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Spent $450 on a fancy time-tracking app and went back to a notebook within two weeks.
I thought it would finally solve my procrastination problem. You know, the whole "I need to track every billable minute" thing. But honestly? The app was too complicated. Too many buttons. I spent more time learning how to log time than actually working. My old notebook and a $5 pen do the same job. Has anyone else found that simple tools beat the expensive ones for staying on track?
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the_faith7d ago
Oh man, I did the exact same thing last year with some fancy project management tool. Dropped like $300 on it because the ads made it look so effortless, but I spent a whole weekend just setting it up and never actually used it for real work. My little bullet journal and a cheap ballpoint have been way more reliable for tracking what I actually get done. There's something about the physical act of writing stuff down that just sticks in my brain better than tapping on a screen too.
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the_mary7d ago
Right? I've got three half-filled notebooks that all started the same way.
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sandra_moore307d ago
100% agree with you on the physical writing thing. It's just different when you actually put pen to paper. And @the_mary is right too, those half-filled notebooks feel like a personal attack on my wallet, lol.
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