07/22/2026
โ ๏ธ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ป'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐
But it's usually the ONLY thing that gets billed
Why?
Because every meeting on your calendar comes with ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ - the billable work that surrounds it on both sides:
โฎ๏ธ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ the meeting: preparing for the meeting, reviewing documents and emails, jotting down agenda notes - all billable time
โญ๏ธ ๐๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ the meeting: following up on action items, evaluating next steps, documenting the meeting notes into the file - also billable time
The meeting itself?
You bill that easily...
It's right there on your calendar.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ ?
That's the time that doesn't get capturedโผ๏ธ
Why?
Because when your calendar is stacked with back-to-back meetings, there's no room for the bookends to exist - let alone be captured.
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You prep time in lost between calls (never entered)
๐โโ๏ธ You rush from one meeting straight into the next (follow-up pushed to "later")
๐ The action items get done at 9pm from memory (reconstructed, cut, underbilled)
On Monday I posted about building white space into your calendar around your meetings.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐.
That white space isn't empty time.
It's where your billing bookends live - the prep and the follow-up that are just as billable as the meeting itself.
When the bookends have room on your calendar, they get captured.
When they don't, they get lost.
๐ซ Capturing your Billing Bookends is one of the core habits I teach attorneys in my billing workshops and group training programs for law firms.
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๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ: https://thebillingcoach.com/billing-coach-offers
Stop billing just the meeting.
Start billing the bookends.
It's time.
Molly
