Nice article!
I've tried many apps and for me they only work for some days or couple of weeks and then I seem to just forget about them and never use them again.
The other way that the app presents the data is where you see the number of hours you've put in and the tasks you’ve managed to complete. This way, although it sounds positive, has negligible overall effect on your productivity. We often look at the progress made throughout the day, deem it enough, and move on. We feel a sense of achievement even though the work done is just what we would do regularly. We tend to be the way we were before and celebrate without actually improving. But true progress lies in analyzing your performance over a period of time, not just monitoring it. Then you can see where you're lacking and devise ways to improve.
Any tips on overcoming this?
I do sometimes feel like I have already accomplished enough for the day but at the same time I know it is not enough and I should have been more productive to be able to reach dead lines.
In my opinion, it's better if you know how much you work on a daily basis and try improving by small steps. It's best to have a sense of oneself, for example, I know I can work for 4 hours on average each day, try to increase it by 15 mins. The average increases, simultaneously your work done increases.
Small efforts tend to snowball into a bigger effect in the long run.
And having said that, I think it works only when you're extremely honest with yourself.
Good luck! :)
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Nice article!
I've tried many apps and for me they only work for some days or couple of weeks and then I seem to just forget about them and never use them again.
The other way that the app presents the data is where you see the number of hours you've put in and the tasks you’ve managed to complete. This way, although it sounds positive, has negligible overall effect on your productivity. We often look at the progress made throughout the day, deem it enough, and move on. We feel a sense of achievement even though the work done is just what we would do regularly. We tend to be the way we were before and celebrate without actually improving. But true progress lies in analyzing your performance over a period of time, not just monitoring it. Then you can see where you're lacking and devise ways to improve.
Any tips on overcoming this?
I do sometimes feel like I have already accomplished enough for the day but at the same time I know it is not enough and I should have been more productive to be able to reach dead lines.
In my opinion, it's better if you know how much you work on a daily basis and try improving by small steps. It's best to have a sense of oneself, for example, I know I can work for 4 hours on average each day, try to increase it by 15 mins. The average increases, simultaneously your work done increases.
Small efforts tend to snowball into a bigger effect in the long run.
And having said that, I think it works only when you're extremely honest with yourself.
Good luck! :)