ClockFuelOpen accountA daily goal is a plan for your time, not a judgment on how productive you are. In ClockFuel, you enter how many hours you intend to track. The app combines those planned hours with the job's rate to show an estimated money target. Start with hours if a dollar target feels confusing.
Seven hours planned x $50/hour = $350 target. Three hours tracked x $50/hour = $150 estimated earnings.
Work backward from your available time
If you have a seven-hour window and expect one hour away from tracked work, consider a six-hour tracking goal. Include the kind of work you actually intend to time. Do not add a bigger number just to make the progress bar look ambitious. The point is to see whether the day fits your expectations.
Read the target as a calculation
At $50 per hour, seven planned hours produce a $350 target. The target does not mean you owe $350, have already earned it, or will automatically be paid it. After two tracked hours, the estimated value is $100. The remaining planned time is five hours, assuming no other completed time for the relevant daily view.
Set inputs before starting
Choose the job and set Hours today before pressing Start. While a session is active, including paused, the app locks settings such as the rate and focus target to keep the record consistent. Stop and save before changing those settings. A target adjustment is for planning; it should not be used to rewrite what already happened.
Compare a few ordinary days
Review your history after several typical days. If the target regularly ignores recurring meetings or breaks, adjust the next plan. If a day is interrupted, the record can still be useful even when the progress bar does not reach 100%. For multiple jobs, review the selected job and the report context rather than assuming every progress number describes the same scope.
A ClockFuel product guide, created with AI assistance from the current app workflow. Examples are illustrative. For button-by-button instructions, see Help.