Tracking Study hours

Hey guys,

I have noticed some of you are always tracking the hows you use on your studies and labs, i have especially seen this a lot in the higher certification forums on here.

Are you guys just using a watch and then righting the hours of study/lab down? I was thinking about using Excel for this, but would like to hear your recommendations for any apps that some of you may use for this.

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W Stewart

Can't really answer your question but I usually see this in the CCIE forums. I just figured that the test was so difficult even for an experience professional that it would require a certain number of hours before you thought you were ready to sit the exam.

DoubleNNs

I saw the same thing and decided to emulate it for my CCNA.

I'm currently using TimeEdition. It's a free download for Mac/Win/Linux.

Personally, whenever I get up to go to the bathroom or go on the internet for a short break, I stop the clock.
I have diff "Customers" set up for diff vendors (Cisco, Microsoft, CompTIA). I have diff project for diff Certs (CCNA R&S, MCTS). And tasks are split between CBTNuggets, Reading, Notes Review, etc.

I think I'll try to keep it up for the rest of the year. It's kinda fun because I set a goal time for each day and trying to hit it is sorta like a game. Keeps me going.

FloOz

I use a stop watch on my computer. I stop it whenever I get up or am not doing something that doesn't pertain to the CCIE.

ally_uk

CCIE for me was play school I walked it with 2 hours study

JustFred

Thanks for the replies and information guys. I'm going to download the app and see how it goes and try a combination of using the stopwatch