How do I audit my time?

A time audit involves logging how you actually spend your hours in a typical week — not how you plan to, but what actually happens. Level 0's Time Audit guides you through categorizing activities by leverage level (high-impact vs. low-impact vs. pure waste) and surfaces which categories are consuming your best hours.

What is high-leverage time?

High-leverage time is time spent on activities that multiply your output — decisions that affect teams, strategic thinking, relationship building with key stakeholders, and deep work on your core skill. Most professionals spend less than 20% of their week in high-leverage activities. Level 0 identifies where your leverage hours are going and what's crowding them out.

Why don't I have enough time for deep work?

The most common culprits: reactive email and Slack consumption in peak cognitive hours, meetings scheduled without an agenda or clear outcome, and low-value tasks that feel productive but don't move key metrics. Level 0's time audit identifies which of these is your primary leak.

EFFICIENCY AUDIT

Busy is not the same as productive.

Audit last week, design your ideal week, or audit every recurring meeting to reclaim lost hours.

WHERE YOUR 40 HOURS ACTUALLY GO — AVERAGE KNOWLEDGE WORKER

6h DEEP

8h ADMIN

14h MEETINGS

7h EMAIL

5h ?

DEEP WORK 6h

ADMIN 8h

MEETINGS 14h

EMAIL / SLACK 7h

TRANSITION / IDLE 5h

↑ only 15% of your week is actually producing outcomes

YOUR REAL WEEK vs WHAT PEAK PERFORMERS ACTUALLY PROTECT

YOUR ACTUAL 40 HOURS

Reactive email / Slack11h

Meetings (no prep / outcome)14h

Admin / status reports7h

Real creative output6h

Strategic thinking2h

PROTECTED WEEK (HIGH OUTPUT)

Batched comms (2× daily)4h

Meetings (purposeful, prep'd)8h

Admin / reports4h

Deep creative output16h

Strategic thinking8h

Time input

How last week was spent

Total hours worked

Deep work hours

Job type

Highest-leverage use of your time

Design your week

Job type

Available hours / week

Target deep work hours

Peak energy window

Top priorities this quarter

Fixed recurring commitments

Biggest time struggle

Meeting inventory

List your recurring meetings

Total meeting hours per week

Your role

What you'd do with 5 fewer meeting hours