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## Choose your own topics & projects. No one assigns you 12% work. While others might have suggestions, you decide how to allocate time.  
## Choose your own topics & projects. No one assigns you 12% work. While others might have suggestions, you decide how to allocate time.  
## You can work on things over multiple weeks, or choose a different topic every week for variation.
## You can work on things over multiple weeks, or choose a different topic every week for variation.
## What you work on, should be "work-related". We take a broad view of that requirement; it doesn't have to be directly related to your job. Learning a new programming language, trying some new technology, building a badge reader for the office door, learning bookkeeping or accounting, making a meeting timer, etc. are all great examples of using 12%-time. On the contrary, underwater basket weaving, sleeping and remodelling your bathroom are not.  
## What you work on, should be "work-related". We take a broad view of that requirement; it doesn't have to be directly related to your job. Learning a new programming language, trying some new technology, building a badge reader for the office door, learning bookkeeping or accounting, making a meeting timer, etc. are all great examples of using 12%-time. On the contrary, underwater basket weaving, sleeping, or remodelling your bathroom are not.  
# How to budget & plan for 12%-time:
# How to budget & plan for 12%-time:
## Limit your 12%-time to 4 hours per week over a long term average. It's okay to spend more or less time on 12%-time per week, it doesn't have to be exactly 4 hours.  
## Limit your 12%-time to 4 hours per week over a long term average. It's okay to spend more or less time on 12%-time per week, it doesn't have to be exactly 4 hours.  
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