Time Audit

Time management philosophy by Laura Vanderkam based on viewing time as a weekly resource of 168 hours, encouraging tracking to understand actual time usage and make intentional choices about priorities.

Practice of tracking and analyzing how you actually spend time over a week to identify waste, inefficiencies, and opportunities. Creates awareness needed to make meaningful time management improvements.

Author Laura Vanderkam's time management approach emphasizing that everyone has 168 hours per week, advocating for time tracking and audits to understand actual time usage and make intentional choices about priorities.

Time management book by Laura Vanderkam arguing that everyone has 168 hours per week and teaching how to audit time usage, eliminate low-value activities, and focus on priorities for a fulfilling life.

A structured four-step methodology for gaining control over your schedule and creating space for meaningful activities. The process involves logging how you spend your time, identifying locked-in non-negotiable activities, determining replaceable free time, and blocking new activities into your schedule. Developed by Intelligent Change as a practical framework for implementing significant life changes through intentional time allocation.

Productivity technique that analyzes calendar data to identify time-wasting activities, meeting overload, and misalignment between priorities and actual time allocation. Calendar audits help reclaim 5-10+ hours weekly by revealing gaps between intended and actual time use.