You guys. I really struggle with cutting my own time. I know everyone says not to do it. But I get self-conscious and I also feel bad because sometimes I’m really good at concentrating and other times I check my phone, stare at the wall, lose my train of thought, get an interrupting email, etc. How do y’all handle recording your time when you know you were distracted for part of it?

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I would not consider this cutting your time. Cutting your time is when you are working continuously on something for 5 hours but only bill 4 because you think it should have only taken you 4 hours. It is correct to only bill for time worked. If you get distracted by your cell phone, another matter, someone stepping into your office, etc, that time absolutely should be subtracted from the total time. Staring at the wall counts as billable if you are thinking about the matter. If you’re thinking about something else, subtract it.

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I agreed with that A4.

DO NOT CUT YOUR OWN TIME. Period.

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I do this a lot too and it’s a tough habit to break out of. I use timers a lot - that really helped me. But you have to be diligent with pausing it when you’re actually distracted.

But otherwise, give yourself some grace. Don’t feel bad about over billing - if the partner thinks it’s too much, they will cut it. Something for them to worry about, not you.

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I cut my own time all the time because apparently partners talk shit about you to each other if they think you “take too long” to do stuff habitually. And obviously they write off your time, and they do get angry and pissy about it even if they tell you they won’t.

See this is what I’ve been thinking about—if you don’t cut your own hours, there’s a chance the client might pay them. So if you have to lean one way or the other (since this is not an exact science), it seems better to err on the side of “if they don’t like it, they’ll cut it.”

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