---
title: "Experiments with Time Tracking"
description: "Rudimentary time tracking with a Google Sheets template and a Sankey diagram: thirty seconds a day of guesstimating where the year went."
datePublished: 2019-07-10T12:30:00.000Z
slug: "experiments-with-time-tracking"
permalink: "https://obviy.us/blog/experiments-with-time-tracking/"
---

## How I spent my year (so far)

I’ve been time tracking every single hour of my year so far in 2019. I think it’s great. It seems daunting and people praise me for the amount of effort it must have taken but honestly it takes me just _30 seconds_ every day.

**Note**: Keep in mind that this isn’t a rigorous or exact allocation of my time. Most of it is done through guesstimating at the end of the day.

![Sankey diagram of time](https://obviy.us/_astro/time-tracking-2019.DGd9qlvt_24HzME.webp)

My time allocation so far in 2019

## Tools Used

-   Google Sheets: [Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/5lh6tc/every_hour_of_my_2016_charted_by_category_oc/dcx5jrb/)’s a link to a template for time tracking. It’s pretty easy to get started!
-   [SankeyMATIC](http://sankeymatic.com/)

## End of 2019 Update

![Sankey diagram of time](https://obviy.us/_astro/time-tracking-2019-end.2aLSZfHi_Z14A4cL.webp)

My time allocation so far in 2019