{
  "schema_version": "1.0.0",
  "license": "CC0-1.0",
  "docs": "https://mike.quarterly.systems/llms.txt",
  "generated_at": "2026-08-07T03:37:41.697Z",
  "commit": "4e33f3cd812109539f1d1b34dd614bb3c35a5c26",
  "id": "ppi",
  "title": "Personal Productivity Index (PPI)",
  "unit": "Index (2025 avg = 100)",
  "frequency": "monthly",
  "category": "Productivity",
  "source": "RescueTime Productivity Pulse",
  "calculation": "RescueTime Productivity Pulse score, normalized to 2025 average baseline (99.1)",
  "baseline": 100,
  "date_convention": "release-lag",
  "vintages": [],
  "observations": [
    {
      "date": "2025-01-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2024-12-01",
        "end": "2024-12-31"
      },
      "value": 102.5,
      "notes": "McDonald's employment period"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-02-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-01-01",
        "end": "2025-01-31"
      },
      "value": 86.25,
      "notes": "End of McD employment; Civ video game"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-03-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-02-01",
        "end": "2025-02-28"
      },
      "value": 98.75,
      "notes": "Networking phase; portfolio prep"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-04-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-03-01",
        "end": "2025-03-31"
      },
      "value": 97.5,
      "notes": "Content production wind-down"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-05-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-04-01",
        "end": "2025-04-30"
      },
      "value": 97.5,
      "notes": "Workflow stabilization period"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-06-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-05-01",
        "end": "2025-05-31"
      },
      "value": 98.75,
      "notes": "Contract work intensive period"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-07-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-06-01",
        "end": "2025-06-30"
      },
      "value": 98.75,
      "notes": "Project pivot and launch work"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-08-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-07-01",
        "end": "2025-07-31"
      },
      "value": 101.25,
      "notes": "New role momentum; dual projects"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-09-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-08-01",
        "end": "2025-08-31"
      },
      "value": 105,
      "notes": "Peak output; systems optimization"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-10-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-09-01",
        "end": "2025-09-30"
      },
      "value": 105,
      "notes": "Record output; sustained efficiency"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-11-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-10-01",
        "end": "2025-10-31"
      },
      "value": 101.25,
      "notes": "Travel and holiday period"
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-12-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-11-01",
        "end": "2025-11-30"
      },
      "value": 100,
      "notes": "November stabilization"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2025-12-01",
        "end": "2025-12-31"
      },
      "value": 100,
      "notes": "December steady state"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2026-01-01",
        "end": "2026-01-31"
      },
      "value": 103.75,
      "notes": "January productivity uptick"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2026-02-01",
        "end": "2026-02-28"
      },
      "value": 103.75,
      "notes": "+63h vs January"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2026-03-01",
        "end": "2026-03-31"
      },
      "value": 100,
      "notes": "Baseline month — Kosovo prep and final LA week"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2026-04-01",
        "end": "2026-04-30"
      },
      "value": 93.75,
      "notes": "Kosovo-transition dip"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2026-05-01",
        "end": "2026-05-31"
      },
      "value": 96.25,
      "notes": "Final Kosovo month; productivity steady"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2026-06-01",
        "end": "2026-06-30"
      },
      "value": 83.75,
      "notes": "Severe drop: XCOM2 + Claude Code customizations"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-01",
      "period": {
        "start": "2026-07-01",
        "end": "2026-07-31"
      },
      "value": 96.25,
      "notes": "Six missing days: five with no tracking (2026-07-16 to 07-20) and one offline (07-26). Pulse and hours reflect the 25 tracked days only, so coverage is 81 percent of the month."
    }
  ]
}