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From: J Aaron Farr <farra@apache.org>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: time tracking common activities
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:20:09 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2wsbl8fly.fsf@apache.org> (raw)


I'm using org-mode to track my time on projects and todo items, but I'd
also like to start tracking time I spend on things such as my email,
reading rss feeds, etc.  I'd prefer to continue to use org-mode for that
so that all my time tracking is in one place with one system.

My current thought is to have a `diary.org` file that I keep tasks that
don't clearly fit in any of my projects.  The file would look something
like:

    * <2009-02-20 Fri>
    ** Notes for the day
       blah blah blah
    ** Activities
    *** DONE Checking email                  :email:
        CLOSED: [2009-02-20 Fri 18:56]
        :CLOCK:
        CLOCK: [2009-02-20 Fri 17:56]--[2009-02-20 Fri 18:56] =>  1:00
        :END:
    *** DONE read rss feeds...

and so on.  I could then archive the contents of the file monthly.

I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas or sees some particular
flaw to this approach.  I thought about creating a daily repeating event
for things like email, but then the clock section would eventually get
huge, right?

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             reply	other threads:[~2009-02-20 12:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-20 12:20 J Aaron Farr [this message]
2009-02-20 12:35 ` time tracking common activities David Bremner
2009-02-20 15:01   ` Bernt Hansen
2009-02-20 15:49     ` Bernt Hansen
2009-02-20 15:45   ` Peter Jones
2009-02-20 16:01     ` Matthew Lundin
2009-02-20 20:30       ` Sebastian Rose
2009-02-21  3:51       ` J Aaron Farr
2009-02-20 14:40 ` Jason F. McBrayer

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