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Obsidian: Time Tracking
In this article I share how Obsidian can be used to summarize your activities. The simple dashboard lists the major task and time spent that day. It sums the total for that week (starting Monday) and since the beginning of time. Summaries are also provided for a 2 weeks period and the last 60 days of non-contiguous activity. Minimal effort is required to generate this summary as sensible defaults are drawn from the automatically generated daily note.
My use cases for this information are:
- Enter individual hours and a short summary into the clients weekly time tracking system
- Reflect on recent accomplishments or problems
You might modify this system to track other uses of your time. Perhaps on specific tasks: exercising, practicing a skill, or doom scrolling.
Below is a screenshot showing the summary page…
Summary Information
Under the section ‘Time Exchanged’ is the summed number of hours I worked this week, and then for all time (in both hours and days).
Puts life in perspective doesn’t it?
Under the section ‘Since Monday’, I can see what activities I performed per day as well as the specific hours per day. Again, this helps when I need to plug those numbers into a web-based time…
