Ep 39 - I Tracked Every 15 Minutes Of My Week (And it sucked)
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Where Did the Hours Go? Auditing Your Time in 15-Minute Blocks
Most educators building a business have an intentionally designed workweek on paper, and a completely different reality playing out in practice. When my four-day, 15-hour week quietly became three days, I felt busy but like nothing was actually moving forward.
In this episode, I'm sharing why I'm logging every single work task in 15-minute blocks for two weeks, what I expect to find, and why auditing has to come before you can systemise, automate, delete, or delegate anything:
- How a simple Google Sheet, Claude, and a 15-minute timer can reveal exactly where your time is actually going,
- Why "quick" five-minute tasks and "should" activities are likely the biggest hidden drain on your working hours, and
- How to use what you find to make smarter decisions about what to keep, hand off, or let go of entirely.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN
- Why a perfectly designed workweek can still leave you feeling busy but stuck, and what that feeling is actually telling you
- How to run a simple two-week time audit using 15 minute blocks, a Google Sheet, and a timer you probably already have
- The difference between tasks that move your business forward and tasks that just fill your day, and why that distinction changes everything
- Why energising and productive don't always mean the same thing, and how tracking both reveals a fuller picture of your work
- How accumulated "quick" tasks and obligation-driven content creation quietly consume your most valuable working hours
- Why you have to audit before you systemise, automate, delete, or delegate, and how accepting 80% done opens the door to real leverage
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