Hello, why nebers, my name is Jesse Meekham and this is podcast number 125 for you need a budget where we teach you

four rules to help you stop living paycheck to paycheck, get out of debt and save more money.

A little while ago I talked about tracking what you want to change and

we talked about that in the context of the budget. If you want to change how much you

spend on toothpaste you should track how much you spend on toothpaste.

If you're actually tracking what you spent on toothpaste, you should probably stop.

In the last couple of days, Mark, our small business consultant doing pace work, he said that he's been

tracking his time and my interest was peaked.

So I've started tracking my time and the reason for the tracking is not just because there's some

fancy tool that tracks time really well. The reason for the tracking is because I want to change how I manage my time.

So first, it's been a bit of a learning experience

and then we'll get more into the optimization phase.

Right now, with my time management

at a place where I'd like it.

We talked a little while ago about the

getting things done method.

That's my method of choice for tackling things and staying on top of

things not leaving a lot of open loops but at the end of the day all of us fighting

against resistance especially if you're in a fairly creative field, there are times when you just

don't want to do that thing that you should be doing.

It's hard, it gives you anxiety, and so to avoid the anxiety you jump on Facebook or jump on Twitter or check your email to get this short little buzz from quote unquote taking care of something.

I've noticed that with me. I'm working on a new book and the book has appeared overwhelming. So yesterday I broke it down into

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