Instructions: You are asked to select values for 13 variables (e.g., "Arrive Office" and "Leave Office" times, lunch duration, etc.) from the drop down menus and text boxes in the calculator below.

Important Note: Initially you only need to enter values for variables for Monday, and hit "Calculate" The values selected for Monday will automatically preset the same values for the rest of the week (Tuesday through Friday).

However, after making your Monday selections, you have the option of selecting different values for individual variables on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday without affecting your selections in any other drop down menu. In other words, you may, for example, change the "Arrive Office" time for Tuesday or the "Lunch" duration for Wednesday without affecting any of your other selections. However, if you go back and change a value for an individual variable for Monday, the new value selected will reset the values for that variable for Tuesday through Friday, and override any different choices you previously made on those other days.

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1. "Billable Hour Target": enter the number of hours (e.g., 2000) that your firm requires you to bill each year. Note: if your firm allows you to include pro bono time in meeting your target, then simply enter the total target (which would include all billable and pro bono time). If your firm does NOT allow you to include pro bono time in meeting your target, you will need to account for pro bono time as non-billable time under the "Professional Activities" variable below.

2. "Arrive Office": For Monday, use the drop down menu to select a time for "Arrive Office." This is the time - on average - that you arrive in the office each weekday (you can ignore "Leave Home" time - that will be automatically calculated for you based on the value entered for your morning commute time). Arrive times run from 4:00 A.M. through 1:00 P.M.

3. "Leave Office": For Monday, use the drop down menu to select a time for "Leave Office." This is the time - on average - that you leave the office each weekday (you can ignore "Arrive Home" time - that will be automatically calculated for you based on the value entered for your evening commute time). Arrive times run from 1:30 P.M. through 3:30 A.M (though we certainly hope no one chooses the latter!).

4. "Morning Commute Time": For Monday, use the drop down menu to select a duration for your morning commute (on average).

5. "Evening Commute Time": For Monday, use the drop down menu to select a duration for your evening commute (on average) (note: consider whether this number differs from your morning commute time if you regularly leave the office late - by car service, for example - and there is no traffic).

6. "Lunch Break": For Monday, use the drop down menu to select a duration for lunch (on average). This includes time spent eating, but also possibly time taken during lunch to do shopping, run errands, or hit the gym for a workout. Note: if you generally work through lunch, leave Monday at zero, and then change time for any of the other days when you have a regularly scheduled lunch for administrative or professional matters.

7. "Personal Breaks": For Monday, use the drop down menu to select a duration for time spent (on average) on personal affairs during the day. This might include time getting organized after arriving in the office; personal calls; bathroom breaks; emailing friends; chat room time; IM time; paying personal bills; browsing the Internet; reading the daily newspaper (wow, you didn't think you spent so much time on these, did you?).

Note: if you are not sure about the numbers here (or for any of the other Nonbillable Activities below), give it your best guess. For greater precision, you may want to spend a week keeping a log of your "nonbillable" time, just like you keep track of your billable time for the firm. Be as precise as possible - literally: if you go to the bathroom for five minutes, mark it down (just like you'd bill a client for a five minute phone call). We know this is a pain, but it's only a week and the knowledge obtained will give you greater insight into how you spend your day, and thereby help you make better use of your time in the office.

8. "Professional Activities": For Monday, use the drop down menu to select a duration for time spent (on average) on professional activities that are non-billable such as reading legal periodicals, or bar association work. DO NOT INCLUDE TIME SPENT ON: (i) pro bono activities if this time is already captured in the "Billable Hour Target" value entered above, or (ii) time spent after leaving the office in the evening at things like bar association functions or networking events; this form is intended to capture only time spent during the day (however, if for example, you spend lunch every Wednesday at a bar association event, then you can capture that here, or under "Lunch Break").

9. "Administrative Activities": For Monday, use the drop down menu to select a duration for time spent (on average) on activities related to firm administration such as office meetings to discuss firm-related matters; candidate interviews; etc.

10. "Dinner": For Monday, use the drop down menu to select a duration for dinner (on average).

11. "Legal Holidays": The form assumes 11 legal holidays during the year such as New Year's, July 4th and Thanksgiving. You may change this number if you work through some of these holidays.

12. "Vacation Days": Enter the number of vacation days you take each year.

13. "Personal Days": Enter the number of personal days you take each year.