How do you keep small client tasks from disappearing before invoicing?

I am building SoloHours because a lot of freelance work does not arrive as one clean 3 hour block.

It shows up as:

• a quick client reply

• a small fix

• a follow-up after testing

• a reopened task from last week

• a short review or handoff

Individually these feel too small to track. Together they can become real lost income.

I am curious how other freelancers handle this.

A few questions:

• What kind of small work is easiest for you to forget?

• Do you track it immediately, reconstruct it later, or usually let it go?

• Do you prefer a running timer, manual entry, or both?

• What makes time tracking feel annoying instead of useful?

• When you prepare invoices, what part of the process wastes the most time?

I am especially interested in replies from freelancers, consultants, developers, designers, and anyone billing by time or by task.

Trying to build something simple enough to use every day, not another bloated system.