Let's get practical #2: Deep Work & Organization

[Raphael]

09 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 06:02 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 09:06 AM - 10:03 AM
  • I did a few tests to make the app SEO compatible. I also had a call and created a draft invoice
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 57 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 10:20 AM - 11:50 AM
  • I completed the jQuery removal. I was a little too much distracted
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
• 12:00 AM - 01:00 AM
  • The website is now crawlable by search engines!
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour
• 02:23 PM - 03:35 PM
  • I continued improving the SEO, but I distracted myself a little too much
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes
• 03:41 PM - 05:03 PM
  • I added schematics for the product page
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes

@Raphael Good, that's much better than yesterday You still need to increase your focus, so keep focusing!

• Average Focus: 3.1 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 1 minute, including 5 hours 4 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 9, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

10 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 05:22 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:40 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 09:14 AM - 10:23 AM
  • I did a correction for the structured data and also did research for the robot.txt file
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes
• 10:42 AM - 12:41 AM
  • I did a little of research for sitemaps, searched for SEO & web development projects, send proposals, and did a few fixes on my website
  • Focus: 4/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes
• 01:58 PM - 03:17 PM
  • I searched for new projects and did some corrections to my website. The network is so slow... this is making me crazy
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes
• 03:22 PM - 03:54 PM
  • I continued doing fixes on my website... but... oh god the network was so slow...
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 32 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 4 hours 59 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 10, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

How To Get Shit Done - The Inner Game Of Being A Results-Maker

This video is foundational and one of the best videos from Leo in my opinion.

 

[Raphael]

How To Get Shit Done - The Inner Game Of Being A Results-Maker: Important Points

• Value tangible results and set the standards for them
• Create shit
• Be creative minded & project minded: see life as a series of connected projects to be accomplished
• Have a life purpose and a desire to impact people
• Talk is a distraction from work
• Work for excellence, put in the best work possible
• Take 100% responsibilities for creating results
• Work for the big picture, have a purpose behind the work
• Build a strong work-ethic
• Use brute force if necessary
• Sacrifice comfort & pleasures
• Be willing to change yourself to get results
• Align yourself with reality no matter the emotional cost
• Throw yourself into demanding situations
• Be around exceptional people
• Train yourself to love the burning fire of reality
• Think about your death: your time is limited to create what you want to create

[Raphael]

11 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 07:30 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:17 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 01:04 PM - 02:22
  • I searched for projects and sent proposals
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 11, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

Weekly Statistics (21 September 2020 - 27 September 2020)

 

Total Working Hours

28 hours 15 minutes

Average Focus

3.35 / 5

Edited October 11, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

Meditate Productively (from Deep Work: Rules For Focused Success In A Distracted World -  Cal Newport)

• Take some time to occupy yourself physically (go for a walk, jogging, driving, showering, etc) and focus your attention on a single well-defined problem

 

• Suggestion #1: Be Wary of Distractions and Looping
  • When you notice your attention slipping away from the problem, remind yourself that you can return to that thought later, then redirect your attention back
  • The mind will try to avoid hard problems
    • Be on guard for looping
    • Notice when you are trying to avoid the problem, and redirect your attention to it
• Suggestion #2: Structure Your Deep Thinking
  1. Start with a review of the relevant variables for solving the problem
  2. Define the specific next-step question to answer using the variables
  3. With the relevant variables and the next-step question, you have a target for your attention
  4. Review carefully the answers found

[Raphael]

12 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 05:33 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:12 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 07:52 AM - 08:45 AM
  • I transferred some money, contacted the freelancing platform support, and had a call
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 53 minutes
• 08:55 AM - 10:21 AM
  • I had a call, searched for proposals, did some tests
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes
• 10:43 AM - 12:16 AM
  • I searched for projects and sent a proposal. I also had a client who contacted me and asked to do an SEO analysis of their website
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes
• 04:12 PM - 04:37 PM
  • I did a few analysis and fixes
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 25 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 01:30 PM - 02:22 PM
  • I did some improvements to an Angular project.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 52 minutes
• 02:37 PM - 04:02 PM
  • I created an SEO report and sent it to the client
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes

