Managing Time like Money

Get more out of your week by setting a budget for your time

Based on my

Blog Post⁠

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Compared to money management, time management is relatively underserved ー there just aren't enough great tools for it and the best practices are hard to quantify. Go ask someone how they spend their week and you'll get some hand waving, loose guesses, and lots of uncertainty. Now ask them what they spend on rent or a mortgage every month and you'll get a crisp number along with a rich set of guidelines for how much that should be based on your financial situation. How should a product manager budget their time? How should a sales leader be spending theirs?

This doc enables you to set budgets for your time the way you might for money and uses your Google Calendar as the way you keep track.

Getting started

To get started...

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Sync your calendar⁠

into this doc.

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Define the areas⁠

or categories that are meaningful to you.

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Allocate your time⁠

and set a budget for each category for the week.

After that, you'll be ready to

prep your week⁠

run your day⁠

, and

see trends⁠

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