Pro tip: I hit 1000 hours in my design software and it showed me a real problem

I was cleaning up my project files last week and checked my total logged time in the program, which was way higher than I thought. It made me realize I spend too much time on small tweaks instead of the big picture layout. How do you keep track of your actual design time versus just fiddling around?

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kai7792d ago

Honestly that tracking feature is a brutal wake-up call. Tbh I spent like three hours last Tuesday just trying out different border thicknesses on a single button. It's so easy to fall into that trap of perfecting tiny details while the whole page layout is still a mess. Ngl I started using a simple kitchen timer now to snap me out of it.

grant_torres2d ago

Totally get what you mean about that trap! I used to believe polishing every little pixel first was the right way to work. Seeing that tracked time really shows how those "just five minutes" add up to a whole lost morning. The timer idea is actually genius, gonna steal that for sure. It forces you to look at the bigger picture before you get stuck on a single button forever.