This was a busy fall quarter filled with lots of writing and making progress on starting a consulting business. I was still trying to make lots of time for resting and relaxing, but felt pretty busy even though I didn’t start working each day till 10:30, and usually wrapped up before 4.

Time tracking

📱 Daily hours browsing internet on phone

I’m on a slightly downward trend but still spending a good bit of time browsing the internet on my phone every day. I think I’ll adjust this goal going forward to be closer in reach to reality.

• Goal: Less than 2 hours 45 minutes a day
• Q4 daily average: 3 hours 45 minutes a day 👎
  
• October daily average: 4 hours a day
• November daily average: 3 hours 45 minutes a day
• December daily average: 3 hours 30 minutes a day

Data source: RescueTime monthly reports

📝 Daily Minutes Writing / Plotting / Planning (on computer)

October and November were seriously devoted to writing and planning, plus the first half of December.

• Q4 daily average: 1 hour 38 minutes a day
  
• October daily average: 59 hours for the month = 2 hours a day
• November daily average: 69.75 hours for the month = 2 hours 15 minutes a day
• December daily average: 21.25 hours for the month = 40 minutes a day

Data source: RescueTime monthly reports + self-tracked off-computer work in October and December

🚶‍♀️ active minutes

I find using the Fitbit numbers very irritating because I typically only get active minutes for half the time I spend walking — a 98 minute walk I took last week only gave me 51 active minutes 😑 But I guess it’s keeping me honest about what actually gets my heart rate up high enough.

• Target: 150 minutes a week
  
• Q4 daily average: 10 minutes a day = 70 minutes a week 👎
  
• October daily average: 5 minutes a day = 39 minutes a week
• November daily average: 13 minutes a day = 91 minutes a week
• December daily average: 11 minutes a day = 76 minutes a week

Data source: Fitbit app total active minutes by month, divided by days in month

💤 Nightly hours of sleep

• Goal: 7 hours of sleep a night
• Q4 daily average: 6 hours 59 minutes of sleep a night 👍
  
• October daily average: 6 hours 56 minutes a night
• November daily average: 7 hours 6 minutes a night
• December daily average: 6 hours 56 minutes a night

Data source: Fitbit app hours of sleep annual view

Q4 highlights

• Wrote half of the sequel to my long ongoing WIP during NaNoWriMo
• Saw my parents for the first time in a year and went to an art museum and natural history museum with them
• Took a beautiful waterfront stroll for Thanksgiving
• Officially got my business license and made my first $1k freelancing