Note: my life tracking course is launching this Weds (July 15)! I teach the tracking systems that helped my students stay consistent for 2+ years after the course 🫶 Get on the waitlist here.
When people find out I track my life 24/7, they often ask me:
Why???
How do you have time for this?
Ironically, that’s what led me to track every second of my time -
I was wondering where all of it was going.
“I should have hours for my hobbies…where’s all my time going?”
I guess that was the original research question 😅
In the 4+ years since, my findings have only led me to design better and better systems for myself,
So I can finally have time to do what I always wanted:
Learn to draw
Practice cooking delicious recipes
Try martial arts for the first time
Play a new instrument
Stay consistent with practicing a new language every day
running 100km
learning guitar
sewing a meditation cushion
what I learned from tracking my life
In the past, whenever I “failed” at staying consistent, I’d think:
I wish I was more disciplined
Why am I so lazy?
Omg I’m so busy and overwhelmed, I had no time
If I just kept going, I’d be so good at this skill by now
I’ll do this later… *knowing I never will and feeling guilty*
What’s the belief underlying my thinking here?
For me, it was this constant feeling of never being enough.
“I’m not good enough at being disciplined, talented, and planning my schedule, so I don’t deserve to enjoy my hobbies. It’s no wonder I can’t hit my goals - I’m just a failure.”
But when I started tracking my life…I started seeing patterns.
I saw the different ways I thrive in different environments -
Like how I’d be able to get my work done if there was a clear deadline with consequences (disappointing other people).
Having this evidence in my face every day, week, month, quarter, and year made me start believing something else:
“I can create systems to work with my scattered brain, not against it.”
Here’s what those systems look like…
My systems to make time for hobbies
Set a clear deadline (usually by the end of every day or month)
Pick 1 clear, easy goal
Turn it into a quick, fun habit
Make it VISIBLE - I need to remember to do it
This is what that looks like day-to-day:
Deadline: end of month
Goal: I wanna learn to play the chorus of a song on guitar by the end of the month
Habit: I’ll practice at least 5 min of guitar every week (it was too hard to do every day). It’s easiest to learn with an app instead of a video tutorial/course
Visible: my habit tracker is on my phone every day waiting to be checked off (feels incomplete until I do it). I see it in my face every day, multiple times a day
Of course, there’s more to my systems and mindset than just this - but this is the basics!
I go into it in more depth in the full life tracking course, including psychological principles I use to trick my brain into doing what I want.
Plus, the course is structured like a fun game - you learn mostly by doing, instead of watching.
Life tracking systems
Tracking everything in my life is how I:
Went viral after posting consistently, because I tracked my daily posting
Became a full-time content creator, because I tracked my finances
Make time to learn new skills, because I tracked my learning habits
If you're curious about my tracking systems, stay tuned for the full course THIS WEDNESDAY JULY 15!! 🤩🥳
But in the meantime, check out this video tutorial + sign up for the waitlist 🫶
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Til next time,
Jennifer
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