Time Audit Calculator
Audit how you spend your 24 hours across work, sleep, exercise, screen time, and personal activities. Find reclaimable hours and optimize your day.
Inputs
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Results
Unaccounted hours
0 hrs
Productive time37.5%
Necessary time45.8%
Discretionary time22.9%
Total screen leisure time4 hrs
Time wealth score27/100
Reclaimable hours3 hrs/day
Annual screen leisure time1,460 hrs/yr
Annual learning hours183 hrs/yr
Annual Commute Days15.2
How to Use This Calculator
- Enter your daily hours for each major category: sleep, work, commute, housework, and self-care.
- Input social, hobby, screen time, and personal development hours.
- Review Total Hours Used and Discretionary Time Remaining in your 24-hour day.
- Identify your largest time blocks and whether they align with your priorities.
- Reallocate hours from low-priority activities (e.g., screen time) to high-value ones.
What each input means
- Sleep
- Hours of sleep per night (recommended: 7-9).
- Work / school
- Hours spent working or in school.
- Commute / travel
- Daily commute or travel time.
- Housework / errands
- Cooking, cleaning, shopping, chores.
- Exercise / movement
- Physical activity including gym, sports, walking.
- Social media / browsing
- Scrolling social feeds, news, casual browsing.
- TV / gaming / streaming
- Watching shows, gaming, passive entertainment.
- Learning / reading
- Courses, books, podcasts, skill development.
- Family / social time
- Quality time with family, friends, community.
- Self-care / meals / hygiene
- Meals, hygiene, grooming, relaxation.
What each result means
- Unaccounted hours
- Hours not allocated (total should add up to 24). Could be free time or forgotten activities.
- Productive time
- Percentage of day spent on work, learning, and exercise.
- Necessary time
- Percentage of day spent on sleep, commute, housework, and self-care.
- Discretionary time
- Percentage of day spent on chosen activities (social, entertainment, family).
- Total screen leisure time
- Combined social media and entertainment screen time.
- Time wealth score
- How well you control and use your discretionary time.
- Reclaimable hours
- Hours of passive screen time above 1 hour that could be redirected.
- Annual screen leisure time
- Total passive screen hours projected over a year.
- Annual learning hours
- Total learning and development hours projected over a year.
How this is calculated
Worked example, using the default values
- Identify Input Parameters4 parametersSleep = 8, Work / school = 8, Commute / travel = 1, Housework / errands = 1 = 10 input(s) provided
- Calculate Unaccounted hoursUnaccounted hours0 = 0
- Calculate Productive timeProductive time37.5 = 37.5
- Calculate Necessary timeNecessary time45.8 = 45.8
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