I stopped tracking my time

The Simplicity Protocol Newsletter Issue 3

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You know that feeling when you're staring at your screen, unable to work or create?

I used to force it. Open the doc. Set the timer. Tell myself, "This is focus time. Finish [task] now."

Then… disappointment and frustration.

It turns out you can't just turn on your strategic brain like flipping a light switch. 4 pm me (slow-moving sloth) is radically different from 8 am me (superhero).

I'd sit there, frustrated, trying to will insight into existence.

Then I'd step away and look for a quick win. Start picking weeds in the garden. Walk Lily-dog. Wash rice for the next meal. Fold laundry.

And effortlessly, the fragmented idea would congeal into place in my mind.

For years, I used Reclaim.ai to auto-schedule tasks into available calendar blocks. The AI would find gaps and insert work. Theoretically brilliant. Practically frustrating.

The problem: not every hour is created equal for creative and strategic capacity.