A. Time tracking for 24 hours/day for seven days (more details below) with a focus in two main areas: leisure time and sleep.

 

B. Calculating your daily and weekly totals using either the fillable spreadsheet tracking option or the sheets provided below. Note: if the daily logs are completed properly in the spreadsheet, the weekly report auto-fillsin the final WEEKLY TOTALS tab for your convenience.

 

C. Personal reflection paper (3 pgs) that responds to thefollowing guided questions outlined below.

 

 

A) Time Tracking 

a. Sleep tracking

For one week track your sleeping time and sleep hygiene either on the sheet provided (see Sleep Tracker sheet below) or the Time-Sleep-Leisure-Tracker-spreadsheet. The night sleeping pattern should be recorded for the morning of the next day e.g. Record Monday’s sleep as if it started the Sunday night before (usually J). If you have questions, ask your instructor for clarification.

 

b. Total Time Tracking (includes sleep and wake time; we’ll explain)

 

Total time - Track total time using the fillable spreadsheet in the assignment dropbox in Moodle OR the seven daily total time tracker sheets below (titled Daily Total Time Tracker Sheet). You can choose which to use. 

 

The daily sheets or spreadsheet should be completed for seven days. For each day, your primary activities should be recorded in your own words as precisely as possible. This record should be kept for all 24 hours each day (except if you believe that recording some activity would be an invasion of your privacy, feel free to re-categorize or leave blank certain time periods). If you leave records blank be sure to record that it is for“privacy reasons”.

1. Fill out your daily time tracker, preferably just before going to sleep. To simplify the calculation of time spent, round your time intervals to blocks of fifteen minutes. 

2. We strongly recommend you do this daily. Do not rely on your ability to recall events a day or two afterwards.

3. Divide your time into the following classifications (existence, subsistence or leisure) and then break down your leisure activities into five categories (see below for more details). 

NOTE: If you find it hard to place an activity in any one of the following categories (meaning you are multi-tasking), either record both activities (e.g.,listening to music and doing homework) OR list the category that most accurately reflects your activity.

1. Existence activities (sleeping, eating, personal hygiene) 

2. Subsistence activities (work, school, chores, Spartan training, etc.)   

3. Leisure (free time or activities of choice). Classify each of your leisure activities into five categories (the fillable spreadsheet hasdropdowns to make this easier):

 

A. Social

1) Individual: time spent alone 

2) Intimate: time spent with one other person

3) Social: time spent with a group of people

 

B. Environment

1) Digital environment: time spent with some digital information as the primary attentional focus e.g. watching TV

2) Non-digital environment: no digital information was the primary focus during this activity, e.g. face to face conversations

3) Natural environment- time spent in an environment or landscape that had very limited human intervention e.g. Hiking

 

C. Energy

1) Passive: time spent with very little physical effort e.g. looking at social media

2) Minimally Active: physically active but at a relatively low intensity, e.g. shopping

3) Very Active:  Large, whole body movements at a high intensity, e.g.playing soccer

 

D. Engagement

1) Inattentive: not requiring significant cognitive focus, e.g. listening to music

2) Attentive: requires significant cognitive focus, e.g. memorizing information

3) Flow: creative time spent building, moving, innovating or altering something to make an original work e.g. painting or playing video games (unaware of time)

 

E. Purpose

1) Hedonic: time spent in activities that are primarily pleasurable, e.g. watching movie

2) Mastery: time spent on accomplishing a task that has a personal long term benefit to you e.g. running a marathon

3) Existential: activities that provide a sense of ultimate purpose or meaning e.g.volunteering, religious rituals, career advancement 

 

B ) Weekly Total Time Tabulation

a. If you used the fillable spreadsheet your weekly totals for existence, subsistence and leisure categories will auto-tabulate in the Weekly Totals tab.

b. If you opted to use the Daily Total Time Tracker Sheet, first calculate the totals for existence, subsistence and leisure in the Weekly Total Time Tracker Sheet (see sample below). Then proceed to calculate the totals for the week in the three sub-categoriesof five leisure categories. Remember that each of the five categories of leisure should equal 100% of the total leisure. 

 

C. Personal reflection paper 

Using the data you have collected regarding both sleep and total time (including leisure) analyse and reflect on your experiencein three pages by answering the following questions (one new paragraph per question): 

 

Page 1 / Sleep Reflection Reflect on your sleeping patterns for this week and answer the following questions in one page (make sure to create a new paragraph for each response):

1. Was this a typical week of sleep for you? Explain.

2. What patterns of sleep hygiene did you see in this week? Any personal insights to be gained?

e.g. Average night time sleep, bed time consistency, night time routines, or napping patterns

3. Are these patterns meeting your needs for rest and recovery that allow you to meet your other life goals? Explain.

e.g. Don’t fall asleep in class which helps achieve academic goals

4. What would you change about your sleeping patterns that would contribute to your overall flourishing? Explain.

 

Pages 2 & 3/ Leisure Reflection Reflect on your total time for this week and answer the following questions in two pages (make sure to create a new paragraph for each response):

5. Compare your percentages of time: Subsistence, Existence and Leisure, with brief and general explanations for the patterns recorded. What do you notice?

6. Compare your time in each of the leisure categories: Social, Digital, Energy/Engagement, Purpose. What was the largest and smallest subcategory of leisure (use numbers)? Is this what you expected or were you surprised by quantities or ratios with other categories?

7. What patterns do you notice in your leisure? What are the factors that influence these patterns? Do any of these patterns influence perceptions of your sense of; self, health, time, social environment or spirituality? How so?

8. What messages are here for you? What are you particularly proud, pleased, or content about? What are you disappointed (sad, frustrated, angry, confused) about? Why? 

9. What goals might you consider in order to enhance your leisure lifestyle? What makes these goals important? If you prefer to set no goals, what is your rationale? 

 

 

Sleep Tracker sheet

 

 

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Time you went to bed
Time you woke up
Quality of Sleep (1-10) 1=very poor 10=excellent
Any sleep interruptions
Naps that day. Record duration
What was your mood like on the following day
How much water, caffeine, or alcohol  didyou drink that day. (In liters)

 

 

Daily Total Time Tracker Sheet 

This sample daily sheet (to use this yourself, copy and paste into your own document and delete the sample data). If you use the spreadsheet, you can just submit the completed spreadsheet. You do not need to use the forms below.

DATE ________________

ACTIVITY	Subsistence	Existence	Leisure A)Social (1.2.3) B) Environment (1.2.3) C) Energy  (1.2.3) D) Engagement (1.2.3)   E)Purpose (1.2.3)	TIME
Ate breakfast		X		8:00-8:30am
Did homework	X			8:30-10:00am
Watched football			A3 B1 C1 D2 E1	10:00-3:00pm

 

Weekly Total Time Tabulation sheet

 

 

Activity			Total Time	Percentage of time
1. Existence – Sleep, eat, hygiene, etc..
2.Subsistence- Work,school, chores, etc..
3. Leisure-
	A. Social			Out of 100%
		1.Individual
		2.Intimate
		3.Social
	B. Environment			Out of 100%
		1. Digital
		2. Non Digital
		3. Natural
	C. Energy			Out of 100%
		1.Passive
		2.Minimally Active
		3.Very Active
	D Engagement			Out of 100%
		1. Inattentive
		2. Attentive
		3. Flow
	E. Purpose			Out of 100%
		1.Hedonic
		2.Mastery
		3. Existential

 

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