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

[Raphael]

22 June 2020

• Wake Up Time: 08:10 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 11:10 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Work Sessions:

• 12:38 AM - 01:01 PM: I had a call with a client. Work Duration: 23 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 09:43 AM - 10:25 AM: I added more functionalities to the checkout page. I had many other unrelated thoughts. Deep Work Duration: 42 minutes
• 10:45 AM - 11:51 AM: I continued the work on the checkout page. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes
• 02:33 PM - 03:23 PM: I continued the work on the checkout page. Deep Work Duration: 50 minutes
• 03:35 PM - 04:46 PM: I continued the work on the checkout page. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes
• 09:54 PM - 10:54 PM: I continued the work on the checkout page. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour

I'm probably experiencing a backslash right now after the few good productive days of last week. I experienced a lot of stress and tension lately and responded to my authoritarian dad today. My concentration is broken, my working hours are broken, and my waking up and going to bed hours are broken too. I worked every day since last week because my client wants its project fast, but this is counter-productive.

• Total Work Duration: 5 hours 12 minutes, including 4 hours 49 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

[Raphael]

23 June 2020

• Wake Up Time: 06:57 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 10:08 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Work Sessions:

• 09:43 AM - 11:11 AM: I had a call with a client. I sense the stage orange bullshit with him, he wants a lot of work for low amount of money and doesn't want to use the freelancing platform because he finds the fees too high. Work Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes.
• 11:49 AM - 12:10 AM: I did a few research and made a phone call. Work Duration: 21 minutes
• 01:59 PM - 04:07 PM: I did a few research. Work Duration: 8 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 09:30 AM - 09:43 AM: Did some code re-factoring. Deep Work Duration: 13 minutes
• 02:20 PM - 02:57 PM: Worked on the cart. My mind blew up just after that and I was unable to work for sometimes. Deep Work Duration: 37 minutes
• 3:45 PM - 05:10 PM: I still worked on the cart. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes
• 07:52 PM - 09:35 PM: I worked on the checkout. I felt better and more concentrated than during the day. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes

 

• Total Work Duration: 5 hours 55 minutes, including 3 hours 57 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited June 23, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

24 June 2020

• Wake Up Time: 08:01 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Work Sessions:

• 09:27 AM - 10:05 AM: I had a call with a client. Work Duration: 38 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 10:07 AM - 10:41 AM: I did a small CSS fix. Deep Work Duration: 34 minutes
• 08:15 PM - 09:14 PM: I worked on the registration model. It's almost finished. Deep Work Duration: 59 minutes

 

• Total Work Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes, including 1 hour 33 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited June 24, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

25 June 2020

• Wake Up Time: 07:01 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:26 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Deep Work Sessions:

• 09:30 AM - 10:31 AM: Added validations and success/error indications for the registration modal. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 1 minute
• 10:55 AM - 11:25 AM: I almost finished the login modal. Deep Work Duration: 30 minutes
• 11:30 AM - 12:45 AM: Improved email handling on the checkout page. I'm having a lot of unrelated parasite thoughts. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
• 01:41 PM - 03:08 PM: I created the cancel payment page and did other fixes. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes
• 03:18 PM - 04:31 PM: I started to design a custom select dropdown. I'm having some challenges with this one. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes
• 07:35 PM - 08:17: I completed the creation of a beautiful custom select dropdown. Deep Work Duration: 42 minutes

I'm starting to get back on track after last week's backslash.

• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 8 minutes, including 3 hours 57 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited June 25, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

Encouraging Myself

I'm going to start giving myself more love, compassion, and encouragement on this journey. I noticed that I often notice what's wrong and ignore what's going well when I'm trying to attain objectives. I will use confirmations at the end of the day to bring positivity and move forwards in life.

 

[Raphael]

26 June 2020

• Wake Up Time: 07:07 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:20 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Work Sessions:

• 3:14 PM - 04:10 PM: I had a call with a client. Work Duration: 56 minutes
• 04:10 PM - 04:32 PM: I connected to a remote desktop and started to do a few configurations. Work Duration: 22 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 11:15 AM - 12:43 AM: I designed a custom checkbox, did an API call, and started to filter the products by brands. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes
• 01:40 PM - 02:37 PM: I managed query parameters to work with the brand filter and also test out the backend API. Deep Work Duration: 57 minutes
• 03:00 PM - 3:14 PM: I started back the work, but then got interrupted by a client. Deep Work Duration: 14 minutes

@Raphael Today was not a very productive day, but you did the best that you could. Accept it and move forward, tomorrow will be better, you will wake up early (between 5:30 AM and 6:00 AM) and get started early in the morning. Remember to stay focused on your dreams and they will magically materialize. Take care ♥️

• Total Work Duration: 3 hours 57 minutes, including 2 hours 39 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited June 26, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

27 June 2020

• Wake Up Time: 06:36 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Work Sessions:

