For a long time I recorded my work time to get some hard data about how I spend my time and to review if I spend my time on the things I like to. I took a one year break from time recording when I transitioned from HiG to HTWG, and I started again in the fourth quarter of last year.
So, based on this small set of three months, how did I spend my time this semester?
- 64% of my time was teaching, i.e. lectures, exercises, preparation, supervision, methodical improvement.
- 13% of my time was research, i.e. supervising Ph.D. students, master’s theses and projects, and a negligent number of hours spent researching and writing on my own.
- 11% of my time was administration, i.e. attending meetings, submitting forms, reporting results.
- 6% of my time was acquisition of funding and connecting with industry, i.e. writing applications, attending meetings, giving presentations.
- 5% of my time was service, i.e. reviewing conference submissions, writing letters of recommendation, and contributing to the development of our department.
I will get back to time management when I have a longer log accumulated in TimePanic.
