Blackboard
Look before you instrument
13 min
Pause and Think
Without checking your calendar, write down the three activities you spent most of last week on. Then check. How close was the recollection to the record?
Personal Productivity in the Age of AI
Last updated: 2026-05-12
Before any tool is chosen, the honest first step is to look at where time has gone over a recent week. The exercise is uncomfortable because the answer is almost never the answer one had in mind.
Without checking your calendar, write down the three activities you spent most of last week on. Then check. How close was the recollection to the record?