Estimate the total time you think you spend per week on each activity listed below. Then add
the hours together. If your number is over 168 (the number of hours in a week), rethink your
original estimates and recalculate the total so that it equals or is less than 168.
ACTIVITY
ESTIMATED TIME
SPENT IN HOURS
Class
Work
Studying
Sleeping
Getting ready in the morning
Eating
Family time/child care
Commuting/traveling
Chores and personal
business
Friends and important
relationships
Telephone time
Leisure/entertainment
Spiritual life
Total
Example: 2 hours per class to study (i.e.) if you’re taking 5 classes, it will be 10 hours of studying
per week.
Example: 8 hours of sleep per day is assumed (i.e.) 8 hours for the whole week is 56 hours, so
you only have 112 hours each week to manage all of your personal and school activities.
When your estimate is at or below 168, subtract that number (the total number of hours you
estimate you spend on these activities) from 168. Whatever is left over is your estimate of hours
that you spend in unscheduled activities. Below on the left is an example of assumed estimated
sleep hours leaving you only 112 hours left for your other activities. Calculate on the below right
all of your estimated hours including sleep hours from the above chart.
(Example)
168
(Calculate)
168
56 of sleep hour
Minus total __________
Minus total __________
Unscheduled time _____112__
Unscheduled time __________