Hit 50 repair jobs this month and it totally flipped my workflow

I used to think I could wing it without keeping a strict log of each camera I worked on. But last week I hit my 50th repair of the month and realized I had no clue how long each one actually took. That number made me start tracking my time with a simple stopwatch app. Now I charge customers based on actual labor instead of guessing, and my profit margins are way better. Has anyone else had a milestone like that force them to change their process?

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the_andrew8d ago

Tracking time like that really shows you where the money goes.

the_avery5d ago

Slight disagree here, time tracking doesn't really show where money goes so much as where your time goes. Like you could spend 2 hours on something that makes you $20 and think it was a waste, but if that thing leads to a $500 client later it's actually worth it. I mean money flow and time flow are two different things. One tracks your expenses and income, the other tracks your hours. They overlap but clicking a timer doesn't tell you anything about your actual bank account.