Skill Practice Log
Log minutes of practice for any skill.
Overview
The skill practice log records minutes of deliberate practice on anything you want to get better at. Pick a skill name, log a date and the minutes you spent, and an optional note about what you worked on. Use it for guitar drills, drawing studies, piano scales, language speaking sessions, chess puzzles, public-speaking rehearsal, or a side-project block. The point is to make practice measurable without forcing a particular methodology: minutes-on-task is a metric that works for almost any discipline.
The dashboard turns those logs into the feedback loop that habit formation actually needs. It shows total sessions, total minutes invested across the lifetime of the log, minutes practised in the rolling seven-day window, and a current-day streak counter. A streak that says ten days will earn you that eleventh day of practice more reliably than a generic to-do list ever will.
How it works
Log a session by entering the skill, date, and minutes, plus an optional note. Minutes default to thirty and accept any value up to a full day so you can capture short five-minute warmups as well as long studio sessions. Notes are limited to five hundred characters and are perfect for jotting what you worked on, what felt off, or what to try next time.
A sample-session loader inserts a random ten-to-forty-five-minute session for a curated skill such as Guitar, Drawing, Piano, or Spanish speaking, which is handy for previewing the totals row before you log a real session.
Examples
- Instrument practice: Log "Guitar", 30 minutes, with the note "chord changes between G and D, slow then up to tempo".
- Visual art: Log "Drawing", 45 minutes, with the note "five-minute gesture studies from reference, focus on shoulders".
- Language speaking: Log "Spanish speaking", 20 minutes, with the note "conversation app, past tense verbs".
- Sports drill: Log "Free throws", 15 minutes, with the note "100 attempts, 78 makes" so the number trends week over week.
FAQ
What counts as a session?
Anything you would call deliberate practice. The log does not enforce a minimum length, so a five-minute warmup is just as valid as an hour-long block.
How is the streak calculated?
The streak counts back from today, stopping at the first calendar day with no logged session for any skill. Practising any skill keeps it alive.
Can I log multiple skills on the same day?
Yes. Add separate entries for each skill, and the totals row sums them all together.
Does the week count overlap with the streak?
The "This week" total is the rolling last seven days, while the streak counts consecutive days. They are related but answer different questions.
Can I correct a wrong duration?
Editing in place is not supported. Delete the row with the trash button and re-add it with the correct minutes.