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Article snippet: Finding time is hard. I often think about all the things I would do if I could just find the time. But really, what a crazy thing that is to say. Find the time? Where should I look? Did I hide it in the bushes outside the White House? Can I find it on Aisle 10 at Whole Foods next to the biodegradable toilet paper? I’ve let this question bounce around in my head for the last few months, and I think I figured out where the time went to hide. Let me explain with a small but painful story. I often work from my home office. One day, my wife asked me how much time I spent sitting at my desk “half working.” What is half-working? What does that mean? I sat there, superoffended. I was doing serious work. Sketching, recording, writing, planning. None of that could be called half-working. Of course, I spent some time half-working while checking my Twitter feed and reading ESPN, but surely that didn’t add up to too much. Still, given the serious accusation, I decided it was time to prove that I was not wasting much time. I needed an easy way to measure how I was spending my working time. Since almost everything I do was on the computer, it was the best place to start. I installed Rescue Time, a program to automatically track everything I did while on the computer. Once installed, it monitors the programs you use and even the time you spend on specific websites. You can also label each activity based on productivity, which I did. Almost immediately, I found myself sneaking ar... Link to the full article to read more