• 09:12 AM - 10:13 AM: I got back configuring the remote desktop environment. I got some issues and was distracting myself because extracting some files took a lot of time. Work Duration: 1 hour 1 minute
• 10:32 AM - 11:02 AM: I'm losing too much time trying to configure this remote environment. This is not so important, I'm going to move forward and skip this. Work Duration: 30 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 11:30 PM - 12: 35 PM: I got back to coding, but was very distracted because I was listening to MBTI talks at the same time. I also took a lot of time to get started because of distractions. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes
• 01:35 PM - 02:44 PM: I loaded the categories from the API. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes
• 02:58 PM - 04:50 PM: I managed checkboxes and query parameters for the category filter. I distracted myself a little near the end. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes
• 05:18 PM - 06:02 PM: The categories are now automatically preselected if they are present in the query parameters. Deep Work Duration: 44 minutes

@Raphael That's good! You're getting back on track and you almost woke up at 6 AM today, you just need to do a few efforts to wake up on time tomorrow. Keep moving forward!

• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 21 minutes, including 4 hours 50 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited June 28, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

28 May 2020

• Wake Up Time: 06:00 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Work Sessions:

• No work for today

@Raphael That's good, you woke up early and got some rest today. Keep it up!

• Total Work Duration: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

[Raphael]

29 June 2020

• Wake Up Time: 06:05 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:02 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Deep Work Sessions:

• 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM: I changed the call of the filter API from a GET request to a POST request, I get some data now. It looks like there's a bug with the backend. Deep Work Duration: 30 minutes
• 10:30 AM - 12:39 AM: I improved the filters display. I distracted myself a little sometimes on the actualized.org forum. This session was also too long. Deep Work Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes
• 01:39 PM - 02:39 PM: I find out why the category filter was not working and fixed it. I now need to handle the multi requests for multiple categories. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour
• 02:49 PM - 3:50 PM: I started to manage the cursors for loading the products on the search page. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 1 minute
• 03:58 PM - 04:44 PM: I converted to code to handle parallel requests so that it runs faster. The work on this part is almost done. Deep Work Duration: 46 minutes
• 07:48 PM - 08:23 PM: I fixed the duplicate loading bug. I still need to add a "Show More"/"Show Less" button for the categories. Deep Work Duration: 35 minutes

@Raphael Yes, that's good! You just need to do a little effort to wake up earlier (around 5:30 AM) and it will change the trajectory of your life and the trajectory of the universe!

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

Edited June 29, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

30 June 2020

• Wake Up Time: 05:55 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:04 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Work Sessions:

• 03:44 PM - 04:33 PM: I did some research on Instagram & planned a new task. Work Duration: 49 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 08:22 AM - 09:40 AM: I added the "Show More"/"Show Less" button for the category filter. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes
• 10:01 AM - 11:09 AM: I corrected the password validation for the login & register modals. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes
• 11:18 AM - 12:36 AM: I corrected API calls and correctly handled the captcha. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes
• 01:42 PM - 03:34 PM: I updated the product links and fixed the "Add to Cart" bug. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes

@Raphael Good job Remember to stay focus on what you are doing in the now and you will create results much faster than you could ever imagine.

• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 25 minutes, including 5 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 June 30, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

Some Nice Working Music

 

[Raphael]

01 July 2020

• Wake Up Time: 06:45 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:05 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Deep Work Sessions:

• 11:09 AM - 01:20 PM: I started to handle the country shipping error on the checkout page. I got a little distracted near the end. Deep Work Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes
• 07:15 PM - 07:50 PM: I completed the shipping error handling. Deep Work Duration: 35 minutes

@Raphael That's great, you rest properly today Try to wake up at 5:30 AM tomorrow, it will be very useful for your organization and your mood for the day. Love from your higher self ♥

• Total Work Duration: 2 hours 46 minutes, including 2 hours 46 minutes of Deep Work (objective 0 minutes)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited July 1, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

02 July 2020

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

Work Sessions:

• 08:02 AM - 08:31 AM: I had a call with a client, he pointed out some bugs. Work Duration: 29 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 07:35 AM - 08:02 AM: I worked on optional fields and validation for the checkout page. Deep Work Duration: 27 minutes
• 08:41 AM - 10:02 AM: I made some other changes to the checkout page. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes
• 12:14 AM - 01:02 AM: I analyzed some bugs. Deep Work Duration: 48 minutes
• 02:00 PM - 03:08 PM: I added some API calls. I still have many unrelated thoughts, I guess my life is not focused enough on my goals. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes
• 03:15 PM - 04:37 PM: I finished loading the most similar products slider and almost completed the alternative products slider. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes
• 07:29 PM - 07:56 PM: I'm now loading the correct alternative products data after getting the current product base information and metadata. Deep Work Duration: 27 minutes

@Raphael That's good, your improving and regulating the rhythm. Congratulations for waking up at 5:30 AM! Keep it up!

• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 08 minutes, including 5 hours 39 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited July 2, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

03 July 2020

• Wake Up Time: 05:37 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:18 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Work Sessions:

• 09:26 AM - 10:23 AM: I did some research on the Instagram API. Work Duration: 57 minutes
• 10:43 AM - 11:01 AM: I planned a few new tasks. Work Duration: 18 minutes
• 01:32 PM - 02:35 PM: I planned a new task and had a call with a client. Work Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes
• 07:28 PM - 08:30 PM: I started a new SEO course. Work Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 11:06 AM - 12:30 AM: I went back to my personal project and created an API to get all connected Instagram accounts for a user. I got a little distracted by some stuff during this session and also experienced negative thoughts and sadness. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes
• 02:46 PM - 04:09 PM: I created a new API and did some changes to a previous one. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes

@Raphael Good job Raphael! Also if you can start working for at least 09:00 AM it will be awesome too. Continue!

• Total Work Duration: 6 hours 7 minutes, including 2 hours 47 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited July 3, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

04 July 2020

• Wake Up Time: 06:22 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:17 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Deep Work Sessions:

• 09:45 AM - 10:51 AM: I fixed an image loading bug. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes
• 11:10 AM - 12:47 AM: I fixed some bugs and found more bugs. Lol. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes
• 03:28 PM - 04:40 PM: I corrected the subscribe button, removed incorrect social media login icons, and did some research. I also forgot about some stuff that I did. I felt quite tired because I almost didn't sleep at night. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes

I almost didn't sleep at night because my mind was too crazy, it caused me to wake up late and have difficulties working today.

@Raphael Ok Raphael, you were a little down today, but it's fine it happens sometimes. You need some time to recover. Tomorrow is your rest day, have some downtime, minimize your activities, and recover properly to be at your best on Monday. Love from your higher self ♥

• Total Work Duration: 3 hours 55 minutes, including 2 hours 47 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

[Raphael]

05 July 2020

• Wake Up Time: 07:15 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:15 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Work Sessions:

• No work for today

@Raphael That's good Raphael, you rest properly today. Tomorrow you will wake up at 5:30 AM and be in shape for the day. Love ♥

• Total Work Duration: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited July 5, 2020 by Raphael

[BjarkeT]

Nice journal. It almost feel like I wrote it my self  I am trying to do similar things. At the moment I am trying to wake up early and go to bed early so I can be productive early as well and also trying to take 100% responsibility. 

Keep up the good work!

[Raphael]

 

 

 

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5 hours ago, BjarkeT said:

Nice journal. It almost feel like I wrote it my self

Maybe because it is the case

Having regular sleeping hours is difficult especially for people who have an overactive mind. I personally struggle with that, but the thing that really helps is to stop all electronics 1 hour before going to bed which I struggle with.

Thanks for your encouragement! I hope that you will get your life together too

[Raphael]

06 July 2020

• Wake Up Time: 05:33 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:25 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Deep Work Sessions:

• 11:25 AM - 01:03 AM: I changed social login icons, but I was quite distracted looking at the actualized.org forum. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes
• 02:26 PM - 03:29 PM: I worked on the product page. I was distracted because I was listening to Leo at the same time. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes
• 03:35 PM - 04:46 PM: I continued the design of the product page. I was distracted because I was listening to Leo at the same time Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes
• 07:40 PM - 08:11 PM: I created the payment validation page. I was distracted because I was listening to Leo at the same time. Deep Work Duration: 31 minutes

@Raphael Ok Raphael, I get it, you got lazy and got distracted notably on this forum. That's the reality, so let's accept it. Now, for tomorrow, just remember, the important thing is to immediately get focused on what you want to do in your life when waking up. Just stay focused and do what's necessary. Take care ♥

• Total Work Duration: 4 hours 23 minutes, including 4 hours 23 minutes of Deep Work (objective at least 6 hours)
• Total Reading Time: 0 minutes (objective 0 minutes, I'm not reading anything currently)

Edited July 6, 2020 by Raphael

[Raphael]

07 July 2020

• Wake Up Time: 08:10 AM (objective 5:30 AM - 6:00 AM)
• In Bed Time: 09:30 PM (objective 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM)

Work Sessions:

• 02:50 PM - 03:48 PM: I had a call with a client. Work Duration: 58 minutes

Deep Work Sessions:

• 11:28 AM - 12:27 AM: I fixed a few bugs. Deep Work Duration: 59 minutes
• 01:46 PM - 02:50 PM: I worked on the forgot password page then got interrupted by a client. 1 hour 4 minutes
• 04:03 PM - 04:47 PM: I almost finished the retrieve password page. Deep Work Duration: 44 minutes.
• 07:51 PM - 09:11 PM: I completed the retrieve password page, did the reset password page, and a few other fixes. Deep Work Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes

I almost didn't sleep of the entire night. My mind was too agitated and because of that, I woke up very late. I'm also overblown, I consume too much information, and my usage of screens before going to bed is not healthy.

@Raphael I see a recurrent pattern in you, you usually have one week of progress and one week down. Those downs are fine, it's just homeostasis playing in. Accept those moments, they are necessary for your progress.

• Total Work Duration: 5 hours 5 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)