Nanominute vs Toggl Track: which is better for personal time tracking?
An honest comparison by the developer of Nanominute: Toggl Track is great for work and billing, Nanominute is built for tracking your personal time.
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Tracking your personal time to find balance.
Practical guides on logging your time, running a personal time audit and becoming more intentional with your days, written by the solo developer who tracked every hour of 2025.
Free personal time tracking spreadsheet: a Google Sheets template with a live timer
A free Google Sheets template for personal time tracking with Switch and Stop timer buttons, a weekly summary chart, and a tutorial to build your own.
How to find time for a side project when you work full time
Working full time and want time for a side project? Track where your hours really go, then stop spreading them over too many things.
The 8-8-8 rule is a myth: how much free time you actually have
8 hours of sleep, 8 of work, 8 of free time? My tracked weekdays say otherwise. See where the hours go and how much free time you really have.
You should try tracking your time. Here's why
Why track your personal time? After logging 5,952 hours, here are the benefits I saw: more intention, self-knowledge, and a realistic view of free time.
Best tools for tracking personal time: what I tried, and why I built my own
Want to track your personal time but not sure which tool to use? A spreadsheet, Toggl Track and Nanominute compared by the person who tried them.
Can you use Toggl Track for personal time tracking? My setup, and where it hurts
I used Toggl Track, Timery and an Apple Shortcut to log my personal time for over a year. Here is the setup, the midnight problem, and its limits.
How to do a personal time audit (without going crazy)
A personal time audit shows where your hours really go. Learn how to run one in a week: what to track, what to skip and how detailed to get.
I tracked every hour of 2025: what 5,952 hours of personal time data showed me
I logged 5,952 hours of my personal time in 2025. Here is the data: 9 hours of sleep a day, 4.5 hours of work, and why the 8-8-8 split is a myth.