@Raphael Great job! That was a really nice day of work

• Average Focus: 3.25 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 34 minutes, including 6 hours 34 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 12, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

13 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 05:30 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:35 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 08:24 AM - 09:54 AM
  • I responded to a potential client, signed up for an SEO service, analyzed online SEO offers, and designed/resized a few images
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
• 10:14 AM - 11:34 AM
  • I sent a summary of how I will improve a client's SEO, look at SEO offers online, and did a small correction on my website. I also lost myself a little
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
• 11:42 AM - 12:40 AM
  • I created a SEO checklist, then responded to a client's email
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 58 minutes
• 01:54 PM - 02:25 PM
  • I had a call
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 31 minutes
• 02:46 PM - 03:53 PM
  • I created an SEO offer
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes
• 04:03 PM - 04:33 PM
  • I prepared myself a bit for a small presentation tomorrow about SEO
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 30 minutes

Something is strange. It seems like the earlier I start to work, the fewer hours I work... Tf is that?

@Raphael Good job

• Average Focus: 3.25 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 5 hours 56 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 13, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

14 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 05:23 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:52 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 09:38 AM - 09:48 AM
  • I had a call
  • Focus: 4/5
  • Duration: 10 minutes
• 09:51 AM -01:07 PM:
  • I had a call. I really need to start setting strong boundaries with clients like this. What I learned so far is that if we are kind and gentle, but have no boundaries, others will always abuse of us. Some people are real devils. I will charge this guy for the time that I'm spending assisting him.
  • Focus: 2.5/5
  • Duration: 3 hours 16 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.25 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration:  3 hours 26 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 14, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

15 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 07:22 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 11:15 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 08:49 AM - 09:03 AM
  • I had a call
  • Focus: 4/5
  • Duration: 10 minutes
• 11:27 PM - 12:35 PM
  • I had a call
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes
• 12:36 PM - 12:59 PM
  • I responded to an email and a Skype message
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 23 minutes
• 02:15 PM - 02:21 PM
  • I had a call
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 6 minutes
• 07:58 PM - 08:24 PM
  • I searched for projects and sent a few proposals
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 26 minutes
• 09:40 PM - 10:32 PM
  • I searched for more projects and sent a few other proposals
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 52 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 09:04 AM - 10:50 AM
  • I did some angular testing
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes
• 02:27 PM - 03:53 PM
  • I worked on a website performance. I distracted myself a bit.
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes
• 04:00 PM - 04:55 PM
  • I did some SEO speed improvement
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 55 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 49 minutes, including 4 hours 7 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 15, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

16 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 06:04 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 11:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 08:54 AM - 09:45 PM
  • I had a call
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 51 minutes
• 01:34 PM - 01:53 PM
  • I had a small communication with a client, he accepted my proposal. Yeeaaah!
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 19 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 10:04 AM - 11:26 AM
  • I worked on speed improvements. I had a lot of unrelated thoughts
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes
• 11:40 AM - 12:38 AM
  • I continued doing speed improvement
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 58 minutes
• 01:59 PM - 03:37 PM
  • I continued working on speed improvement
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes
• 03:53 PM - 05:03 PM
  • I continued working on speed improvement
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
• 07:23 PM - 09:46 PM
  • I fixed some bugs and did some speed improvement. I distracted myself a lot
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 2 hours 23 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.28 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 8 hours 21 minutes, including 7 hours 12 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 17, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

17 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 07:00 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 10:35 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ❌  45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 02:21 PM - 03:01 PM
  • I read a few documents, searched for proposals, sent a proposal, and sent some messages to two clients.
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 40 minutes
• 04:16 PM - 05:08 PM
  • I started to work on my first SEO task
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 53 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 08:55 AM - 09:54 AM
  • I did some updates
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 59 minutes
• 10:44 AM - 01:29 AM
  • I did some speed improvement. I distracted myself way too much
  • Focus: 2/5
  • Duration: 2 hours 45 minutes
• 03:02 PM - 04:13 PM
  • I continued doing some fixes, I also got interrupted by some text messages and distracted myself a bit
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes
• 07:35 PM - 09:01 PM
  • I added internal links to a blog article
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.08 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 7 hours 54 minutes, including 5 hours 21 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 17, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

18 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 06:40 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 11:05 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ❌45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

 

Work Sessions:

• No work for today

I really need to reduce the time that I spend on the computer during off-days. It doesn't feel good to be that much stimulated. I need more empty time.

