The Reclaim 14 Hours Companion · Lennart Nacke

The invisible-loss reckoning calculator

Account for all 168 hours of your week, surface the ones that vanish into busywork, and put 14 back into the work only you can do.

Warm up with a single day

A full week can feel like too much on a first pass. Start with today. Log where your 24 hours went, watch the gap open up, and feel the drift before you account for all 168.

Park this week's tasks

List what the week demands, break each task into steps small enough to start, and file it under the bucket it will draw hours from. Your list saves in this browser, and after you open the full reckoning below it follows your saved state across devices.

See where your week goes

Add your email and the full 168-hour reckoning opens: every hour accounted for, the buckets draining your week, and the 14 hours you can take back. AI breaks any task into steps small enough to start. Your whole plan prints on one page, ready for tomorrow morning. All of it free, one click away.

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Your 168 hours, bucket by bucket

Every week hands you exactly 168 hours. Rename any bucket, add your own, remove what does not apply, and tag each one as career, relationships, or self.

Rough estimates are fine. The gap shows up either way, and the 7-day log makes it undeniable.

168hours unaccounted
Fill in your buckets. Hours logged: 0 of 168.