I’ve shared this before here. I actually keep a timestamp log of work I do. I used to do it by hand on my journal and while I still prefer it I ultimately found the benefit of having searchable text files that are integrated into my work management to be too much of a benefit to ignore.
Been using obsidian since it launched and my workflow is to always have the window open taking a thin column on the left of my screen and whatever I’m working on takes up the rest of the screen (Yey for fancyzones in windows powertoys).
As I work I just stream my thoughts into the file. I have a shortcut, ctrl-alt-m, that inserts the timestamp as `hh:mm:ss`. I hit it, and start typing. I paste screenshots, code snippets, as I go along. It’s godsend when I’ve gone far along enough and I need to reference something. Esp given that I work on security tickets and I’m constantly triaging reports that are unclear or require digging into layers of source code to find where they come from.
One important step to note if you ever try this out: if you have 30 seconds before you jump on to an interruption, try to build the discipline of throwing in a few words saying what you need to do when you return. Even with all the historical context it can take some thinking to recall what your next step should be.
In fact, if you don’t like journaling just do this last step instead. I stole the concept from GTD’s next actions and it works.
