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# Three benefits of keeping track of time

Sticking to the time record for these three years has brought me at least three major benefits.

**01. know yourself and let me know where I spend my time**

Where the time is, the achievement is there. I can know myself through the flow of time.

For example, what do I do after work?

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For example, what is my real hourly rate?

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For example, how am I sleeping?

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For example, do you know what I watch when I am entertaining?

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In the process of time recording, **recording this action will constantly enhance your perception of time.**

The precipitated data can also help me constantly recognize myself and find my true self.

> "know yourself."
>
> \-- Socrates

Lubichev time recording is one of the best ways for us to know ourselves.

**02. Help me realize that being a man requires the unity of words and deeds.**

Supported by the data provided by time records, I can write a personal big data annual report every year to review my personal gains and losses and form a list of the next steps. From the data, I know:

1. I spend 900 hours a year on entertainment, playing with my mobile phone and watching movies half the time.
2. Although I say that I value my family and friends more, I spend less than 1% of my pure communication time with my family every year.
3. My writing efficiency is only 600 words per hour.
4. I boast that I love learning, but in fact I am addicted to "entertainment" after work.
5. The hourly salary of my job is not as high as I thought.
6. ......

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We often make verbal promises or "think" of something, **but there is often different between imagination and fact.** 

The real time record is an inner yardstick that helps me recognize the status quo and try to match words with deeds.

> "if you can't measure it, you can't improve it."
>
> \-- Lord Kelvin

Once we can measure our behavior by data, progress will follow.

**03. Let me build a personal brand in the "time record" segment.**

The three years of recording time with aTimeLogger (now using TimeTrack) has not only made me friends with developer Sergei Zaplitny, but also made me meet a lot of enthusiasts who made me realize that even in a niche field, there are unmet needs. 

It is quite possible that we are the first seed group in China to adhere to self-quantification.

(Self-quantifying Community QS: <https://quantifiedself.com/>)

The reason for persistence, in addition to these three gains, but also because "most people can not stick to it", but let me have a sense of "rare" satisfaction.

😜

From October 2016 to October 2019, three years.

I have benefited a lot from repeating the positive cycle of "recording, classifying, analyzing" changes in the process of time recording.

I hope that through my sharing, I can make more people feel the charm of time recording, and also tell all the friends who are silently insisting on recording:

> "on minority roads, you are not alone."