Two of my 2007 resolutions for 2008 were to buy a home (which I did) and to work more efficiently. I waste a lot of time each day by jumping around from project to project. I call it “multitasking,” but let’s call it what it is: I’m pushing some projects farther and farther in time. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I want to do it but it seems that time really flies away from me.

In an effort to be more aware of “where the time goes,” which I wonder every day around 5 p.m. as I look at my barely dented to-do list, I’ve downloaded a handy-dandy piece of time-tracking software, imaginatively called actiTIME.

ActiTime LogoI must confess, it’s taking some getting used to. For instance, I forgot to write down how much time I’ve spent on Inkthinker tonight. But so far I’ve been doing well with it, especially for daily work like the many product reviews I write.

Once I know how much time I’m actually working in each day, I can work on making my work more efficient or, at least, be able to forecast my time-to-delivery for my projects. My goal? Six hours of actual coding/designing and one hour each of marketing and bookkeeping each day. The rest of the day will go to my personal projects or just living life.

I’m pretty sure there are lots of other time-tracking solutions but after using actiTIME for a few weeks, I’m convinced it will help me achieve my 2007 resolutions, and with some time spare!

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