Tool · Planner

Time Budget Planner

Set your total available hours for the week. Allocate them across five categories. See the balance — and the gap between where time is going and where you want it to go.

Step 1 — Context
Total available hours this week
Not 168. Realistic hours you could direct toward the categories below.
Steps 2–3 — Criteria & Weight (allocate hours per category)
Allocate hours across categories
Direct delivery time for clients — calls, writing, design, development, etc.
0
Email, invoicing, proposals, scheduling, bookkeeping.
0
Reading, courses, research, skill-building that doesn't bill directly.
0
Non-client creative or strategic work — building, writing, planning.
0
Intentional rest, exercise, disconnected time. Budget this like any other category.
0
Step 4 — Output
Your result Fill in the fields above

Set total hours and move the sliders to see your allocation.

Unallocated vs over-budget: Green means hours are unallocated — you have headroom. Red means you've allocated more than available — something has to give. A small surplus is healthy. A large one usually means you're not accounting for all your time categories.

Use with the Weekly Review System