[laurieg]

Really nice! I currently use ActivityWatch for tracking tasks on PC.

Some things I would like to be able to do with software like this:

- Identify the 'spark' of a distraction. For example, opening my email inbox to read a specific email also shows me many unrelated emails. These can easily be the cause of a 5-15 minute distraction. This information is often actionable. I installed browser plugins to hide my youtube suggested videos and my distractions went down. I made sure to close all unused windows to avoid catching a glimpse of unrelated work.

- Identify repeated tasks, and the cadence of those tasks. Do I manually make an invoice once a week for a particular edge case? Is the process basically identical every time. Could this be automated?

- How was I feeling before, during and after a task. (This is a very broad and intentionally not well-defined question, but I think it has the most promise for improving procrastination and task initiation).

[jerryliu12]

Yep, helping people understand their distraction patterns would be an amazing feature. I find myself doing the same thing, funnily enough I also have that same Youtube extension.