reason. Maybe because Im tracking it hourly, little 10 minute breaks (that I would usually get “paid for” in an office) are not counting.

I have 7 hours between school drop off and pickup. I can do an hour or more at night, no problem. Also, I don’t *have* to hit 8hr daily.

But I keep thinking there are 16 hours in a day. I know there’s some fluffy stuff in there—waking up, getting ready for bed, short drives to school and back, lunch.

**But how do i divide up 16h
-8h work
-1 hour total eating
-x hours cooking (30-60m)
-1 hour max, collectively driving kids or helping them get ready
-1 hr workout
-fluff: work breaks, just talking with husband and family when people get home


How am I finding this hard?!? (Not hard, just .. where does time go!!)

[Anonymous]

*16 hours is implying 8 hours of sleep. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Just keep track for a week- every 15 minutes write it down- I did it once and it’s eye-opening. You will not believe how much time you spend on social media and other things.

[Anonymous]

You’re going to have to force yourself to keep time, and stick to it. This is how my day works:

I drop kids at school at 7:20, home by 7:30, work starts at 8am.

I work 8-5pm. I fit in a half hour lunch and two 15 minute breaks.

There’s no wiggle room for fooling around.

[Anonymous]

Because its really hard to work and concentrate for 8 hrs a day. At the office we actually get 15min paid breaks every 4 hrs. But it always ends up more with talking with coworkers, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just keep track for a week- every 15 minutes write it down- I did it once and it’s eye-opening. You will not believe how much time you spend on social media and other things.

“Other things” = DCUM.

Hahaha! 😝