Who tracks time nowadays? When you’re working at a small business and you spend your hours doing multiple things at once all the time, its hard to add one more thing to your list. And besides, I don’t even know how much time it took to complete something a majority of the time. I may be working on a design scope and get interrupted by a 30 min client call.
But near the end of every month, I start to wonder how time went by so quickly. It’s right about the time when checks are coming in and we’re reviewing our budgets. I get this overwhelming feeling of anxiety that ends up putting a question in my head, “Did you spend your time wisely this month?”
To be honest - I don’t know if I did. I scheduled my day out, I wrote down my priorities, and I made sure I was accountable through my business partners. But does that mean I used my time effectively? Does that mean I did my best?
Who knows? But I know this dead simple application that will help me figure this out. It ties in right with Basecamp, it has a simple interface, and it gives you time assessment reports. You can’t go wrong when something works with Basecamp! Its called Harvest …
So I ask you guys - Dhru, Mihir, Arun, would you be down to use this application and see what happens? I’ll pay for the first month and I’ll even throw in my famous chocolate coconut smoothie as a bonus. Or how about some Yerba Matt Latte.
I like the idea of tracking time, but it always feels like such an effort. I’m also wondering if it makes one a better worker?
I guess we won’t know until we try. Although, to keep us all in check, we have to have some sort of daily accountability triangle. Otherwise it is too easy to forget.