How do you manage to have a consistent logging with atimelogger, without having spurious information? I mean, I can say I'm working, but I can be distracted for a few minutes and come back, or something else. Do you stop/start the timer each time you switch? I find that really annoying about using these kind of trackers, which of course is a problem with me, not with the tracker itself. But nevertheless, I'd like to know what your approach is..

If it's only about a few minutes of distraction every time, and that's the way you get your work done, just integrate it into your working time. Getting something to drink or having a roundtrip to the toilet is simply necessary to support your work.

I also don't really track time for projects specifically, but rather say that my time spent was 'focused' on a work task or 'not focused'. Focused just means that I planned ahead and committed to do a task, as opposed to just picking up thing as I go along (which sometime works pretty well, and can be more creative).

As for larger distractions, or forgetting to switch the task in the time logger, I'm using an app that beeps me every 20 minutes so I notice the passing time better. I'm using BlipBlip for Android.

It can also help you get started with lucid dreaming, which is awesome.

Ohh, that'd be awesome! Please share any tips on how to get started with lucid dreaming!

Thanks for the useful response!

I'll try out BlipBlip, seems like a good option for being more time aware.

Do you have Android 7? I'd love to have a power/volume activated voice recorder but the power 3x tap to start recording conflicts with the awesome power 2x tap shortcut to open the camera in Android 7+. Any other methods/apps you know of to customize the shortcut to use volume buttons?

I don't have Android 7, but in this app you can also set the volume buttons to trigger the recording instead of the power button

Ah cool, thanks for the tip!