> [!tldr] Journaling during the day in chunks, whenever switching contexts Captain’s Log (or “Temporal Journaling” or or “Interstitial Journaling”) is a time-tracking productivity technique for being more mindful of your usage of time & for giving yourself a “game tape” to review in the execution of your knowledge work (like someone watching themselves play sports to see how they could be better). You make an entry when you **change tasks, take a break, or get distracted** and **include the time, what happened, and what’s next**. This was picked up on by [[The Bullet Journal Method]] guy, Ryder Carrol, who's used it as a [[Habit Change - Cues|cue]] for adding to his day's [[Rapid Logging]]. # Example: ``` 08:30 started day. Next: triage email. 9:15 distracted by captains log thoughts, next: reading article 10:17 wrote Captain's Log note. Next: finish email triage ``` **** # More ## Source - [Captain's Logs for Navigating Knowledge Work](https://www.jamesstuber.com/captains-log/) - [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiJ6NGC3_L_AhURJn0KHeRgCssQtwJ6BAgGEAI&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj-XfcP8P0o&usg=AOvVaw09ZYzgxkcAI4UX8hdw8pG_&opi=89978449](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiJ6NGC3_L_AhURJn0KHeRgCssQtwJ6BAgGEAI&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj-XfcP8P0o&usg=AOvVaw09ZYzgxkcAI4UX8hdw8pG_&opi=89978449) - https://youtu.be/JzYJGRaCaOg?si=3BSyVsunwzSJKPGP ## Related - [[Time Blocking]]