Rating & scoring your day
Ways to rate a day honestly — green, amber, red — and what to do with it.
Start with the How to grade your hours guide.
How to choose a daily rating system you'll actually keep
A daily rating system lasts when it's fast, honest, and measures the right thing. Here's how to pick a scale you'll still be using in a year.
Is a 1-to-10 scale a good way to rate your day?
A 1-to-10 day rating feels precise but rarely is. Here's why the scale is fuzzy, when it helps, and what to use instead if you want honest signal.
An end-of-day scoring ritual that takes two minutes
How to score your day in two minutes: read your graded hours, count lived versus lost, name one honest sentence, and choose one change for tomorrow.
The green, amber, red day rating system, explained
Green, amber, red is a three-color rating system for scoring your time. Here's what each color means, how to grade honestly, and how to read the pattern.
How do you measure a good day? Lived hours vs. lost hours
Measure a good day by hours lived, not tasks done. Count the hours you'd choose again — deep work, rest, people — against the ones that leaked away.
How to rate your day honestly (a simple end-of-day method)
Rate your day in five minutes: grade your hours honestly, weigh lived against lost, and give one score you'd stand behind tomorrow.
Mood tracking vs. rating your day: what's the difference?
Mood tracking records how you felt; day rating records how you spent your time. Here's the real difference, and which one actually changes your days.
The psychology of rating your day (and why it changes behavior)
Rating your day works because it forces judgment and self-observation. Here's the psychology behind why a daily score quietly changes how you live.
Using RAG status (red, amber, green) for your personal life
RAG status rates each hour red, amber or green so you can see a life at a glance. Here's how to borrow the project-management traffic light for your days.
How to track daily mood and productivity together
Track mood and productivity in one place by grading each hour and noting how you felt. Here's a simple method that shows how the two move together.