Just hit 500 oil changes on my personal log...

I keep a little notebook in my toolbox and mark down every basic service. Hit 500 today, which is way more than I thought. It matters because I can now guess filter sizes and oil amounts without looking it up, which saves a few minutes each time. That's a full workday back over the years. Anyone else track simple jobs like this, or am I just weird?

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the_angela18d ago

Ever read that thing about how experts just have a bigger mental catalog of examples? That's totally what you built with your log... it's like your own reference book. Pretty smart way to get those minutes back.

fiona_young18d ago

Forget just saving minutes. The real win is how it changes your thinking. You start seeing patterns in your own work you'd miss otherwise. Turns a simple log into a decision-making tool.

caleb2626d ago

But what if you're just seeing patterns that aren't really there? @fiona_young, sometimes a log is just a list and you can overthink it. That mental catalog might just be full of your own biases.