要更好地利用你的時間，追蹤它

很難知道你是否在有效地利用時嗎？即使你總是努力工作，而且壓力很大，你確定你把時間花在正確的事情上嗎？

為了找出答案，試著進行時間跟踪練習。在30天內，用試算表記錄你如何花費你的時間，以每一小時的時間來記錄它。這聽起來很費勁，但是這個練習會產生一些令人驚訝的見解。

例如，也許你的目標之一是多讀書，以便探索新的想法，但是你在努力尋找時間。這項練習可能會揭示你可以把鍛煉、烹飪或通勤結合到一起去聽有聲讀物或播客。

時間跟踪也會告訴你，你特別有可能浪費一天中的特定時間（比如，晚上花在社交媒體上瀏覽），某些工作會帶來不成比例的心理負擔（比如管理你的電子郵件）。

只有追蹤你的時間，你才能真正確定你是否運用得很好。

To Use Your Time Better, Track It

It’s hard to know whether you’re using your time efficiently. Even if you’re always working hard — and stressed out — are you sure you’re spending your time on the right things?

To find out, try a time-tracking exercise. For 30 days, use a spreadsheet to log how you spend your time, measuring it in per hour increments. It might sound arduous, but this exercise can yield some surprising insights.

For example, maybe one of your goals is to read more, in order to explore new ideas, but you’re struggling to find the time. The exercise might reveal that you could combine exercising, cooking, or commuting to work with listening to audiobooks or podcasts.

Time tracking might also show you that you’re especially likely to waste certain hours of the day (say, evenings spent scrolling through social media) and that certain tasks carry disproportionate psychological weight (such as managing your email).

Only by tracking your time can you truly figure out whether you’re spending it well.