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After a week, note how many hours you spent on each activity using the Weekly Summary
chart. Round off the times to half-hours—if you spent 31 to 44 minutes on an activity, mark it as
a half-hour; if you spent 45 to 59 minutes, mark it as one hour. Log the hours in the boxes in the
chart using tally marks, with a full mark representing one hour and a half-size mark representing
a half-hour. In the third column, total the hours for each activity. Finally, add the totals in that
column to make sure your grand total is approximately 168 hours (if it isn’t, go back and check
your grid and calculations and fix any errors you find). Leave the Ideal Time in Hours column
blank for now.

Weekly Summary

Time Tallied Over
Activity Total Time in Hours Ideal Time in Hours
One-Week Period
Example: Class 16.5
Class

Work

Studying

Sleeping
Goals, Time, and Stress Management
Eating

Family time/child care

Commuting/traveling

Chores and personal business

Friends and important relationships

Telephone time

Leisure/entertainment
Spiritual life

Other

Take it to the next level. Look over your results, paying special attention to how your estimated
hours for sleep, study, and technology activities compare to your actual logged activity hours for the
week. Use a separate sheet of paper or electronic file to answer the following questions:

■ What surprises you about how you spend your time?
■ Do you spend the most time on the activities that represent your most important values, or not?
■ Where do you waste the most time? What do you think that is costing you?
■ On which activities do you think you should spend more time? On which should you spend
less time?

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