This Entrepreneur Improved Work-Life Balance With Clockify
“Clockify has helped me see what my habits are, good and bad, and enhance my skills.”
– Rich Cardona
As owner of the video production company UNFTLR and a former Marine, Rich Cardona knows the importance of discipline.
He also knows you need some “me” time for a great work-life balance and mental health.
How does Rich balance his various projects and family life, while still finding time for self-care? By tracking his time with Clockify.
We sat down with Rich to chat about his work, staying mindful, and Clockify’s role in both.
How Rich Cardona manages his time with Clockify
Rich uses Clockify to track habits and focus on self-improvement. He says that “Clockify has absolutely helped me look at what my habits are, good and bad, and to enhance my skills.”
For instance, after tracking the time spent on social media, Rich realized that random scrolling can add up to 30–40 hours a month.
Clockify helped Rich identify time gaps during the day and plan his schedule more effectively.
As a result, Rich successfully balances his personal and professional life. Time tracking has helped him improve his mental and physical health as well:
“I also know that I’m optimizing my health and mental state. Auditing my time has been largely fruitful.”
How UNFLTR makes the most of Clockify
Besides using Clockify personally, Rich Cardona also introduced it to his video production team at UNFLTR:
“It wasn’t to micromanage. I just wanted to understand the same things I did. For example, ‘Why did I spend so much time on this graphic?’ I spent an hour and a half doing a graphic or scrolling through emails even though there was nothing new for an hour.”
Apart from that, let’s see what Clockify features Rich and his team found most useful.
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Benefit #1: Efficient work planning
Rich first endorsed Clockify’s reports, recognizing how practical they are for planning everyone’s work schedules:
“When you’re able to see the accumulation of everything in reports, you can say: ‘Next month, if I cut this in half, that means I can add 5 hours here.‘ That’s really motivating because I know next month is going to be solid.”
Clockify provides various reports that help you track employee work and plan for better outcomes, including:
- Summary reports — a quick rundown of daily progress, including clear charts and filters to narrow down data, and
- Detailed reports — in-depth analysis of all time entries with billable amounts and related projects.
Rich seems to prefer the weekly reports:
“I would say that weekly reporting, or the reporting function as a whole, is probably the most important.”
Benefit #2: Noticing wasted time
Rich was also enthusiastic about Clockify’s timer, explaining how it helped him minimize time waste:
“When you have a timer running, it doesn’t lie. The timer function is a bit more granular, and sometimes I prefer that. So, I can know if I really spent 40 minutes on lunch. Knowing that the clock is ticking helps me stay on track.”
Tracking time with our timer is simple enough — just start it while you’re working on something and stop once you’re done. You can also track time directly in other apps that integrate with Clockify, like:
- Plaky,
- Jira,
- Asana,
- Trello,
- Todoist, etc.
Enjoy a better work-life balance with Clockify
With our cost-effective time tracker, Rich can:
- Understand where everyone’s time goes,
- Ensure a strong work-life balance, and
- Maintain good health.
Rich is living proof that you can do the same with Clockify, regardless of your industry or work structure. All you need to do is:
- Track time with 1 click for efficiency and convenience, and
- Analyze reports to adjust your schedule for a better work-life balance.
