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Cost of Your Time

THE INVOICE

Essays on what your working hours actually cost.

ISSUE 006 · WEEK 42 · 2026 A Quick Question Has a Fee Breaking someone out of focused work charges an early withdrawal fee. The question takes a minute and the recovery takes twenty. Read the essay ISSUE 005 · WEEK 40 · 2026 The First Five Minutes Are a Taxi Meter A meeting that starts late is a taxi sitting at the curb with the meter running. The waiting is billed at the same rate as the ride. Read the essay ISSUE 004 · WEEK 39 · 2026 The Invite List Is a Shopping Cart Every name you add to a meeting invite is an item dropped in a cart with no running total. Here is what the checkout actually costs. Read the essay ISSUE 003 · WEEK 38 · 2026 Status Update Theater Some meetings exist to perform work rather than do it. Naming the audience, pricing the performance, and knowing when the show is worth it. Read the essay ISSUE 002 · WEEK 37 · 2026 An Agenda Is a Budget An agenda allocates minutes the way a budget allocates dollars. Pricing agenda items in attendee cost turns discipline into arithmetic. Read the essay An empty conference room after hours: eight chairs around a long table, one sheet of paper, a wall clock. ISSUE 001 · WEEK 36 · 2026 The Recurring Invite Is a Subscription Standing meetings renew like streaming subscriptions nobody remembers signing up for. Here is how to audit your calendar the same way. Read the essay
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