• Average Focus: ~ / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 0 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 18, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

Weekly Statistics (12 October 2020 - 18 October 2020)

 

Total Working Hours

39 hours

Average Focus

3.27 / 5

[Raphael]

19 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 07:30 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 00:13 AM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ❌ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 08:26 AM - 09:26 AM
  • I did some verification and had a call
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour
• 09:36 AM - 10:08 AM
  • I did a few other verifications
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 32 minutes
• 11:15 AM - 12:52 AM
  • I did a certain amount of fixes and checks. I was very distracted, I don't even remember exactly what I did
  • Focus: 2/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes
• 02:03 PM - 03:03 PM
  • I wanted to work on internal links on articles, but the other guy is still coming back and interrupting me all day. I'm really starting to get sick of him, it's super annoying, and he is paying peanuts. I feel like I could be living on the street with almost nothing to eat and it would be the same thing.
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour
• 09:28 PM - 11:37 PM
  • I did some SEO speed fixes, bug fixes, and some testing
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 03:19 PM - 05:10 PM
  • Server side rendering with Angular is hell on earth
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes
• 07:30 PM - 09:19 PM
  • Did I already said that server-side rendering with Angular is hell on earth?
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.14 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 9 hours 58 minutes, including 3 hours 40 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 19, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

20 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 07:02 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:10 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 09:33 AM - 10:33 AM
  • I did the Upwork confirmation and information update, a small correction, and sent an email
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour

Deep Work Sessions:

• 10:50 AM - 12:35 AM
  • I sent a proposal, added internal links to some articles, and improved the structure of a document
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 45
• 01:50 PM - 03:01 PM
  • I added a few internal links to some articles
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes
• 03:36 PM - 04:16 PM
  • I added a few internal links to some articles
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 40 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 4 hours 36 minutes, including 3 hours 36 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 20, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

21 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 05:49 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:15 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ✅ 45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 12:54 AM - 01:02 PM
  • I had a quick call
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 8 minutes

 

• Average Focus: 3.5 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 8 minutes, including 0 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 21, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

22 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 07:36 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:32 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)
   
• ❌  45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 03:52 PM - 05:03 PM
  • I did some research, continued on the SEO plan, and also had a call
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 02:32 PM - 03:38 PM
  • I started to create an SEO plan for a client
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes
• 08:03 PM - 08:36 PM
  • I did a few updates
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 33 minutes

I got very lazy today. What else to say?

• Average Focus: 3.33 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 2 hours 50 minutes, including 1 hour 33 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 22, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

23 October 2020

• Wake Up Time: 05:24 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:55 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

• ❌  45 minutes of Doing Nothing Before Going To Sleep

Work Sessions:

• 09:31 AM - 10:31 AM
  • I had a quick call
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 10 minutes
• 02:40 PM - 03:02 PM
  • I provided a little assistance by Skype
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 22 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 01:35 PM - 02:29 PM
  • I completed an SEO proposal and sent an email
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 54 minutes
• 03:40 PM - 04:16 PM
  • I started to do an place API integration, but got a bug. I need to wait for my partner
  • Focus: 3/5
  • Duration: 36 minutes
• 04:22 PM - 04:55 PM
  • I added internal links to two articles
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 33 minutes
• 07:31 PM - 20:07 PM
  • I went back to the Google Places API implementation, but got more bugs
  • Focus: 3.75/5
  • Duration: 36 minutes
• 09:04 PM - 09:34 PM
  • I added a few more links to articles
  • Focus: 3.5/5
  • Duration: 30 minutes

It seems like I'm having a backslash, I will get my regularity back soon.

• Average Focus: 3.46 / 5 (objective at least 4 / 5)
• Total Work Duration: 3 hours 41 minutes, including 3 hours 9 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited October 23, 2020 by Raphael