Calculate your daily and weekly leisure time after commitments.
Total hours cannot exceed 24 per day! Please check your entries.
Your Daily Free Time:
Your Weekly Free Time:
Understanding Your Free Time
Time is our most valuable non-renewable resource. Most of us feel like we "don't have enough time," but often, we don't realize where the minutes and hours are actually going. This Free Time Calculator helps you audit your day by subtracting your non-negotiable commitments from the 24 hours available to everyone.
How to Use the Free Time Calculator
To get an accurate result, follow these steps:
Sleep: Include your average time spent in bed, even if you aren't asleep the whole time.
Work/School: Include your primary professional or educational commitment.
Commute: The total time spent traveling to and from your destinations.
Chores/Cooking: This includes meal prep, cleaning, laundry, and general home maintenance.
Self-Care: Showering, getting dressed, and personal grooming.
Example Calculation: The Average Professional
Let's look at a realistic scenario for a typical office worker:
Activity
Hours Spent
Sleep
7.5 Hours
Work
8.5 Hours
Commute
1.0 Hour
Chores & Cooking
2.0 Hours
Hygiene
1.0 Hour
Total Committed Time
20.0 Hours
Daily Free Time
4.0 Hours
In this example, the individual has 4 hours of free time daily, or 28 hours per week. If you feel like you have less than that, you might be losing time to "time leaks" like aimless social media scrolling or unproductive multitasking.
Tips to Reclaim Your Schedule
If your results show less free time than you'd like, consider these strategies:
Batch your chores: Do all meal prep on Sundays to save an hour every weekday.
Optimize the commute: If you take public transit, use that time for reading or self-improvement.
The "5-Minute Rule": If a task takes less than 5 minutes (like loading the dishwasher), do it immediately to prevent chore buildup.
Audit your screen time: Most smartphones track how long you spend on apps. Compare that to your calculated free time; you might be surprised where the hours go.
function calculateFreeTime() {
var sleep = parseFloat(document.getElementById("sleepHours").value) || 0;
var work = parseFloat(document.getElementById("workHours").value) || 0;
var commute = parseFloat(document.getElementById("commuteHours").value) || 0;
var chores = parseFloat(document.getElementById("choreHours").value) || 0;
var hygiene = parseFloat(document.getElementById("hygieneHours").value) || 0;
var exercise = parseFloat(document.getElementById("exerciseHours").value) || 0;
var totalUsed = sleep + work + commute + chores + hygiene + exercise;
var errorBox = document.getElementById("error-box");
var resultBox = document.getElementById("result-box");
if (totalUsed > 24) {
errorBox.style.display = "block";
resultBox.style.display = "none";
return;
} else {
errorBox.style.display = "none";
}
var dailyFree = 24 – totalUsed;
var weeklyFree = dailyFree * 7;
var percentage = (dailyFree / 24) * 100;
document.getElementById("daily-result").innerHTML = dailyFree.toFixed(1) + " Hours";
document.getElementById("weekly-result").innerHTML = weeklyFree.toFixed(1) + " Hours";
document.getElementById("percentage-result").innerHTML = "That is " + percentage.toFixed(1) + "% of your total life.";
resultBox.style.display = "block";
}