I've been using this app to actually SEE where my time goes when I'm trying to work and parent simultaneously. It's kind of eye-opening seeing that I spent 1.5 hours yesterday on actual work tasks across a 9-hour day at home. The free version is solid enough. Highly recommend if you're struggling to understand why nothing gets done when the kids are around.
This is eye-opening but also kind of depressing when you see it visualized. I did this and realized I was doing like 45 mins of actual focused work spread across 8 hours of 'working.' Just fragments.
1.5 hours on 8 hours available is pretty standard for a work-from-home parent honestly. You're not failing, the math just sucks. Did Toggl help you figure out where the gaps were so you could batch better?
This is good practice for asking for async work options or split schedule if your job allows it. Morning work block, afternoon kid time, evening work block. Toggl data proves it works.
Toggl is good but the real insight is usually 'I need to protect 2-3 hour blocks or nothing gets done.' Have you tried time blocking where you're OFF DUTY for certain hours?
what does your employer think about this though? like if they see toggl data showing 1.5 actual hours does that hurt you?
1.5 hours on actual work across a full day is pretty normal when you're parenting too. The question is whether your job expects 8 hours or if they understand you're managing two full-time gigs at once.
The value of Toggl isn't to show your boss, it's to show yourself that you're not lazy - the system is broken. Then you can actually propose changes (block schedule, different hours, whatever). Data helps you negotiate.
This is wild and also depressing when you actually see it haha. Toggl just showed me I spent 45 mins dealing with the same email chain that could've been one call. Data doesn't lie.
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This is smart. I did this for one week and realized I was context-switching every 12 minutes. Moved all my actual work to 6-7am before the kids were up and it changed everything. The visibility is the first step.
Toggl is the reality check app. Once you see you spent 45 mins on "quick tasks" that were actually 15 different interruptions, you start protecting your time differently. Did you end up scheduling blocks?