Re-arranging Priorities

Hi,

I'm here again. I realized that I'm lagging by 4 posts since I started the blog-a-thon. I started the marathon on April 14th and today is April 25th, hence there should be 12 posts altogether till date. But, I could write just 8. So, thought of writing one extra post every day for 4 days, to cover up the lag.

This is my Post No.- 9. Lucky number 9 :).

In this post, I want to invite you to play your day just like a movie. Prior to that, I want to put forth a small set of questions, which you really need not answer to me but to yourself.

1. While at work, do you think you spend all your time, every single day honestly and sincerely working on the given task.

2.  Do you login to your social networking sites or chat engines more than once in a day?

3.  How often are you 'not on your desk', whatever the reason be, maybe when you're attending a phone call (not so important one!) or while talking to your co-workers etc.

Questions are very simple. Ain't they?

My answers to the above are as follows :

1. Never.

2. Many number of times in a day.

3. Hmm, very often I'm not at my desk. :(

Here, I would like to mention that I'm simply inviting you to re-arrange your priorities and then you'll see how everything will fall in place and you'll see yourself being more organised and pro-active, in your workplace or in any given place. But, how do we do that? For that, we need to first observe what do we do the entire day unconsciously. Without our knowledge, we'll have wasted ample amount of time. How would it be if there was something which could keep track of the time we spend while at work? Great, isn't it.

Well, I've found a tool which allows you to play your day just like a movie. It's called "Time Snapper".

It's a tool which will capture screenshots of your desktop every few seconds all week long.  Below are a few images to describe how this excellent tool works. The images are self-explanatory.

1. Record :

 

Just clicking on the 'Record' button once, the time snapper immediately minimizes to the system tray, and silently starts taking screenshots in the background. There are options where you can set the frequency at which the screenshots should be taken and also there are various image formats with a specific image quality and resolution which can be chosen according to one's interest.

2. Play : 

You can play the recorded images by clicking on the Play button.

The gaps in the Time Bar as can be seen in the image above, shows the time when you were away. Quite Smart! What do you say?

3. Productivity Calculator

Productivity Calculator is an excellent feature which allows you to measure your productivity levels.

The only effort you should be taking to watch your productivity level increase is to just let TimeSnapper know what programs and websites make you productive. :)

There are many more such features in this tool which will not only ensure that you spend your time efficiently and productively, but also encourages you to 're-arrange your priorities' for your own benefit.

You can download and explore more about the Time Snapper tool from here : http://www.timesnapper.com/

Enjoy!

-Priyal