I heard about a friend of mine choosing to write down everything he did that day. I assume this was to track what he was spending his time on in order to find what he could delegate. I personally let so much time go by every day without know why. I talked about this in my first episode for my Beginner Podcast Mistakes show. (preview below)
Human beings adjust behavior based on the metrics they’re held against. Anything you measure will impel a person to optimize his score on that metric. What you measure is what you’ll get. Period.
– Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational