I have always had a problem with time-management. I always work on things that I enjoy first, I check my email, adsense, affiliate earnings, and forums WAY too much, and then in no time I realize that I had nothing accomplished and it is time for bed, or to go to the day job.
So I started to track the time I spend on various tasks online on a task/website basis. This is done in a simple Excel spreadsheet. The problem that I am finding with this is that I am not always working on the same computer, so that sheet is not always with me and therefore it is not updated.
I am in the process now of finding a good online tracking script with a MySQL backend. When I find one I am going to install it here and maybe even write a small widget so that you can see the time I have spent on various tasks on a weekly basis in the sidebar. Then next time I try to figure out why I am not getting anything done, you guys can scream and say it was because I was spending 20hours a week browsing a forum for the last month 
Maybe when I can SEE exactly where all of my time is being spent I will be able to tweak my schedules and get more done in the time that I allow myself, rather than spending more time and getting nothing done.
::EDIT::
Well I think that I have changed my mind. The long weekend is coming up so I am going to make my own tracking script. It is not going to be much but if I do make it into something I will release it to the world
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