Aside from the mental trap I’ve previously discussed—namely, waiting to be “ready” when no such state actually exists—the other trap I regularly fall into when attempting to track my productivity is, instead of tracking what I have actually done, or am actively doing, I instead track only what I intend to do.

Don’t get me wrong, I love a good goals list—so long as I focus on the follow-up actions instead of patting myself on the back for the creation of the list itself.

To this end (and yes, I am aware of the irony here), I intend to post a follow-up update to my university task list next week.